

Spermagone 



spermocarpous 



ozoid, (b] a pollen-grain ; ~ Chro'- 

 matin, that portion of the male 

 nucleus which is receptive of 

 staining ; ~ Nu'cleus, the nucleus 

 of a male gamete (male pronucleus) 

 which coalesces with the nucleus 

 of an oosphere (female pronucleus) 

 to form a germ-nucleus ; Sperm' - 

 agone, Spermago'nium (yovos, off- 

 spring) = SPERMOGONE, etc. ; Sperm- 

 amoe'bae ( + AMOEBAE), Pring- 

 sheim's term for certain specialised 

 portions of the antheridial proto- 

 plasm of Saprolegniae, which 

 fertilise the oosphere ; Sperman'- 

 gium (ayyelov, a vessel), the 

 sporangium of an Alga (Lindley) ; 

 Sperm'aphore, Spermaphor'ium 

 (<f>optu, I carry), (1) the placenta; 

 (2) the funicle ; Sperm'aphytes 

 ((pvrov, a plant), used to include 

 both Angiosperms and Gymno- 

 sperms ; all plants except 

 Cryptogams (Sachs) ; adj. sperm- 

 aphyt'ic ; Spermapod'ium or Sperm - 

 apodoph'orum (TTOUS, -rrodos, a foot), 

 a branched gynophore in Umbelli- 

 ferae ; Sperma'rium, Gibson's term 

 for Sperm'ary, employed by T. J. 

 Parker for a male organ of repro- 

 duction, as a gamete ; Sperm'atange, 

 Spermatari 'gium (dyyt'tov, a vessel), 



(1) the antheridium of Bangiaceae 

 (T. Johnson) ; (2) by A. Braun em- 

 ployed for spermogonia and an- 

 theridia generally ; Spermat'ia, pi. 

 of Sperma'tium, male non- motile 

 gamete-cell ; Sperm'atid, Sperm- 

 atid'ium (ddos, resemblance), (1) 

 the mother-cell of antherozoids ; 



(2) formerly used for an Algal 

 spore ; spermatif erous (J'ero, I 

 bear) ; spermatig'erous (gero, I 

 bear) bearing spermatia ; Spermato- 

 conid'ium ( + COXIDIUM), A. Braun's 

 term for SPERMATIUM ; Spermato'- 

 cyst, Spermatocystid'ium (/cutrm, a 

 bag), the mother-cell of antheridia, 

 especially of Mosses ; Sperm'atocyte 

 (/euros, a hollow), (1) Goebel's term 

 for the preceding ; (2) used by 

 Shaw for four primary organs, 

 each containing a pair of blepharo- 



plastoids, the eight secondary or 

 spermatid mother-cells each con- 

 tains two blepharoplasts (Coult. 

 Bot. Gaz. xx vi., Dec. 1898, p. 449) ; 

 Spermatocy'tium (KIJTOS, a hollow 

 vessel), a simple sporangium con- 

 taining spermatozoids (A. Braun) ; 

 Spermatogam'ete, Hartog's term 

 for a male gamete ; Sperniatogen'- 

 esis (ytvecris, a beginning), the 

 development of the male elements, 

 antherozoids, pollen-grains, and 

 analogous bodies ; Spermatogon- 

 id'ium ( + GONIDIUM), A. Braun's 

 term for SPERMATOZOID ; Sperm- 

 atogo'nium (yovo's, offspring), the 

 male gametogonium, a cell which 

 divides to form gametes, or itself 

 passes into the state of one 

 (Hartog) ; Spermatoid'ium, one of 

 "small cells containing gonidia in 

 Algae" (Lindley); Spermatokal'ium 

 (Ka\ia, a cabin), name given by 

 Gibelli to the perithecium of Verru- 

 caria ; spermatokine'tic (/ctv^rt/cos, 

 having the power of movement), 

 tending to produce the male 

 element in plants ; Sperm'atophore 

 ((j>optu), I carry), a structure bearing 

 a spermatium ; Sperm'atophyte 

 (<f>VTov, a plant), a Phanerogam, 

 a plant with true seeds ; Sperm'- 

 atoplasm (TrXda/j-a, moulded), the 

 protoplasm of a male cell ; Sperm'- 

 atoplast (TrXacrros, moulded), a 

 male sexual cell ; Spermato- 

 sphae'ria, pi. (<r$a?pa, a ball), 

 Itzigsohn's term for a presumed 

 male body in Spirogyra, declared 

 by Pringsheim to be an undoubted 

 error ; Spermatotham'nia (9d/j.vo?, 

 a bush), the antheridial filaments 

 of Rhodophyceae (A. Braun) ; 

 Spermatozo'id (fwoc, a living 

 creature, etSos, resemblance), a male 

 ciliated motile gamete produced 

 within an antheridium ; Spermato- 

 zo'on, by Shaw taken as the 

 product of a blepharoplast ; 

 sperm'ic, relating to a seed 

 (Crozier) ; spermid'eus, producing 

 seed ; Spermid'ium = ACHENE ; 

 spermocar'pous (/capTro?, fruit), has 



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