alf in, alfyn

[ALPHYN.] Al-fon-si-a, s. others occur in fresh water, and some on damp soil, rocks, walls, or gla . ăl-ga-rō-bạ, s. [From Algarrobo, a town in And alus i a: or from Arab. al = the; kharroub = carob-tree.] 1. The carob-tree, Ceratonia siliqua, which is one of the Cæsalpinieæ. [CAROB.] 2. Certain South American species of Prosopis, belonging to the sub-order Mimoseæ. where there is a tiny rill of water, with a little vegetation and even a few algarroba trees, a kind of mimosa."- Darwin : Voyage round the World, Esterse, Duke of Ferrara.] Bot. An old genus of palms belonging to the section Cocoinæ. It is now merged in Elæis (q.v.). One species, the A. amygdalin a , has been computed to have as many as 207,000 male flowers in a spathe. (Lindley: Veg. King ., p. 134.) *al-fri-dar-i-a, al-frid-a-rỹ, s. [Deriv. uncertain, prob. Arab.] Astrol.: "A temporary power which the planets have over the life of a person." ( Kersey .) Albumazar , in Dodsley , vii. 171. "I'll finde the cuspe, and alfridaria ." al-gą (pl. al-ġæ), s. [Lat. = sea-weed.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Sea-weed. "Garlanded with alga or sea-gra ." Ben Jonson: Masque of Blackne (Introd.). 2. Bot . Any plant of the Algales. al-gā'-çě-cæ, al-ġæ, s . pl . [ALGA.] Bot. An order of flowerle plants belonging to the cla Thallogens, and containing GROUP OF ALGE. Diatoms. 2. Protocoссия 3. Spirogyra, 4. Fucus. 5. Conceptacle of Fucus, 6. Oogonium. 7. Antheridial branch. 8. Oosphere with antherozoids. 9. Sarga um bacciferum. what are commonly denominated Sea-weeds, with other allied species. Lindley elevates the Algæ into an alliance called Algales, which he divides into five orders. [ALGALES.] ǎl-ga-ol-o-gỹ, . [See ALGOLOGY and its derivatives.]