Ensponilation 



Ergology 



Ensporula'tion (+ Sporulation), 

 applied to the reproduction of 

 bacteria (Hort). 



Enterechy {ivreXexi-a, an actuality), 

 (1) actuality, (2) the condition of 

 " intensive manifoldness " with 

 suspension of certain vital functions 

 by a non-spatial, non-perceptual, 

 hypothetical agent (Driesch); adj. 

 entelech'ian. 



entomorph'ilous, add, (2) fungi living 

 on insects (Clements and Pounds). 



En'zyme ; genet'ic '-, a formative 

 substance ; heterolyt'ic, splitting 

 other substances into more than 

 one ; homolytlc, turning the sub- 

 ject into more of the same nature ; 

 enzymat'ically, caused by enzyme 

 action. 



Eophyt'ic {(f>vT6v, a plant), used 

 regarding the earliest vegetable life 

 (Saporta) ; E'oplasm (7rAaa/xa, that 

 formed), an assumed primitive 

 substance antedating protoplasm 

 (Troland); E'osere (+ Sere), a 

 chmax of vegetation during an eon 

 or era (Clements); adj. eose'ral ; 

 E'ostase (+ Stase), a series of 

 layers resulting in part from an 

 eosere {id.) ; Eo'strate (+ Strate), 

 the sum-total of all the strates in 

 the same great vegetative era ; 

 a succession after a stase when the 

 inorganic matter exceeds the 

 organic {id.) ; divided into ceno- 

 phyt'ic '-', mesophyt'ic ~, paleo- 

 phyt'ic ~, according to age, as 

 denoted by the terms ; all taken 

 together constitute a geostrate. 



epeirogen'ic {yjtrcipos, the mainland ; 

 y(vos, race), movement raising 

 continents ; cf. orogenic. 



Ephaptomenon {i<f>a.nTo^aL, to be 

 fastened on), the adnate type of 

 plants (Gams). 



epharmon'ic, add, (2) — adapta'tion 

 or — varia'tion, " change in the 

 form or physiological behaviour, 

 beneficial to an organism, evoked 

 by the operation of some environ- 

 mental stimulant " (Cockajme) ; 

 Epibiot'ica, pi. (jS/o?, life), sur- 

 vivors of a lost flora (Ridley) ; 



Epicotyle'donary Node, the place 

 of the normal emission of leaves 

 above the seed-leaves ; epige'ic (yi;, 

 the earth), appUed to plants whose 

 shoots do not protrude from the 

 soil, but rest upon it ; cf. diaqeic 

 (M. Vahl) ; epig'ynous, add, (2) 

 when the antheridia are upon or 

 above the oogonia, as in Phyto- 

 phthora De Bary (Murphy) ; epi- 

 lith'ic, add, (2) of plants as Epili- 

 thoph'ytes, those growing on stone 

 or rock, as do many lichens 

 (Wetter). 



epilose (c = without, + pilose), 

 destitute of hairs. 



epiontolog'ic {oin-a, things existing; 

 Xoyos, discourse), relating to the 

 origin of individuals ; the con- 

 dition is Epiontorogy; Epiphy- 

 to'tisms (tttcoto?, fallen), epidemic 

 plant diseases; adj. epiphyto'tic 

 (Harshberger); Ep'iplasts {nXauTos, 

 moulded), spherical bodies within 

 the cytoplasmic lamellae and the 

 blue-green algae (Fritch) ; Epi- 

 pod'ium, Bower's term for the apical 

 part of the leaf ; epistat'ic (arariKo?, 

 caused to stand), Bateson's term 

 for dominant (Hurst) ; cf. hypo- 

 static ; epiterra'nean {terra, the 

 earth), in amphicarpic plants the 

 above-ground fruiting portion, as 

 opposed to the subterranean, as in 

 Sieglingia decumbens Bernh. ; Epi- 

 xy'loneae {^vXov, wood), plants 

 growing on timber, as lichens and 

 fungi (Mirbel). 



Equisete'tum, an association of Equi- 

 setuin Linn. ; equise'toid (eiSoj, 

 resemblance), hairs on stem and 

 leaf of Botryopteris forensis Ren., 

 recalling a miniature Equisetmn ; 

 Eqniseto'sis, poisoning from equi- 

 setum as fodder (Pammel). 



Erect' Cells, cf. Cells, Erect. 



Eremi'on {eprjfios, desert), originally 

 Eremi'um ; a desert formation 

 (Clements) ; Ere'mophytes, pi. 

 {(f>vT6v, a plant), desert -and steppe 

 plants (Warming). 



Ergorogy {Xoyog, discourse), Delpino's 

 equivalent for Bioloqy. 



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