Spirillum 



sporangiophorous 



uncoil when moistened, as in 

 Collomia ; Spirillum, pi. Spirilla, 

 (1) a term for ANTHEROZOID ; (2) 

 also see next ; Spirobacter'ia, pi. ( + 

 BACTERIUM), bacteria which form 

 spirally curved filaments, as the 

 genus Spirillum, Cohn ; Spirofi- 

 brillae, pi. (cf. FIBRIL), Fayod's 

 term for the spirally twisted 

 hollow threads which he asserts 

 constitute all living protoplasm ; 

 Spi'roism, the coiling of an organ 

 in development (Morren) ; Spirolo'- 

 beae (Xo/36?, a lobe), Cruciferae 

 which have cotyledons folded 

 transversely and radicle dorsal ; 

 spirolo'bous, with the cotyledons 

 spirally rolled up, shown thus o II ||; 

 Spi'rospart (crTrapro?, sown, scat- 

 tered), hypothetically the finest 

 spirals of hyaloplasm, which con- 

 stitute the SPiROFiBRiLLAE(Fayod). 



Spith'ama (a-n-iOa/j.T], a span), a span 

 of seven inches, from the tip of 

 the thumb to that of the fore- 

 finger; spithamae'us (Mod. Lat.), 

 measuring a short span. 



splen'dens (Lat., gleaming), glitter- 

 ing or shining. 



Splint, a forester's term for ALBUR- 

 NUM or Sapwood. 



split, cleft or divided, parted ; ~ 

 Fruit = CREMOCARP ; ~ Lay'er, 

 a loose felt of hyphae in Geaster, 

 connected with the inner peridium, 

 and torn into flakes at maturity. 



spodoch'rous (o-7ro56s, ashes, x/^a, 

 colour), of a grey tint. 



Spong'elet = SPONGIOLE ; Spong'iole 

 (spongia, a sponge), a name given 

 to the root-tip, formerly thought 

 to be a special absorbing organ, the 

 Epiblema of Schleiden ; Spong'iola 

 radica'lis, De Candolle's name for 

 the root-cap ; ~ pistilla'ris, the 

 extremity of the pistil, the stigma ; 

 ~ semina'lis, the caruncle of certain 

 seeds; spongio'sus (Lat.), spongy, 

 soft ; spong'y, having the texture 

 of a sponge, cellular and contain- 

 ing air, as in many seed coats ; ~ 

 Cor'tex, cortical tissue with air- 

 bearing intercellular spaces, fre- 



quent in water-plants ; ~ Parench'- 

 yma, loosely aggregated tissue, or 

 having conspicuous intercellular 

 spaces. 



Sponsa'lia (Lat., espousals), Planta'r- 

 um, J = ANTHESIS; the fertilization 

 period. 



spontaneous (spontaneus, voluntary) 

 Genera'tion, the assumed origin of 

 living organisms from non-living 

 matter. 



spoon'form, ' ' having the inner surface 

 of a leaf concave or dish-shaped, 

 as the outer leaves of a cabbage- 

 head " (Crozier). 



Spor'a ((TTTopd, a seed), = SPORE ; ~ 

 cellulo'sa, ~ compos'ita, ~ multi- 

 locula'ris = SPORIDESM ; spor'al, 

 relating to a spore ; ~ Arrest', par- 

 tial or complete arrest of the 

 development of the spores them- 

 selves, and consequent loss of 

 reproductive function (Bower). 



sporadic (criropaoiKos, dispersed), 

 widely dispersed or scattered. 



Spor'ange, Sporan'gium (awopa, a 

 seed, ayyflov, a vessel), (1) a sac 

 endogenously producing SPORES ; 

 (2) J "sometimes applied to the 

 volva among Fungals " (Lindley) ; 

 Sporangid'ium, (1) the columellaof 

 Mosses; (2) "the spore-case of 

 certain Fungals " (Lindley) ; Spor- 

 ang'iole, Sporan'giola or Sporan'- 

 giolum, (1) a small sporangium in 

 Mucorini produced in addition to 

 the larger sporangia ; (2) formerly 

 used for Ascus ; (3) organs of an 

 endophyte in Selaginella, composed 

 of filaments rolled into the shape 

 of a ball ( Janse) ; (4) Sporangiolum 

 is used in a double sense by Lindley 

 (a) for spore, (b) a case containing 

 sporidia ; Sporangiolif erum (fero, 

 I bear), the axis on which the 

 thecae of Ferns are borne (Lindley); 

 sporangif 'erous, bearing sporangia ; 

 Sporan'giophore, Sporangioph'orum 

 (<f>opeu, I carry), a sporophore 

 bearing a sporangium, such as the 

 sporophyll in Equisetum, or the 

 columella in Ferns ; sporangioph'- 

 orous, bearing sporangiophores ; 



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