Spermatophytie 



SphAenda 



a spermatimu ; spermatopliTt'ic, 

 relating to seed-bearing" plants ; 

 Sperm'atophyte {<pvTbv, a plant), a 

 Phanerogam, a plant with true 

 seeds ; Sperm'atoplasm (irAdc/ta, 

 moulded), the protoplasm of a 

 male cell ; Sperm'atoplast {vKoffrbs, 

 moulded), a male sexual cell ; sper- 

 matoplas'mic, relating to the Sper- 

 MATOPLASM ; Spermatosphae'ila, pi. 

 {<T<pa7pa, a ball), Itzi^sohn's term for 

 a presumed male body in Spirogyra, 

 declared by Pringsheim to be an 

 undoubted error ; Spermat'ostrotea, 

 •ae {(Trpwrhs, spread), plants dis- 

 tributed by seeds (Clements) ; Sper- 

 matotham'nia {Od/xvos, a bush), the 

 antheridial filaments of Rhodo- 

 phyceae (A. Braun) ; Spermatozo'id 

 ICvo^y 8, living creature ; eJSos, re- 

 semblance), a male ciliated motile 

 gamete produced within an anther- 

 idium; Spermatozo'on, by Shaw 

 taken as the product of a blepharo- 

 plast ; spermlc, relating to a seed 

 (Crozier) ; spermid'eus, producing 

 seed; Spermid'ium=AcHENE; Sper'- 

 mocarp (/copirbs, fruit), the fruit of 

 Characeae ( Bennett and Mun-ay) ; 

 spermocar'pous has been used as a 

 synonym of phanerogamous ; 

 Sperm'oderm, Spcrmoder'mis {Sepfia, 

 a skin), the covering of a seed, the 

 seedcoat ; Spermodoph'oram {dShs, a 

 way ; (popeu, I carry), the gynophore 

 in tFmbelliferae ; Spermogem'ma 

 {gemma, a bud), Caruel's term for 

 Archegonium ; Sperm'ogone, Sper- 

 Tnogon'ium {y6vos, offspring), a 

 cup-shaped receptacle in which 

 spermatia are abjointed, differing 

 from a pycnidium by its smaller 

 spores ; Sperm'o-nu'cleuB = Sperm- 

 nucleus ; Sperm'ophore, Sper- 

 vwph'orum + {<pop€w, I carry), 



(1) the gynophore in Umbelliferae ; 



(2) the placenta ; (3) the modified 

 shoot of the thallus of certain Algae, 

 producing male organs (Darbishire) ; 

 Spenn'ophyte {(pvrhv, a plant), cited 

 by Crozier for a Phanerogam or 

 flowering plant ; Spennothe'ca X 

 {diiKij, a case) = Pericarp ; sperm'- 



oiis = sPERMic; Sper'motype {rviros, 

 a type), Swingle's term for a 

 specimen cut from a seedling raised 

 from the original type ; Sperrn'om, 

 a seed or its analogue. 



iphac^'elate {<r<p<iKf\os, gangrene), dark 

 and withered as though dead ; 

 Sphacel'la, formerly a genus, now 

 kbown to be the conidial stage of 

 ergot, Claviceps purpurea, Tul. ; 

 Sphao'elic Add is derived from 

 ergot (Tubeuf). 



Spliaerapli'ides {(r<f>aipa, a sphere ; 

 (ia^ls, a needle), clusters of crystals 

 in plant-cells of a ra^re or less 

 spherical form ; Sphaeraplank'ton 

 ( -h Plankton), floating vegetation 

 chiefly comp'osed of Halospha^ra 

 viridis ; Sphaerenoh'yma {iyxvfM, 

 an infusion), spherical cells compos- 

 ing cellular tissue, as the pulp of 

 fruits. 



gphaeria'ceous, sphae'rioid {fJSos, re- 

 semblance), resembling or allied to 

 the Fungus genus Sphaeria. 



Sphaer'ites {afpalpa, a sphere), starch 

 grains which have been asserted to 

 be crystallized bodies ; Sphaerobao- 

 te'ria (-f Bacteria), bacteria with 

 extremely small rounded cells which 

 become detached ; Sphaeroblai'tiiB t 

 {fikaarh^, a bud), a cotyledon which 

 rises above ground, bearing at its 

 apex a rounded tumour (Lmdley) ; 

 spliaerooar'pou8(/capirby, fruit), when 

 a fruit is globular ; sphaerooeph'alus 

 {K€<pa\^, a head), having flowers in 

 a close globular head ; cf. SoROSia ; 

 Sphaerochor'isifl (+ Chorisis), the 

 division of an axis in all direc- 

 tions, as in "witches-broom," etc. 

 (Ferraond) ; Sphae'ro-orys'tals = 

 Sphaeraphides ; sphae'roid {eUos, 

 resemblance), globular, any solid 

 figure approaching that of a sphere ; 

 ~ Cell, a reserve-receptacle in some 

 calcareous Lichens (Zukal) ; syn., 

 spheroi'dal ; Sphaerophy'tum (<^ut^v, 

 a plant), a Fern, its sporangia being 

 globular ; Sphae'rospore, Spfuiero- 

 spor'a {(Tvopk, a seed), a name pro- 

 posed in substitution for Tetra- 

 SPORE ; Sphaer'ula, a globose per- 



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