Spermagone 



spermocarpous 



ozoid, (&) a pollen-grain ; ~ Chro'- 

 matin, that portion of the male 

 nucleus which is receptive of 

 staining ; ~ Nu'cleus, the nucleus 

 of a male gamete (male pronucleus) 

 which coalesces with the nucleus 

 of an oosphere (female pronucleus) 

 to form a germ- nucleus ; Sperm'- 

 agone, Spermago'nium (y6vos, off- 

 spring) - SPERMOGONB, etc. ; Sperm- 

 amoe'bae (+ AMOEBAE), Pring- 

 sheim's term for certain specialised 

 portions of the antheridial proto- 

 plasm of Saprolegniae, which 

 fertilise the oosphere ; Sperman'- 

 gium (dyyeiov, a vessel), the 

 sporangium of an Alga (Lindley) ; 

 Sperm/aphore, Spermaphor'ium 

 (<t>op{a), I carry), (1) the placenta ; 

 (2) the funicle ; Sperm'aphytes 

 (<j>vrov, a plant), used to include 

 both Angiosperms and Gymno- 

 sperms ; all plants except 

 Cryptogams (Sachs) ; adj. sperm- 

 aphyt'ic ; Spermapod'ium or Sperm- 

 apodoph'orum (irous, 7ro56s, a foot), 

 a branched gynophore in Umbelli- 

 ferae ; Sperma'rium, Gibson's term 

 for Sperm'ary, employed by T. J. 

 Parker for a male organ of repro- 

 duction, as a gamete ; Sperm'atange, 

 Spermatan'gium (ayydov, a vessel), 



(1) the antheridium of Bangiaceae 

 (T. Johnson) ; (2) by A. Braun em- 

 ployed for spermogonia and an- 

 theridia generally ; Spermat'ia, pi. 

 of Sperma'timn, male non-motile 

 gamete-cell ; Sperm' atid, Sperm- 

 atid'ium (e?Sos, resemblance), (1) 

 the mother-cell of antherozoids ; ! 



(2) formerly used for an Algal 

 spore ; spermatif erous (fero, I 

 bear) ; spermatig'erous (gero, I 

 bear) bearing spermatia ; Spermato- 

 conid'ium ( + CONIDIUM), A. Braun's 

 term for SPERM ATIUM ; Spermato'- 

 cyst, Spermatocystid'ium (KI/O-TIS, a 

 bag), the mother-cell of antheridia, 

 especially of Mosses ; Sperm'atocyte 

 (KVTOS, a hollow), (1) Goebel's term 

 for the preceding; (2) used by 

 Shaw for four primary organs, 

 each containing a pair of blepharo- 



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plastoids, the eight secondary or 

 spermatid mother-cells each con- 

 tains two blepharoplasts (Coult. 

 Bot. Gaz. xxvi., Dec. 1898, p. 449) ; 

 Spermatocy'tium (KIJTOS, a hollow 

 vessel), a simple sporangium con- 

 taining spermatozoids (A. Braun) ; 

 Spermatogam'ete, Hartog's term 

 for a male gamete ; Spermatogen'- 

 esls (yeveais, a beginning), the 

 development of the male elements, 

 antherozoids, pollen-grains, and 

 analogous bodies ; Spennatogon- 

 idlum (+ GONIDIUM), A. Braun's 

 term for SPERMATOZOID ; Sperm- 

 atogo'nium (yovos, offspring), the 

 male gametogonium, a cell which 

 divides to form gametes, or itself 

 passes into the state of one 

 (Hartog); Spermatoid'ium, one of 

 ' ' small cells containing gonidia in 

 Algae " (Lindley); Spermatokal'ium 

 (/caXid, a cabin), name given by 

 Gibelli to the perithecium of Verru- 

 caria ; spennatokine'tic (KIV-VTUCOS, 

 having the power of movement), 

 tending to produce the male 

 element in plants ; Sperm'atophore 

 (00/3&J, I carry), a structure bearing 

 a spermatium ; Sperm'atophyte 

 (0U7W, a plant), a Phanerogam, 

 a plant with true seeds ; Sperm' - 

 atoplasm (TrXaoywt, moulded), the 

 protoplasm of a male cell ; Sperm'- 

 atoplast (TrXacrros, moulded), a 

 male sexual cell ; Spermato- 

 sphae'ria, pi. (<r<paipa, a ball), 

 Itzigsohn's term for a presumed 

 male body in Spirogyra, declared 

 by Pringsheim to be an undoubted 

 error ; Spermatotham'nia (0d/*vos, 

 a bush), the antheridial filaments 

 of Rhodophyceae (A. Braun) ; 

 Spermatozo'id (&ov, a living 

 creature, elSos, resemblance), a male 

 ciliated motile gamete produced 

 within an antheridium ; Sperxnato- 

 zo'on, by Shaw taken as the 

 product of a blepharoplast ; 

 sperm'ic, relating to a seed 

 (Crozier) ; spermid'eus, producing 

 seed; Spermidiuni = ACHENB; 

 spermocar'pous (/capTros, fruit), has 



