Sphyrium 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
strephotrichial 
Sphyr‘ium, or Sphyr’ion (deriv. ?), a 
plant succession on ‘‘colluvial” 
soils (Clements). 
spiladoph’ilus (mids, omthddos, a 
crag, occasionally clay, gdéw, I 
love), ‘dwelling in clay”; Spila- 
dophy'ta (g¢urov, a plant), ‘clay 
plants”; Spiladophy’tia, ‘clay 
plant formations.” 
Spinula‘tion, a minute spine or 
prickle. 
Spi’roid, a delicate thickening in the 
cells of the tentacles of Drosera 
(Kerner), 
split‘ting, employed of hybrids, to 
denote division of characters from 
the parents. 
Sporadophy’tia (cmopas, ozopddos, 
scattered, guriv, a plant), open 
plant formations (Clements). 
Sporangid’ium, C. Mueller’s term for 
the Moss-capsule, 
Spore, cf. CaRPosporE, KINosrore, 
PavLospPorE, etc. 
Spore-sac = Moss-capsule (Berkeley). 
sporid’eus, bearing spores; acotyle- 
donous (Henslow) ; Spor’us, Lind- 
berg’s emendation of Spora. 
Sporid‘ia, should be restricted to 
spores generated in asci, i.e, pro- 
mycelial spores (Plowright) ; 
sporiferous (fero, I bear), spore 
bearing; Sporogen’esis (yevvdw, I 
beget), the origin of seeds or 
spores; Spor’ocyst (x’cris, a bag), 
a unicellular structure, producing 
asexual spores (Davis); sporog’- 
enous (yevvdw, I beget), pro- 
ducing spores; sporophyt’ic, be- 
longing to Sporopuytzs ; Spor’o- 
some (cwua, the body), the body 
which actually serves for repro- 
duction (Potonié); Spor’ ostrotes, -ae 
(crpwros, spread), plants distributed 
by means of spores (Clements). 
Squamel’lae (2) = LopICULEs. 
Stalk-cell, the cell arising from 
division of the antheridial cell in 
Pinus, which does not become the 
generative cell. 
Stas‘ium, a stagnant water forma- 
tion; stasoph’ilus (¢iAdw, I love), 
dwelling in stagnant water; Staso- 
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phy’ta (fvrdv, a plant), stagnant 
water plants (Clements). 
Sta'tolith (A/@os, stone), starch grains 
regarded as causing curvature by 
their weight ; Sta’toplast (ahacrds, 
moulded), movable starch grains. 
Stele, cf. PERIPHERAL ~ 3; REPARA- 
TIVE ~. 
Stem-form, in Germ. Stammform, 
the ancestral form (Kuntze). 
sten’ohaline (dAs, adds, salt), applied 
to organisms which can endure 
only 3 or 4 per cent. of salt in 
solution (Forel) ; stenopho’tic (dus, 
gwros, light), requiring a constant 
amount of light, within narrow 
variation ; stenophyll’ous (pvAXov, 
a leaf), Beccari’s term for plants 
on river banks, etc., with linear or 
very narrow leaves ; Stenoph’yllism 
is the state in question; steno- 
ther’mic (Gepun, heat), needing a 
uniform temperature. 
stephanokon'tan, relating to Stepha- 
nokontae, a class of green Algae, 
whose zoospores are characterised 
by a crown of cilia round the 
anterior end. 
Stereogen’nylae (yévos, race; tAn= 
materia), Radlkofer’s term for 
BRYOPHYTES, 
stereodonta’ceous, allied to the genus 
Stereodon, 
stereomat'ic, resembling or com- 
posed of SrerEroME; Stereone’ma, 
pl. Stereone’mata, solid threads 
which make up the capillitium 
in Fuligo (Zopf); stereosperm’ous 
(orépya, a seed), with solid seed 
(Heinig). 
Ster’rhium (creppos, rugged—of coun- 
tries), a moor formation; ster- 
roph’ilus (d¢iAéw, I love), moor- 
loving; Sterrophy’ta (gurdv, a 
plant), moor plants (Clements). 
Stich’id = StTIcHIDIUM. 
stigmar’ian, resembling Stigmaria in 
structure or affinities. 
Stip’el, suggested by F. v. Mueller 
for STIPELLA. 
Strand, (2) shore, as ~-plants, 
strephotrich'ial, belonging to the 
genus Strephothrix. 
