eaephemerous 



euBchist 



and close within 24 hours ; Eu'forms 

 {forma, a shape) of uredineous Fungi, 

 whose spores develop on the living 

 host, bnt only germinate after the 

 host's death, usually after a resting 

 period ; Eugam'ophyte {yiixos, mar- 

 riage; <Pvt6v, a plant), term proposed 

 by C. MacMillan for such Cryptogams 

 as Ocdogtnium,, Marchantia, Sphag- 

 num, "which support dependent 

 sporophytes. " 



Eu'genol, the chief constituent of oil 

 of cloves, obtained from Pimenta 

 acris, Kostei., and other myrtace- 

 ous plants, formerly referred to 

 Eicgenia. 



eageog'enous (e5, well ; 7);, the earth ; 

 yivviv, I bring forth), Thurmann's 

 word to indicate rocks readily 

 yielding detritus and the plants 

 which grow on it ; Euisog'amy 

 [ydiios, marriage), the union of a 

 gamete with any other similar gamete 

 (Hartog) ; Eugonid'ia, pi. (+ Goni- 

 dia) "bright-green gonidia " (A. L. 

 Smith) ; eulimne'tic ( + limnetic), 

 plankton exclusively of pools ; Eu- 

 meio'sis (+ Meiosis) the opposite 

 term to Pseudomeiosis ; a true 

 meiotic phase ; eumeriste'lic, having 

 reduced El.-nTELes, as some species 

 of Primula and Gunnera, (Brebner) ; 

 Eunu'cleole (+ Nuclfole), used by 

 Rosen for an erythrophilous nucleus ; 

 Eunucle'oli (+ Nucleolus), a class 

 of nucleoli which persist in nuclear 

 division after the Pseudonucleoli 

 have disappeared (Rosen). 



Eu'nuchs, pi. {euniichare, to castrate), 

 Lee's term for flowers destitute of 

 stamens, as doable flowers. 



Enpartlien'ospenn {ei>, well ; -f Par- 

 thenosperm), C. MacMillan 's terra 

 for plants in which both embryo and 

 endosperm are parthenogenetic. 



Eupato'rine, an alkaloid occurring in 

 Eitpatorium cannabinum, Linn. ; 

 eupelag'ic (+ pelagic), applied to 

 plankton confined to the ocean ; 

 Euphe'mera (+ Ephemera), flowers 

 which opeu and close finally within 

 twenty-four hours. 



Euphor'bium, an acrid inspissated 



juice or resin from various species 

 of Euphorbia. 



eupho'tic (eu, well ; (pws, (pcorhs, light), 

 applied to hydrophytes which receive 

 an abundance of light ( Warming) ; 

 euphotomet'ric {ix4rpov, a measure), 

 used of leaves which place themselves 

 so as to obtain the maximum of 

 diffused light, as the foliage of 

 forests (Wiesner) ; euphototrop'io 

 [TpoTr)), a turning), Drude's term for 

 EUPHOTOMETRic ; Euphyl'la, pi. 

 true leaves ; adj. euphyl'loid, eu- 

 pfiylloid'eus ; Eu'phylls {<p6\\ov, a 

 leaf), true leaves, foliage leaves ; 

 euphy'toid {(pirhv, a plant; e'lSos, 

 like) Par'asites, are erect land 

 plants, parasitic in habit (Johow) ; 

 Euplank'ton (-f Plankton), free- 

 floating organisms (Forel) ; eupon^tic, 

 species whi<h show only a slight 

 westward range from Pontus, the 

 N. E. of Asia Minor (Preuss) ; eupot- 

 am'ic {irorafjLhs, a river), applied to 

 the plankton of running or stand- 

 ing inland waters ; (Ziramer) ; Eupuc- 

 cin'ia, cf. Euforms ; eurad'ulan, 

 employed by batologists to denote 

 similarity to Rubus Padula. 



eurotopli'ilus {evpws, mouldiness ; 

 (pi\4(ii}, I love), dwelling in leaf- 

 mould ; Eurotopliy'ta {(pvrhv, a 

 plant), leaf-mould plants ; Euro- 

 tophyti'a, leaf-mould plant forma- 

 tions (Clements). 



eurycho'ric {evpvs, broad ; X(^P^<^, ^ 

 spread), used of plants having a 

 wide distribution in varying climates 

 and several plant formations (Drude); 

 Eurycho'ry, is the condition. 



euryc'ladous (eS, well ; kAoSos, a 

 branch), employed by Russow for 

 laxus ."euryharme {a\s, a.\hs, salt), 

 plankton adapted to varying con- 

 ditions of salinity (Forel) ; eury- 

 pho'tic {<p(as, (pwrhs, light), adapted 

 to light of varying intensity (Forel) ; 

 Eu'rytherm ddpfiV) heat, applied to 

 bacteria capable of enduring great 

 heat; adj. eurytherm'ic ; eusigil- 

 lar'ian, used of ribbed Sigillaria 

 stems from the Carboniferous Form- 

 ation ; eu'schist (o-xJo-Tbr, split), 



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