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Entada Adans. (Pitsaetha L.). Leguminosae (l. 5). 12 trop. The seeds 

 of E. scandens Benth. (nicker beans), a common trop. climber, are 

 carried to Eur. by the Gulf Stream. 



Entandropliragma C. DC. Meliaceae (n). 6 Angola. 



Entelia R. Br. Tiliaceae. i N. Z. Wood very light. 



Enterolobium Mart. Leguminosae (i. i). 5 trop. Am., W.I. 



Enteropogon Nees. Gramineae (ti). 4 trop. Afr. and As." 



Enterosora Baker. Folypodiaceae. i Centr. Am., Jamaica. 



Enterospermum Hiern. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i E. Afr. coast. 



Enthomanthus Mo9- et Sesse ex Ramirez. Caprifol. 2 Mexico. 



Entire, without marginal notches. 



EntomopMly (fl.), insect-pollination; Mtiller has divided fl. into 8 fl.- 

 classes (q.v.) according to their degrees of specialisation in regard to 

 the visits of insects. 



Entoplocamia Stapf. Gramineae (n). 28. and trop. Afr. 



Entrecasteauxia Montr. Inc. sed. i New Caledonia. 



Enydra (Enhydrd) Lour. Compositae (5). 9 trop. and subtrop. 



Enzyme, an unorganised or soluble ferment. 



Eomecon Hance. Papaveraceae (n). 2 China. 



Epacridaceae (EP.\ Epacrideae BH.}. Dicotyledons (Sympet. Eri- 

 ca\esEP.,BH.}. 21 gen., 350 sp., chiefly Austr. and Tasm., where 

 they repres. the Ericaceae of other continents, but extending also to 

 India, N.Z., Hawaii, and S. Am. They resemble Ericaceae ( iv) 

 closely in habit and appearance, being mostly small shrubs (a few small 

 trees), the stems growing obliquely, sparingly branched, with narrow, 

 entire, rigid 1., usu. alt. , rarely opp. or whorled. Sometimes the 1. are 

 sheathing, in which cases either no scar is left on the stem when the 

 1. falls, or a ring mark is left, as in Dracophyllum. 



Fls. usu. in term, racemes or spikes. , actinom. K 5, C (5), 

 A 5, hypog. at edge of disc, or more often epipet. ; the anthers 

 opening by one central longitudinal slit and without horns or other 

 appendages; pollen simple or in tetrads; G (5) cpls. opp. petals, 

 plac. axile; ov. in each loc. i x , anatr., usu. pend.; style simple, 

 sometimes in depression of top of ovary, with a capitate stigma. 

 Capsule or stony drupe. Embryo straight, in copious endosp. 

 Classification and chief genera (after Drude) : 

 Each loc. with several seeds ; caps, loculic. 



1. Prionoteae (sta. hypog., free; anther-loc. divided): Prio- 



notes, Lebetanthus (only gen.). 



2. Epacrideae (sta. usu. epipet.; anther-loc. without separation 



after dehiscence): Sprengelia, Richea, Dracophyllum, 

 Sphenotoma, Epacris. 

 Each loc. with i seed: fr. indehiscent. 



3. Styphelieae: Styphelia, Acrotriche, Pentachondra. 

 Epacrideae (BH.} Epacridaceae. 



Epacris Forst. Epacridaceae (2). 40 S.E. Austr., Tasm.. N.Z., New 



Caled. Cult. orn. fls. 

 Epactium Willd. Inc. sed. i Peru. 

 Epallage DC. Compositae (,s). 5 Madagascar. 

 Epaltes Cass. Compositae (4). 12 trop. 

 Epatitis Rafin. Compositae (inc. sed.). i Oregon. 



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