APPENDIX II. 



Ebracteate, without bracts. 



Echinate, with long spreading spines. 



Ecology, see cacology. 



Edaphic, depending npon the nature and condition of the 

 soil. 



Effnse, a term applied to an inflorescence with loose wide- 

 ly spreading branches. 



Emarginate, having a deep dent at the apex. If the dent 

 is broader and shallower it. becomes retuse. 



Embryo, the new plant from the time of its inception in 

 the fertilized ovule and until the germination of the seed. 



Endosperm, the tissue formed within the embryo-sac or 

 macrospore subsequent to fertilization (in the case of Angios- 

 perms) and destined to feed the embryo. In Gymnosperms 

 the prothallium (though a secondary endosperm may be also 

 developed); Cp. perisperm. 



Entire, with the margin or edges not toothed or cut but 

 even and continuous. 



Epicalyx, a whorl of bracts just beneath the calyx and in 

 some respects resembling it, in other cases stipular appen- 

 dages of the sepals which also resemble a secondary exterior 

 calyx. 



Epicarp, the outermost layer of the fruit. 



Epigynous, an epigynous flower is one in which the torus 

 or receptacle grows up at the circumference carrying with 

 it the calyx, corolla and stamens and completely enclosing the 

 ovary. An epigynous calyx, stamens, etc., refers to this 

 superior position with regard to the ovary or pistil. Cp. 

 perigynous, hypogynous. 



Epipetalous, situated on the corolla or t etals. The position 

 of epipetalous stamens may be either due to the growth of a 

 common zone of the torus carrying with it both petals and 



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