Sphærozoum (sferozoum)

[NL., Sphærozoum ovodimare , magnified. ond species is S. punctatum. loose de tached skele ton. S. ovodi mare is an ex ample. AsecSee also cut un [NL. (Bri der spicule. sphærule, sphærulite, etc. See spherule, etc. Sphagnaceæ (sfag-na'sē-ē), n. pl. del, 1826), the borders of mountain rivulets. They are whitish, yellowish, or sometimes red or olive-colored, and are peren. nial by the annual prolongation of the stems or by simple innovations at the apex. The branches are generally spreading, in lateral fascicles of from two to seven, rarely more, those at the summit of the stem capitate. The leaves are nervele , translucent, formed of a single layer of two kinds of cells. The inflorescence is monœcio us or diœcio us; the male organs (antheridia) are borne upon clavate catkin-like branches, solitary at the side of each leaf, globose or ovoid, pedicellate; the female organs (archegonia) are generally three or four terminating a short branch, sule is globose, operculate with a convex or nearly flat lid, only one perfecting fruit and forming a capsule. The cap the orifice naked; the spores are of two kinds. See cut under Sphagnum. Sphagnei (sfag'ne-i), n. pl. [NL.,