8o 
Notes. 
be devised, and that the older terms Cryptogam and Phanerogam are 
in my view quite adequate, and intrinsically are no more objectionable 
than ‘ Sporophyta ’ and ‘ Spermaphyta,’ one of which certainly implies 
erroneous doctrine. 
For similar reasons I need not refer to the many other terms which 
have been proposed by authors as more satisfactory than compounds 
with c sporo ’ and ‘ oo ’ for ‘ asexual generation ' and £ sexual gener- 
ation.’ In a completely reformed terminology more literally expressive 
words might doubtless be secured. I am concerned here only in 
explaining the grounds upon which a departure was made from the 
terminology ‘ sporophore ’ and ‘ oophore ’ in Thiselton Dyer’s sense 
which appeared likely to come rapidly into general use in Britain. 
ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, Oxford. 
