Elaterine 



Emasculation 



Elat'erine, the active principle of the 

 fruit of Elaterium, Jacq. 



Elate'riam (iKariipios, driving away) ; 

 (1) = Coccum; (2) the dried juice 

 of the wild cucumber, Elaterium. 



Elat'erophore {<t>op4a), I carry), thready 

 organs which bear the elaters in 

 certain Hepaticae. 



•la'tus (Lat., exalted), tall, lofty. 



Eloot'ropism (Iaac«, I drag; rpoir^, a 

 turning), compulsory attraction of 

 plants. 



Elec'tion {electio, a choice), the selec- 

 tion of the fittest, eis opposed to the 

 elimination of the unfit. 



eleo'trinus {liXenrpoy, amber), yellowish 

 amber coloured ; Electrorysia (Auo-is, 

 a loosing), analysis by electric force, 

 adj. electrolytic ; electrotrop'ic 

 {rp6iro5, direction), actuated by 

 electric force ; Elect'ropism, or 

 Electrot'ropism {rpSiros, direction), 

 (1). the elect) ic impulse which governs 

 certain plant-functions; (2) the in- 

 flection of roots or shoots towards 

 the cathode (Macdougal); Electro'- 

 sis, reaction from an electrical cur- 

 rent (Massart) ; Electrotax'is {rd^is, 

 order), arrangement induced by 

 electric currents, galvanotaxis ; 

 Electrot'onus {r6vos, stress), a latent 

 period of electric, stress (Hoerniann) ; 

 Elec'tro-vegetom'eter, an ariange- 

 ment of insulated wires and points 

 above the plants to be electrified by 

 atmospheric electricity (Berthelon). 



Element'ary Or'gans, the constituents 

 of cellular and vascular tissue. 



eleutheran'thorous {ixtvdepos, free, 

 -f Anther), having the anthers 

 di^<tinct, not united; elenthero- 

 pet'alous {vfTa\ov, a flower-leaf), 

 polypetalous, having free petals, 

 choripetalous ; eleutherophyll'ouB, 

 {<f)6\\oy, a leaf), separate leaved ; 

 eleutherosep'aloua ( -f Skpalum), 

 with distinct sepals ; elenthero- 

 tep'alons ( + Tepal), having free 

 tepals (Pax). 



eleva'ted, applied to a Lichen when 

 raised above the surface of its 

 matrix. 



Elf'in-tree ; --' -wood, applied by 



A. F. W. Schiraper, to alpine forest, 

 distorted from mountain climate ; 

 Ger. , Krummholz. 



Elimina'tion {elimino, I move out), 

 the destruction of forms from various 

 natural causes (Plate). 



Elitric'ulus = Elytriculus. 



Ell, a measure variously understood, 

 the English ell being 45 inches, the 

 Flemish ell 54 inches. 



Elleb'orin, an acrid resin from Eranthis 

 hyemahs, Salisb., formerly con- 

 sidered a species of HeUehorus. 



Ellip'soid (^A.A.6Ji//ts, a failing short; 

 «l5oy, like), an elliptic solid; adj. 

 ellipioi'dal, ellipsoida'lis; sometimes 

 etnployed for ellip'tic, ellip'tical, 

 ellip'ticus, sliaped like an ellipse, 

 oblong with regularly rounded ends. 



elitt'oral {e, from litoralis or littoralis, 

 pertaining to the shore), employed 

 to denote the coastal region below 

 the sublittoral, and extending as far 

 as the light penetrates (Warming). 



eloc'ular, elociila'ris («, priv. loculns, 

 a cell), unilocular. 



elo'dioid {e'ldos, resemblance), like 

 Elodea ; applied to a linear leaf 

 (Warming). 



Elonga'tion, Elonga'tio [elongo, \ 

 lengthen), remarkable for length 

 in comparison with its breadth ; 

 elonga'ted (dongaUus, drawn out in 

 length). 



Elu'vittm {cliivio, a washing away), 

 used by Boulger for sand-blown 

 dunes, 



Elyme'tum, an association of Elymus 

 arenariics. 



Elytric'ulus [iXvrpov, a covering), 

 Necker's t^nn for a floret in Com- 

 positae ; ely 'triform {forma, shape), 

 resembling the wing-case of a beetle 

 (Crozier). 



emar'cid, e'nar'cidus {eviarcesco, I 

 wither), flaccid, withered. 



emar'ginate, emargina'tus {emargino, 

 to deprive of its edge), having a 

 notch cut out, usually at the ex- 

 tremity ; Emarginatu'ra (Lat.), the 

 notch at the apex of an emarginate 

 leaf. 



Emascula'tion, in plants, the removal 



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