ANDREAACEZ

(Lat.), n. f, pl. An-dre?-e(a3-e2)-a(aty-she?- (ke?)-e(a3-e?). Fr., andréœacées. Syn.: Andræace a [Reichenbach], Andrew ace a [Reichenbach], Andræaceæ [Bruch], Andræeæ [Montague], Andræoideæ [Arnott], Andrenceæ [Brogniart], Andreæeæ [Nees], And reo ide i [Brid.]. ‘ An order of mo es established by Lindley, comprising the single genus And rec a, to which another related enus is sometimes added. The A. resemble the Sphagnacèæ in the disposition and internal structure of the sporogonium, which is short-stalked but elevated on a pseudopodium, and contains. lying parallel with the surface of its upper portion, a layer of cells destined to form the mother-cells of the spores; they differ from the Sphagnaceæ in the dehiscence of the capsule when ripe into four longitudinal valves. [B, 75, 170.) ANDREÆEÆ (Lat.), 1. f. pl.?-e’(a%’e?)-e(a5-e7). See AND REH ACE A.