Spermoderm 



spicate 



been used as a synonym of PHANER- 

 OGAMOUS ; Sperm'oderm, Sperm- 

 oder'mis (dtp/ma, a skin), the cover- 

 ing of a seed, the seedcoat ; 

 Spennodoph'orum (0o/>ew, I carry), 

 the gynophore in Umbelliferae ; 

 Spermogem'ma (gemma, a bud), 

 Camel's term for ARCHEGONIUM ; 

 Sperm'ogone, Spermogon'ium (761/05, 

 offspring), a cup-shaped receptacle 

 in which spermatia are abjointed, 

 differing from a pycnidium by its 

 smaller spores ; Sperm'o-nu'cleus = 

 SPERM-NUCLEUS ; sperm' ous = SPER- 

 MIC; Sperm'ophore, Spermoph'orum 

 J (<j)ope 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) ; Sperm' - 

 ophyte (0i>roV, a plant), cited by 

 Crozier for a Phanerogam or 

 flowering plant ; Spermothe'ca J 

 (QriKi}, a case) = PERICARP; Sper- 

 m'um, a seed or its analogue. 



sphac'elate (o-0ci/ceXos, gangrene), dark 

 and withered as though dead ; 

 Sphacel'ia, formerly a genus, now 

 known to be the conidial stage of 

 ergot, Claviceps piirpurea, Tul. ; 

 Sphac'elic Ac'id is derived from 

 ergot (Tubeuf). 



Sphaeraph'ides (<r0cu/>a, a sphere, 

 pa^is, a needle), clusters of crystals 

 in plant-cells of a more or less 

 spherical form ; Sphere -crys'tals 

 and Sphe'ro-crys'tal are synonyms ; 

 Sphere-yeast, a growth form of 

 Mucor which resembles yeast ; 

 Sphaerench'yma (tyxvpa, an infu- 

 sion), spherical cells composing 

 cellular tissue, as the pulp of 

 fruits. 



sphaeria'ceous, resembling or allied 

 to the Fungus genus Sphaeria. 



Sphaer'ites (crficupa, a sphere), starch 

 grains which have been asserted to 

 be crystallized bodies ; Sphaero- 

 bacte'ria (+ BACTERIA), bacteria 

 with extremely small rounded cells 

 which become detached ; Sphaero- 

 blas'tus J (/SXaoros, a bud), a coty- 

 ledon which rises above ground, 



bearing at its apex a rounded 

 tumour (Lindley) ; sphaerocar'pous 

 (Kapwos, fruit), when a fruit is 

 globular; sphaeroceph'alus (Ke^aXi), 

 a head), having flowers in a close 

 globular head ; cf. SOROSIS ; 

 Sphaerochor'isis ( + CHORISIS), 

 the division of an axis in all direc- 

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

 (Fermond) ; Sphae'ro-crys'tals = 

 SPHAERAPHIDES ; Sphaerophy'tum 

 (0vroV, a plant), a Fern, its spor- 

 angia being globular; sphae'roid 

 (elSos, resemblance), globular, any 

 solid figure approaching that of a 

 sphere ; ~ Cell, a reserve-receptacle 

 in some calcareous Lichens (Zukal); 

 syn., spheroi'dal ; Sphae'rospore, 

 Sphaerospor'a (cnropa, a seed), a 

 name proposed in substitution for 

 TETRASPORE ; Sphaer'ula, a globose 

 peridium emitting sporidia buried 

 in pulp (Lindley) ; ~ ascig'era, the 

 receptacle of certain Fungi (Lind- 

 ley) ; Sphe'roblast (jSXao-ros, a bud 

 or shoot), a wood-ball on the beech 

 and other trees, from a dormant 

 eye, disconnected from its vascular 

 bundles (Ward) ; spher'ical, sphe'- 

 ricus, relating to a sphere ; sphe'ri- 

 cu8 Li'mes = ORBICULAR ; Spher'- 

 ules, rounded bodies occurring in 

 the sporangioles of Selaginella 

 (Janse). 



Sphagne'tum, Warming's term for a 

 Sphagnum bog ; sphag'nous, 

 sembling or allied to the g 

 Sphagnum. 



Sphalerocar'pum, -pium (<r0aXe/>oy, un- 

 steady, Kapiros, fruit), an accessory 

 fruit, as an achene in a baccate 

 calyx-tube. 



Sphingoph'ilae (v<j)iy% = Hawk-moth, 

 0iX(?w, I love), flowers fertilized by 

 hawkmoths and nocturnal lepi- 

 doptera ; they have a strong sweet 

 smell, and honey in the flower-tube 

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



Spnrigo'sis (<r<t>piy&w, to be full of 

 sap), rankness (Berkeley). 



Spi'ca (Lat.), = SPIKE. 



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

 a spike, or disposed in a spike j 



genus 



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