Sntopliyte 



Epiascidinm 



plauts, as some Fungi ; adj. ento- 

 phyt'ic ; Ent'ospore ( -f Spoka), a 

 primitively interior spore, possessing 

 its own membrane apart from that 

 of the sporophore (Vuillemin) ; en- 

 tozo'ic (CvP**! an animal), growing 

 within animals, endozoic. 



En 'trance,' the outer aperture of a 

 stoma ; in Ger. *' Eingang." 



enu'cleate ( + Nucleus), destitute of 

 a nucleus. 



En'velope, a surrounding part ; '- Ap- 

 para'tus, the sporocarp in Ascoray- 

 cetes exclusive of the asci, and 

 ascigerous cells ; ~ Cell, Archer's 

 equivalent of Cohn's " Hiillzelle " ; 

 the common hyaline envelope of a 

 colony of Stephanosph aeria pluvialis, 

 Cohn ; the Flo'ral En'velopes are 

 the perianth or its analogues ; en- 

 vel'oping = involucrate. 



Envi'ronment (Fr., environnement), 

 the aggregate of surrounding con- 

 ditions. 



enzymat'ic (^v, in ; (v/xri, yeast), per- 

 taining to a ferment ; En'zyme, an 

 unorganised or soluble ferment, as 

 Diastase; amylolytlc ~ , as Diastase, 

 converting starch into sugar : fat ~ , 

 converting olein into oleic acid and' 

 glycerine ; glu'coside ~ , as Synap- 

 tase or Emulsin ; hydrolyt'ic '^ , 

 splitting up by hydrolysis ; in'vert 

 '~, turning cane-sugar into grape- 

 sugar ; oxidising '~ , assisting in 

 the oxidation of various substances ; 

 proteolyt'ic ~, decortiposing pro- 

 teids ; Enzymo'id (ttSos, resem- 

 blance), H body resembling an enzyme 

 in its action; Cytotoxins; Enzy- 

 morogy ( -f- Enzymk. \6yos, dis- 

 course;, the study of the soluble 

 ferments ; Enzymorysis {\vais, a 

 loosing), the a:;tion of breaking up 

 a substance by the solvent power 

 of an enzpiie ; Enzymo'sis, changes 

 induced by the action ol an enzyme; 

 enzymo'tic, acting as an enzyme. 



eoclad'ous (fjas, dawn early ; K\i5os, 

 a branch), applied by Prantl to 

 those leaves whicli in devel(>})inent 

 become branched while in the meri- 

 stematic state. 



Eosin'ophil (eosin, a rose-red dye from 

 coal-tar products ; <pi\(u, 1 love), 

 denotes any substance which be- 

 comes coloured by the application of 

 eosin. 



Epan'ody ( 4irdyoio5, return to normal), 

 a return to a regular state from an 

 irregular, as a peloria flower. 



epan'thous (eVf, upon ; &vdos, a flower), 

 growing upon flowers, as certain 

 Fungi ; Ep'en (Crozier) — Epench'yma 

 {iyxv/xa, an infusion), Nageli's term 

 for tibro-vascular tissue; Ephar'- 

 monism, physiolog'ic [ap^ovia, con- 

 cord), Vesque's Icrm, used for the 

 methods by whi h the plant is 

 adapted to sun and drought ; Ephar'- 

 mony, growth form in c^ontradistinc- 

 tion to its systematic form ; adj. 

 epharmon'ic (or ephannon'ical) ; ~ 

 Conver'gence, resemblance of plants 

 which are distant in affinity ; Ephar- 

 mo'sis {apfio(w, I joiu together), the 

 adaptation of plants under new con- 

 ditions (Vesque) ; adj. epbarmo'tic. 



ephebogenet'ic (e(p-o0oi adult ; yivos, 

 race, «lescent), matured, applied to 

 development of sperm-cells. 



Ephe'raer {i<prtnfpio!t, short-lived), 

 (1) Rikli's term for introduced plants 

 wiiich are unable tc persist, but 

 soon disappear ; (2) flowers which 

 close after a short term of expan- 

 sion ; ephem'eral, ephem'erous, -us 

 {■T]fjL(pa, day), (1) lasting for a daj or 

 less, as the corolla of Cistus ; (2) 

 used by Mtibius as ~ polycarpic 

 plants, which flower several genera- 

 tions in the same year, as Stellaria 

 media, Cjv; Ephe'merophytes {<pvroy, 

 a plant), casuals. 



Ephydr< gam'icae, pi. {M, upon ; vda>p, 

 water ; yd/xos, marriage), Knuth's 

 term for i>lants whose flowers are 

 fertilized on the surface of water, 

 as VaUisntria ; Ephydrog'amy, the 

 condition described. 



Ep'iachene (+ Aciiene), an achene 

 developed from an inferior ovary 

 (Villari) ; Epiascid'ium (+ Asci- 

 dh'm), a funnel formed from a leaf, 

 the inner surface corresponding to 

 the upper surface ; cf, Hypoas- 



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