a. Bot. [f. as prec. + -FEROUS.] Bearing sporangia.
1866. J. Smith, Ferns Brit. & Foreign, 105. Fertile fronds plain, the under side sporangiferous.
1875. Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot., 375. The deciduous sporangiferous stems of the species just named.
1890. Athenæum, 29 Nov., 743/1. Sporangiferous and plant-forming hairs.
