Sphaerula 



Spiladophyta 



idium emitting sporidia buried in 

 pulp (Lindley) ; ^ a8cig'era,the recep- 

 tacle of certain Fungi (Lindley). 



Sphagne'tum, a plant society of Sphag- 

 num moss ; Sphagni'on, a Sphagnum 

 moor ; Sphag^opra'tum (pratum, 

 a meadow), moss-moor, dependent 

 upon rain rather than underground 

 water ; examples, Sphagnion, Erio- 

 PHORETUM ; Sphagnorogy {^6yos, 

 discourse), the study of the genus 

 Sphagnum; sphagnoph'ilous (</)iA^(w, 

 I love), applied to Sphag'nophytes, 

 pi. (<^vTiv, a plant), those plants 

 which prefer to grow on sphagnum 

 cushions ; sphagno'sus, used by 

 Nilsson to denote a Sphagnum 

 undergrowth to a heath ; sphag'nous, 

 resembling or allied to the genus 

 Sphagnum. 



Sphalerooar^pom, -pium (<r^aXep^y, un- 

 steady ; Kaptros, fruit), an accessory 

 fruit, as an achene in a baccate 

 calyx-tube. 



sphe'noid {<T<p})v, a wedge), wedge- 

 shaped, cuneate (Heinig). 



sphenophylla'ceous, resembling or 

 allied to the extinct family of 

 Sphenophyllaceae. 



Sphenop'sida {o^n, appearance), Scott's 

 name for a group of plants allied to 

 Lycopsida, consisting of Equisetales 

 and other articulate vascular cryp 

 togams. 



-splMnop'teroid (cMot, resemblance), 

 like the fossil genus Sphenopteris. 



Sphere - crys'tals and Sphe'ro-crys'- 

 tals {(r<paipa, a sphere) are synonyms 

 o^ Sphaeraphides ; Sphere-yeast, 

 pi growth form of Mucor which re- 

 sembles yeast ; spherical, sphe'ricus, 

 relating to a sphere ; sphe'ncus 

 Li'mes = orbicular ; Sphe'roblast 

 {0\a<rrhs, a bud or shoot), a wood- 

 ball on the beech and other trees, 

 from a dormant eye, disconnected 

 from its vascular bundles (Ward) ; 

 spherogenlc {yivos, race), the self- 

 bounding of amoeboid organisms 

 (Pfeffer) ; Sphe'rnles, rounded bodies 

 occurring in the sporangioles of 

 Selaginella (Janse). 



sphinct'riform {forma, shape), having 



the apothocia almost sessile, as in 

 Sphinctrina. 



Sphingoph'ilae {(r(p\yl = Hawkmoth ; 

 <pi\7u>, I love), flowers fertilized by 

 hawkmoths and noctm-nal lepido- 

 ptera ; they have a strong, sweet 

 smell, and honey in the flower-tube 

 (H. Mueller) ; adj. sphingoph'ilous. 



Sphrigo'sis {ff<ppiydu, to be full of sap), 

 rankness (Berkeley). 



Spl^yg'niism {a<pvy/ihs, the pulse), the 



_ formation of contractile vacuoles 



through some stimulus (Massart). 



Sphyri'um, or Sphyri'on {<T<pvpov, 

 ankle), a plant succession on **col- 

 luvial " soils (Clements) = talus or 

 scree. 



Spi'ca (Lat.) = Spike. 



spi^cate spica'tus (Lat., spiked), like 

 a spike, or disposed in a spike ; 

 spicif erous, -rus {fero, I bear) ; 

 spiciflor'as {fios, Jloris, a flower) ; 

 spi'ciform, spiciform'is {forma, 

 shape), spike-like ; Bpicig'eroas, -rus 

 {gero, I bear), bearing flower spikes ; 

 Bpi'ccse, and gpi'cous (Crozier) = 

 8FICATE ; Spic'ale, Spi'cula {spicu- 

 him, a small needle), (1) a diminu- 

 tive or secondary spike ; (2) the 

 point of a basidium in Fungi ; also 

 (3) their aciculae ; (4) a fine, fleshy, 

 erect point (Lindley) ; spio'ular, 

 spiky ; spio'alate, spicula^tus, witli 

 a surface covered with fine points ; 

 Spicula'tion, Nylander's term for a 

 hyphal constriction in spore-forma- 

 tion, the extremity being left as a 

 spicule. 



Spike, Spi'ca (Lat., an ear of com), 

 (1) an indeterminate inflorescence, 

 with flowers sessile on a common 

 elongated axis ; (2) an aggregation 

 of sporophylls at the apex of the 

 shoot ; com'pound '^ , an inflores- 

 cence consisting of spikes. 



Spi'kelet, Spic'ula, a secondary spike, 

 a cluster of one or more flowers sub- 

 tended by a common pair of glumes, 

 as in grasses. 



spiladoph'ilus {axt\ks, airiXiZos, % 

 crag, occasionally clay ; <pi\ta>, I 

 love), "dwelling in clay"; Spila* 

 dophy'ta {<pvrhv, a plant), " clay 



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