See also:

• ACROGENAE (" growing at the apex ")

ACROGENAE (" growing at the See also:

• APEX

apex ")  , an obsolete botanical See also:

• TERM

term, originally applied to the higher Cryptogams (mosses and ferns), which were erroneously distinguished from the See also:

• LOWER

lower (See also:

• ALGAE

Algae and See also:

• FUNGI (p1. of Lat. fungus, a mushroom)

Fungi) by apical growth of the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem . The lower Cryptogams were contrasted as Amphigenae (" growing all over "), a misnomer, as apical growth is See also:

• COMMON

common 'among them .