actinal (aktinal)

[ The so-called mouth is always placed at one end of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area, and the opposite side the aboral or abactinal area. L. Aga iz , Contrib. Nat. Hist. N. A., IV. 376. The mouth [of sea-urchins] is always situated upon the lower or actinal aspect, which is applied in progre ion to the surface upon which the animal moves. Stand . Nat . Hist ., I. 161. IMG:content-0219.png:[blocks in formation] berry or herb-chris topher, has black berries. The common forms of North America with red berries are now con the same species, but Red Baneberry ( Actaa rubra ), showing sidered varieties of flowering plant and fruiting raceme. alba is kept distinct. In the Atlantic. States these are known as red and white cohosh or baneberry.