Sporogftmia 



Sprout 



term wliich has been suggested for the 

 heterosporous Cryptogams ; Sporo- 

 gem'ma {gemma, a bud), A. Brauu's 

 term for the oogonium (nucule) 

 of Chara ; Spor'ogen {yhoi, off- 

 spring), a plant which bears spores, 

 a Cryptogam; Sporogen'esis {ytv- 

 fffis, origin), the origin and develop- 

 ment of seeds or spores; sporog'- 

 enoas {yeyudv, I beget), producing 

 spores ; '-' Fil'aments, Oltmann's 

 term for certain outgrowths of the 

 fertilized carpogonium of Dudres- 

 naya ; the ooblastema filaments of 

 Schmitz ; -^ Lay'er = Hymenium ; 

 '*', Na^cleus, the nucleus resulting 

 from the fusion of the nuclei of the 

 spermatium and the carpogonium of 

 Florideae (Oltmanns) ; Spor'ogone, 

 Sporogon'ium {yovh, piogeny), the 

 sporocarp in Muscineae, the whole 

 product of a sexual act remaining 

 attached to the oophyte or plant 

 bearing the sexual organs ; spor'oid 

 {tUos, resemblance), spore-like 

 (Crozier) ; Sporomyce'tes iti-vK-qs, a 

 mushroom), Marchand's term for a 

 group to comprise Myco-, Sipho-, 

 Theca-, and Basidio-mycetes ; Spor- 

 ont' {ovra, things in being), the 

 sporogenous stage of Plasmodiophoi^a 

 (Schwarz) ; SpoT'ophore, Sporoph'- 

 orum {(poptn, I carry), (1) J the 

 Placenta ; (2) a branch or portion 

 of a thallus which bears one or more 

 spores ; (3) in Ferns and Mosses, the 

 Sporophyte ; (4) a spore-containing 

 capsule (Lyon) ; Spor'ophase {<p<i<ris 

 = appearance), the production of a 

 fruit-body giving rise to spores 

 (Tansley) ; Sporophy'as, A. Braun's 

 term, the same as Sporophydlnm 

 (dimin. of <pvas, a shoot), T. F. 

 Allen's tenn for the nucule of Chara- 

 ceae while still unfertilized ; Spor'o- 

 phyll, SporophyVlum {<pv\KoVf a 

 leaf), (1) a leaf which bears spores; 

 (2) a leaf-like division of the thallus 

 of an Alga bearing fruit, as in Carpo- 

 elonium ; adj. sporophyriary ; -^ 

 Leavei, stamens and pistils ; Sporo- 

 phyllo'dy, the change of vegetative 

 leaves into sporangiferous organs 



(Worsdell) ; Sp'or'ophyte {(pvrhv, a 

 plant), in Ferns and Mosses, the 

 plant in the life-cycle of alternation 

 which produces spores ; sporophyt'ic, 

 belonging to Sporophytes : Spor'o- 

 8ome {(Twfia, the body), the body 

 which actually serves for repro- 

 duction (Potonie) ; Sporosteg'iom 

 {(TTeyos, a covering), the cellular r 

 envelope of the nucule in Chara 

 (Allen) ; Spor'ostrotAS, -ac {(TTpwrhs, 

 spread), plants distributed l)y means 

 of spores (Clements); Sporotami'am| 

 {rafMuov, a storehouse), the cellular 

 layer immediately beneath the disk 

 of the shield of a Lichen ; Sporo* 

 thalam'ia {ddkafjLos, a bed-chamber), 

 compound or branched sporophores, 

 as of fruticose Lichens or Agarics 

 (A. Braun) ; Spor'ozoid {(vov, a 

 living creature ; elios, resemblance), 

 a Zoospore. 



Sport, variation starting from a bud 

 or seed. 



Spor'ala, Spor'ule (dim. of Spora), 

 (1) a small spore ; (2) a spore pro- 

 duced in a perithecium, but not in 

 an ascus (Ellis and Everhart), (3) 

 formerly used vaguely for spore ; 

 sporulif'erous. -rws {/ero, I bear), 

 gporulig'enous {y4yos, offspring), 

 producing sporules ; sporulig^eroas 

 {gero, I bear), bearing sporules ; 

 Sporula'tion, the production of 

 spores (Crozier). 



Spor'us, Lindberg's emendation of 

 Spora. 



Spot, a disease of orchids, apparently 

 caused by chill. 



Spot-bound, stationary, sedentary. 



spot'ted, when colour is disposed in 

 spots on a ground of a different 

 colour. 



gpread'ing, having a gradually outward 

 direction, as petals from the ovary. 



Spring-wood, the wood produced early 

 in the year, characterized by larger 

 ducts and cells than the later 

 growths. 



Sprout, a shoot or germinated seed ; 

 -^ Cell, one produced by sprouting, 

 or vegetative growth ; — Cliain, a 

 chain of cells so produced; '-' Gem'ma, 



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