ALTERNANT HER A

(Lat.), n. f. A?l(a®l)-tu5rn(te?rn)-atn- (aën}-the(tha)'ra. From alter nans, alternate, and_ävéos, an anther, having the anthers alternately fertile and sterile. A genus of amaranthaceous plants established by Forskäl. [L,61.J—A. aehyrantha (De Candolle]. See ILLECEBRUM achyrantha.—A. repens, A. se ilis, A. triandra. See PARONYCHIA se ilis,