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Duplicato serration folium. A leaf sawed double, with lesser 

 teeth within the greater, as in the common Elm leaf. 



E. 



Ebracteatus racemus. Without a bractea, or floral leaf. 

 Ecaudata corolla. Without a tail or spur, as in Antirrhinum 



cymbalaria. 

 Echinatum pericarpium. Pods beset with prickles, like a 



hedge-hog, as the outside covering of the chesnut. 

 Efflorescentia. The precise time when a plant shews its first 



flowers. 

 Emarginatum folia. When the apex of a leaf terminates in 



a notch ; the same term is applied to a petal and a stigma. 

 Enervium folium. A leaf having no apparent nerves. 

 Enneandria. The ninth Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Enneapetala corolla. A flower consisting of nine petals. 

 Enodis caulis, culmus. Without knot or joint, when applied 



to a stem or straw. 

 Ensatae. Plants having sword-shaped leaves, a natural Order 



of plants in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Ensiforme folium* A leaf shaped like a two-edged sword, ta- 

 pering towards the point. 

 Equitantia folia. Riding. When the sides of the leaves 



approach in such a manner as the outer embrace the 



inner. 

 Erectus caulis, ramus. Upright, perpendicular ; as applied to 



a stem, branch, &c. 

 Erosum folium. Gnawed. When the leaf is sinuate, and the 



margin appears as if it were gnawed or bitten. 

 Exserta stamina. Standing forth, when the stamina appear 



beyond the corolla, as in the Fuchsia, Class viii. 

 Exstipulatus. Without a stipula. 



Exsuccum folium. When the substance of the leaf is dry. 

 Extrafoliacae stipula, Stipulae growing on the outside of 



leaves. 



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