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Even with reference to theories of evolution, there seems no necessity for the long continuance and frequent changes of species of acrogenous plants without any perceptible elevation.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William

Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Of acrogenous leaves, those only are leaves whose attachment is at right angles with the stem; the rest are divisions of a frond. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William