Epi7alve 



Ergastoplaima 



Diatom; epixyio'neus (^vAov, ^vood) ; 

 epix'ylous (Crozier), growing on 

 wood, as Hypoxfylom ; epizoa'rins 

 {C^ov, an animal), growing on deac" 

 animals; epizolc, epizo^us, (1) 

 growing on living animals, parasitic 

 or not ; (2) the dispersal of fruits 

 by their adhesion to passing animals 

 (Sernander) ; Epizoocho'ry (C«o''> ^^ 

 animal ; x^P^^> I wander), dispersal 

 of plants by animals carrying them 

 on their fur (Semarider). 



epliea'tus (e, priv. ; pliccUvs, folded), 

 not plaited or folded. 



Epoik'ophytes {ivoiK^cc, I settle tis 

 colonist; <pirov, a plant), fairly 

 naturalized jJants, but almost en- 

 tirely confined to roadsides or paths, 

 as Lepidium ntderale (Rikli). 



eprophylla'tus(e,priv. ; +Piiophylla), 

 without prophylla, braeteoles ; — in 

 Ger. Vorblatter ; epra'inose {prui- 

 nosus, frosty), without surface fiirina. 



e'qaal {a^uah's), (1) alike as to length 

 or number ; (2) in Mosses when the 

 capsule is symmetrical ; -^ siMed, 

 equal, When applied to the two sides 

 of an organ ; e'qually-pin'nate = 

 abruptly pinnate, having no tenninal 

 leaflet ; e'qnans (Lat. ), equalling. 



Equatorial Plane, the line which 

 passes through the mother-star of 

 the nucleus, the plane of cell-division ; 

 '*' Plate, the nuclear disc of Stras- 

 burger, the grouping of chromosomes 

 at the middle of the spindle in 

 nuclear division. 



eqoilat'eral, equilaUra'lis (aequilater- 

 alis), equal-sided. 



eqninoot'ial, equinoctia'lis {acquinodi- 

 aliSy pertaining to the equinox), 

 used of plants whose flowers expand 

 and close at particular hours of the 

 day. 



eqaiieta'ceon8=EQUiSETic; Equisete'- 

 tum, Warming's term for a plant- 

 association of Equisetum ; eqoise'tie, 

 pertaining to the genus JEqttisetum ; 

 equifle'tifonn, resembling the same 

 genus as to form. 

 e'qnitant, e'quitans (Lat. riding), 

 folded over, as if astride ; equi- 

 tati'vus (Lat. ) % = equitant. 



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equivalv'ular {aeque, equally ; valva, 

 leaf of a door), having the valves of 

 a fruit equal in size. 

 Eqniv'ocal (a- quivocus, ambiguous) 

 Genera'tion, spontaneous genera- 

 tion, 

 eradic'alose («, priv. ; radicida, a small 

 root), without rootlets or rhizoids ; 

 eramo'stts {ramus, a branch), un- 

 branched. 

 erect', erect' 'm (Lat.), upright, per- 

 pendicular to the ground or its 

 attachment ; erec'to-pat'ent {patens, 

 lying open), between spreading and 

 erect. 

 Eremacau'sis {iiptfia, gently ; /coCcru, 

 burning), slow combustion or oxi- 

 dation, such as long preserved seeds 

 show, as if charred. 

 Ere'mad {ipriH-ia, a desert ; + ad), a 

 desert plant ; Eremi'on, Eremi'tim 

 (-{- ion) = a desert formation ; ere- 

 moc'ola, desert dwelling ; eremo- 

 ph'ilus {(piKecc, I love), desert loving ; 

 Eremophy'ta {(pvruf. »■ plant), desert 

 plants (Clements). 

 Ere'moblast {ipVH-os, solitary ; ^Xaarhs, 

 a shoot), cells which, united at first, 

 afterwards separate themselves ; 

 Eremobry'a {Bpvw, I grow), a division 

 of Feins having articulated fronds, 

 and not adherent to the stem or 

 rhizome ; Ere'mus X ^ carpel apart 

 from its sister carpels. 

 Erep'sin, a fibrin -digesting enzyme ; 

 Erep'tases, peptolyzing enzyn.es 

 (Vines). 

 Ergasiap'ophytes {ipya<ria, labour ; + 

 Apophytes), colonists of cultivated 

 fields (Simmons); Ergasiali'pophytes 

 {\iirap4(c, I persist), relics of culti- 

 vation (NageliandThellunu) ; Erga- 

 siophy'gophytes {<pvyh, flight), fugi- 

 tives from cultivation; Ergas'io- 

 phytes, foreign cultivated plants, 

 which have reached their habitats by 

 the conscious action of man (Wood- 

 head) ; Ergas'iphytea, foreign culti- 

 vated plants (Simmons). 

 Ergastoplas'ma {ir\d<rna, moulded), 

 applied to protoplasmic filaments 

 observed in the embryo-sac of cer- 

 tain Liliaceae whose origin and 



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