-3— 



CONtTL'll 



with wart-likf i)rc)inincnces. 



W'rniculosc or verrucnsc, 



(Fig. 17.) 



W'Sicular, inflated like a liladder. 

 Wavy, see undulate. 



TEKMS r^EU l.\ CO.NNECTION WITH THE KEl'KoDlcnVE l)Rt,\NS. 



Acrociirpiis. haxin^ the sporophv'te 

 terminal on a stem or (ordinary branch. 

 J^'i >>, ^ rg cT^'iy .\croear|)ous mosses can usuaiU' be easily 



» '^^.i iJi wj % iR distinguished 1)\' the erect habit as shown 



m the figm'^'. ('■ ig. nS.) 'l"he old sporo- 

 ])h\te often st'ems lateral in acrocarpous 

 mosses, bi'cause the stem i^rows (jn the 

 next \ear trom a point just below the 

 base ol the sporojjlnte. 



.l^g/7'ga/c, clustered; usually ajiplied 

 to two or iiKjre sporoplntes from one 

 l)ericha-tium. 



Amcr.luld . .ipplied to the special an- 

 theridiad)earing brandies of SpluigHuni. 



A}i<lr(.^ynnns. with aiitheridia and 

 archegonia in the same cluster of leaves; 

 /. c. either syiioicous or paroicous. 



Anihcridium, the male reproducti\-e 

 organ containing the antherozoids. (I*"ig. 



I'M 

 Autherozoid, the small flagellate male cell which escapes frojii 

 the antheridium, and in wet weather swims to the archegonium 

 and down its neck to the egg cell in the liottom. 



ArchcgOHiKiii, the flask-shaped female repro(iucti\e organ, 

 ([•"ig. 20.) See also antherozoid. 



Aiitoicous or auta'cious. haxing 

 male and female organs on the same 

 plant. According to Braithwaite there 

 are three forms: 



1. Cladaiitoicous, with the male 

 organs on a special proper branch. 



2. (JnnioautoicoKS. with the male 

 organs in a bud-like cluster, and ax- 

 illary on a female branch. 



3. Rhizantoicous, male branch \'ery short and cohering to 

 the female by the rhizoids. 



( I'll he iiinlinued.) 



