Egg-cell 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. Embryo Nodule 



synergidse; 

 ratus. 



germinal appa- 



£GG gELL, see Oosphere. 



EFTJL'CRATE, said of buds from 

 below which the leaf has 

 fallen. (Rare.) 



EGLAN'DULOSE, without glands. 



EGRET, see Aigret. 



EIS'ODAL, anterior. Applied to 

 the outer or anterior part of 

 the opening of a stoma. Com- 

 pare Opisthodal. 



EJECTION, throwing out with 

 force, as spores from a sporan- 

 gium or seeds from a pod. 

 Compare Abjection. 



ELABORATION, a term applied 

 to the changes which take 

 place in plant-food after it is 

 absorbed, to prepare it for the" 

 use of the plant. Compare 

 Assimilation and Metasta- 

 sis. 



El'ATER, a term for various 

 elastic, usually spiral, bodies 

 which serve for the dispersion 

 of spores, as those in the cap- 

 sules of mosses and liverworts 

 and those attached to the spores 

 of Equisetum. 



ELATE'RIUM, a term sometimes 

 applied to fruits which dis- 

 charge their seeds by means of 

 elastic carpels, as in certain 

 Euphorbias; regma. 



ELEUTHEROPET'ALOtJS, see 

 Apopetalous. 



ELEtJTHEROPHYL'LOtfS, s e 3 



Apophyllous. 

 E LEUTHEROSflP' ALO tJS, see 



Aposepalous. 

 ELLIPSOIDAL, nearly elliptical 

 in outline. 



Elliptical, oblong, and 



rounded at the ends; longer 

 than oval. 

 ELLIP'TIC-LAN'CEOlATE, inter- 

 mediate between elliptical and 



lanceolate, but approaching the 



latter. 

 ELdC'tJLAR, see Unilocular. 

 EL6N'GATf!D, exceeding the 



usual or average length. 



ELYT'RiFdRM, resembling the 

 wing-cover of a beetle; ely- 

 troicl. 



EMARC.LD, flaccid; wilted. 

 (Obs.) 



EMAR'GInATE, notched at the 

 end. Sometimes applied to 

 organs which are notched 

 other places, as to the g\Y J 

 mushrooms when notch ' 

 cut out before reachini 

 stem. 



EMBOSSED', see Umbon; 



EMBRACING, clasping/! <By 

 broad surface. CompjimA 

 plectant and Sheathi®. 



£M'BRYO, the rudimeutary^laut 

 within the seed. 



EMBRYO -Bu"D, a rudim 

 bud, especially if adventi 



Em'BRYO-CELL, see 05spher 



EMBRYOgIn'IC, pertaining to 

 the development of an embryo. 



EMBRY&G'ENY, embryo-forma- 

 tion. 



EMBRY6L'0&Y, the study of the 

 embryo and its development. 



EM'BRYdNAL gELL, see Oo- 

 sphere. 



EM'BRYdNAL VEHICLE, see 

 Oosphere. 



EM'BRYONATE, having an em- 

 bryo. 



EMBRYON'IC, in an early unde- 

 veloped condition; rudiment- 

 ary. 



EMBRYO NOD'ULE, a term ap- 

 plied to small knots, frequently 

 about the size of a pea, found 

 beneath the bark in certain 

 trees, and sometimes containing 

 one or more rudimentary buds. 



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