ANTHESIS

(Lat.), n. f. A?%n(a%n)-the(tha)/si2s. Gen., an the’- seos (-sis), Gr., ie (= även). Fr., anthése. Ger., Blithen, Blithe. The period of expansion of flowers, also the totality of the phenomena connected with the expansion and fertilization of flowers; of anthers, the period of opening of the loculi. [B, 1, 121.J—A, imperfect a. Ger., alimähliges (oder_wechselndes) 'Aufblithen. Syn.: eflorescentia succedanea. That form of flowering in which the blo oms come out gradually and at Increasing intervals. [Nees (B, 198).|—A. per feet a. Ger., gleichzeitiges Aufbliihen. Syn.: eflorescentia simul tane a. That form in which the flowers follow each other in rapid succe ion. [Nees (B, 198).}