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NOTE EXPLANATORY. 



SPERMOCARPS (Gr. spernia, seed, and karpos, fruit). Literally, "fruit- 

 seeded ; " plants whose seeds contain an embryo, in which the rudiments 

 of the future plant are distinguishable. 



SPOROCARPS (Gr. spora, a germ, and karpos). Literally, "produced 

 by germs ; " plants which have no seed-fruits, but which are reproduced 

 by a development of certain germs or parts of their cellular tissues, 

 called spores. 



PHANEROGAMS (Gr. phaneros, apparent, audgamia, marriage). Plants 

 having apparent flowers or seed-organs. 



CRYPTOGAMS (Gr. kryptos, concealed, and gainia). Plants having no 

 apparent seed-organs, or whose organs of reproduction are not essentially 

 different from the other parts. 



ANGIOSPERMS (Gr. angeion, a vessel, and sperma, seed). Plants having 

 their ovules contained in ovaries. 



GYMNOSPERMS (Gr. gynmos, naked, and sperma). Plants having their 

 ovules in open carpels ; literally, "naked or unenclosed seeds." 



ANGIOSPORES (Gr. a-ngeion and spora). Plants having spores formed 

 in cases which are not open till ripe. 



GYMNOSPORES (Gr. gymnos and spora). Plants having their spores 

 superficial, and not enclosed in cases. 



EXOGENS (Gr. ex, out, and getinao, I produce). Plants whose stems 

 increase by external layers of annual growth, as the beech and oak. 



ENDOGEN (Gr. endon, within, and gennao). Plants whose stems in- 

 crease from within, by a coalescence of the footstalks of the leaves, which 

 always encircle the growing point, as the palms and canes. 



ACROGEN (Gr. akros, the summit). Plants which increase by growth 

 of the top or growing point, as the ferns, &c. 



AMPHIGENS (Gr. amphi, around). Plants which increase by the growth 

 or development of their cellular tissue on all sides, as the lichens. 



DICOTYLEDONS (Gr. dis, two, cotyledon, seed-lobe). Plants whose seeds 

 have two lobes, as the bean. 



MONOCOTYLEDON (Gr. monos, one, and cotyledon). Plants whose seeds 

 have only one lobe, as the grasses. 



THALLOGENS (Gr. thallos, a sprout). Plants whose spores are attached 

 to the frond or leaf, as the ferns. 



AXOGAMS (Gr.) Plants having their spores on a stem or axis, as the 

 mosses and liverworts. 



HYDROPHYTES (Gr. hydor, water, phyton, a shoot). Water-plants, 

 like the sea-weeds and confervas. 



AEROPHYTES (Gr. aer, the air). Growing in the air, as the lichens, 

 in contradistinction to the hydrophytes. 



HYSTEROPHYTES (Gr. hysteros, the last). The lowest or last of the 

 plant-race, as the fungi or mushrooms. 



