Spermagone 
spermocarpous 
ozoid, (b) 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 (-yédvos, off- 
spring) = SPERMOGONE, 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 (dyyelov, a vessel), the 
sporangium of an Alga (Lindley) ; 
Sperm’aphore, Spermaphor'ium 
(popéw, I carry), (1) the placenta ; 
(2) the funicle; Sperm’aphytes 
(gurov, w plant), used to include 
both Angiosperms and Gymno- 
sperms; all plants except 
Cryptogams (Sachs); adj. sperm- 
aphyt’ic ; Spermapod’ium or Sperm- 
apodoph’orum (ois, rodds, 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 (dyyetov, a vessel), 
(1) the antheridium of Bangiaceae 
(T. Johnson) ; (2) by A. Braun em- 
ployed for spermogonia and an- 
theridia generally ; Spermat’ia, pl. 
of Sperma’tium, male non-motile 
gamete-cell; Sperm’atid, Sperm- 
atid’ium (eléos, resemblance), (1) 
the mother-cell of antherozoids ; 
(2) formerly used for an Algal 
spore ; spermatiferous (fero, I 
bear) ; spermatig’erous (gero, I 
bear) bearing spermatia ; Spermato- 
conid‘ium (+Conrpium), A. Braun’s 
term for SPERMATIUM ; Spermato’- 
cyst, Spermatocystid’ium (ktoris, a 
bag), the mother-cell of antheridia, 
especially of Mosses ; Sperm’atocyte 
(xtros, 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 (kiros, a hollow 
vessel), a simple sporangium con- 
taining spermatozoids (A. Braun) ; 
Spermatogam’ete, Hartog’s term 
for a male gamete; Spermatogen’- 
esis (yéveois, a beginning), the 
development of the male elements, 
antherozoids, pollen-grains, and 
analogous bodies ; Spermatogon- 
id’‘ium (+ Gonipium), A. Braun’s 
term for SPERMATOZOID; Sperm- 
atogo’nium (yévos, 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); Spermatokalium 
(kadia, a cabin), name given by 
Gibelli to the perithecium of Verru- 
caria ; spermatokine’tic (xireKos, 
having the power of movement), 
tending to produce the male 
element in plants; Sperm’atophore 
(popéw, I carry), a structure bearing 
a spermatium ; Sperm’atophyte_ 
(gvrov, a plant), a Phanerogam, 
a plant with true seeds; Sperm’- 
atoplasm (7\dcya, moulded), the 
protoplasm of a male cell; Sperm’- 
atoplast (m\acros, moulded), a 
male sexual cell; Spermato- 
sphae’ria, pl. (cdaipa, a ball), 
Itzigsohn’s term for a presumed 
male body in Spirogyra, declared 
by Pringsheim to be an undoubted 
error ; Spermatotham’nia (dduvos, 
a bush), the antheridial filaments 
of Rhodophyceae (A. Braun) ; 
Spermatozo’id (f{sov, a living 
creature, eldos, resemblance), a male 
ciliated motile gamete produced 
within an antheridium ; Spermato- 
zo‘on, by Shaw taken as the 
product of a blepharoplast ; 
sperm’ic, relating to a _ seed 
(Crozier); spermid’eus, producing. 
seed; Spermid‘ium = ACHENE; 
spermocar’pous (xapmds, fruit), has 
