Spermoderm 
spicate 
been used as a synonym of PHANER- 
OGAMoUS ; Sperm’oderm, Sperm- 
oder’mis (dépua, a skin), the cover- 
ing of a seed, the seedcoat; 
Spermodoph’orum (dopéw, I carry), 
the gynophore in Umbelliferae ; 
Spermogem’ma (gemma, a bud), 
Caruel’s term for ARCHEGONIUM ; 
Sperm’ogone, Spermogon'ium (yévos, 
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 
t(gopéw, 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 (purov, a plant), cited by 
Crozier for a Phanerogam or 
flowering plant; Spermothe’ca t 
(Ojxn, a case) = PERICARP; Sper- 
m’um, a seed or its analogue. 
sphac’elate (c¢dxedos, gangrene), dark 
and withered as though dead; 
Sphacel'ia, formerly a genus, now 
known to be the conidial stage of 
ergot, Claviceps purpurea, Tul. ; 
Sphac’elic Ac’id is derived from 
ergot (Tubeuf). 
Sphaeraph’ides (cdaipa, a sphere, 
padls, 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 (éyxvua, 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 (cg¢aipa, a sphere), starch 
grains which have been asserted to 
be crystallized bodies; Sphaero- 
pacte’ria (+ Bacteria), bacteria 
with extremely small rounded cells 
which become detached ; Sphaero- 
blas’tus + (GAacres, a bud), a coty- 
ledon which rises above ground, 
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Spi’ca (Lat.), = 8 
spi'cate, spica‘tus (Lat., spiked), like 
bearing at its apex a rounded 
tumour (Lindley) ; sphaerocar’pous 
(xapros, fruit), when a fruit is 
globular; sphaeroceph’alus(xepady, 
a head), having flowers in a close 
globular head; cf. Sorosis; 
Sphaerochor’isis (+ CHOorRISIS), 
the division of an axis in all direc- 
tions, as in ‘‘ witches-broom,”’ etc. 
(Fermond) ; Sphae’ro-crys’tals = 
SPHAERAPHIDES; Sphaerophy’tum 
(gurdv, a plant), a Fern, its spor- 
angia being globular; sphae’roid 
(eld0s, 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 (cmopa, 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 (8dac7os, 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- 
cus 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, re- 
sembling or allied to the genus 
Sphagnum. 
Sphalerocar’pum, -pium (o¢adepos, un- 
steady, xapros, fruit), an accessory 
fruit, as an achene in a baccate 
calyx-tube. 
Sphingoph’ilae (c¢iyé = Hawk-moth, 
grréw, 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. sphingoph’ilous. 
Sphrigo’sis (c¢prydw, to be full of 
sap), rankness (Berkeley). 
PIKE. 
a spike, or disposed in a spike ; 
