Ergastoplasma 



Escape 



formation are still uncertain (Bon- 

 net) ; adj. ergastoplasmat'ic. 



Erge'sis {(pyo, I work), the aV)ility 

 of an organ to exhibit reaction 

 (M assart). 



Ergogen'esis {<lpyov, work ; yevetris, 

 beginning), the exhibition of growth- 

 energy (J. A. Ryder) ; Ergd'ogy 

 (A070S, discourse), proposed by Lind- 

 man for Delpino's " liiology." 



ergoplas'tic Nu'cl«»us, Schwarz's term 

 for the vegetative nucleus. 



Er'got (Fr.), also pr. Er'got ; Claviceps 

 purpurea, Tul. , causing "Spur" in 

 grasses ; Ergost erin. Ergotlo Acid, 

 Er'gotin, substances occurring in 

 the sporophore of the Ergot Fun us ; 

 er'gotised, infected with Ergot ; 

 Er'gotism, the effect produced by 

 eating bread which is ergotized, 



erianth^ouB, -us {tpiov, wool; JlnvQos, a 

 flower), woolly-flowered. 



erica'ceous, heath -like, or allied to the 

 genus Erica. 



eri'cetal {ericetum, Mod. Lat., a 

 heath), H. C. Watson's term for 

 plants which grow upon moors, such 

 as heather, Krica ; erice'tinous, 

 ericcti'nus (Mod. Lat.), (1) grow- 

 ing on heaths ; ('2) heath-like, in 

 form or habit: Erice'tum, (1) an 

 account or monograi h of heaths ; 

 (2) a heath plant-assoeiation ; pi. 

 Erice'ta, employed by Nilsson, as 

 -^ cladino'sa, '^ hylocomio'sa, ~ 

 polytricho'sa, ~ pu'ra, ~ sphag- 

 no'sa, according to the* substratum 

 of Lichen or Moss (Heinig) ; Erici- 

 frutice'ta.pl. {friUicetiim, a thicket), 

 heath communities ; Ericiligno'sa 

 pi. {/ignosus, woody) community of 

 heath characterized by rolled-up 

 leaves ; Eri'ci-ma'qai (+ Maqui), 

 preponderance of arboreal heaths 

 with C/lex and Samthainmis, as in 

 the " Landes " of France; erico'id 

 («/5oy, like), used of leaves which 

 are like those of heaths. 



e'rigens {erigo, I raise), used of a 

 branch, horizontal at first, rising at 

 the point. 



e'nnoots (er,eris,& hedgehog), " prickly, 

 rough with sharp points " (Heinig). 



Eriophore'tum (-{- etum), a plant 

 formation of cotton gi'ass, £rio- 

 phorum. 



erioph'orous {(pio", wool ; <popeto, I 

 carry},wool-b. aring, densely cottony ; 

 eriophyll'oue, -us {(pvWop, a leaf), 

 woolly leaved. 



Eris'ma {(pfiffna, a buttre33\ Necker'a 

 term for the rhachis in grasses. 



ermin'eus (Mod Lat.), the colour of 

 the fur of ermine, white, broken 

 with \ellow. 



ero'ded, ero'se, ero'sus (Lat. gnawed), 

 as though bitten or <;nawed. 



erost'rate, eroatra'twt, trost'ris (Lat.), 

 beakless. 



Er'ror, probable, see Deviation. 



Ersatzfas'em, Sauio = Substitute 

 Fibres, intermediate in form be- 

 tween wooily fibres and parenchyma. 



erubesc'ens (Lat. blushing), blush red. 



erucaeform'is {eruci, a caterpillar ; 

 forraa, shape), used for such Lichen 

 spores as those of Gr-'p'is, which 

 are long, septate, blunted at the 

 extremities, and in shape suggest a 

 short cnterpillar. 



erunip'ent, erump'ens (Lat. breaking 

 through), prominent as though 

 bursting through the epidermis. 



Erys'imin, a glucoside found in Ery- 

 sniuivi. 



Er'ytlirism {ipvdpls, red), a red colour 

 in flowers usually white, the reverse 

 of albinism ; Erythrobacte'ria ( + 

 Bacteria), bacteria of a deep red 

 colour ; in Ger., " Purpurbacterien " ; 

 erytliroph'iious {<pi\4w, I love), used 

 of nuclei .vhich take up red stains 

 in preference to blu^* ; Er'ythrophyll 

 {(pvWov, a leaf), Berzelius's term for 

 the red colouring of leaves ; Er'y- 

 throphore ( 0opea>, I carry), Schmitz's 

 term for a chlorophyll-granule when 

 red, as in certain Al^ae ; Erythrost'' 

 omum + {<TT6ixa, the mouth), Des- 

 vaux's word for Etaerio ; Er'y- 

 throzym {^vp.y\, yeast), an enzyme 

 from the root of the madder which 

 acts on glucosides. 



Escape', a cultivated 1 lant found 

 gi-owing fis though wild, dispersed 

 by some agency. 



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