Embryonic Sac 



A DICTIONARY 



Endogenous 



EMBRtdN'IC SAC, see Embryo- 



8 AC. 



EMBRtdN'iC VES'lCLE, see 



OoSPHERE. 



£m'BR"?0-SAC, a large cell in the 

 nucleus of the ovule within 

 which the germinal vesicles or 

 oospheres (one or more) are 

 produced, and which finally 

 contains the embryo. Com- 

 pare Central Cell. 



EMBR¥6TE'GiA (pi.), see Em- 



BRYOTEGIUM. 



EMBRtOTE'6lUM (pi. Embryo- 

 te'gla), a small cap covering 

 the micropyle in certain seeds, 

 as asparagus, and detached by 

 the radicle in germination. 



EMER'GENCiES, a term applied 

 to outgrowths of various kinds 

 derived from the fundamental 

 tissue below the epidermis, and 

 covered by the latter, as the 

 prickles of the rose. 



EMERGENT, protruding through 

 or elevated above surrounding 

 parts. 



EMERSED , raised out of water. 



EMPALE'MENT, an old term for 

 calyx. 



EMP'Tt GLUMES, one, two, or 

 more bracts or scales subtend- 

 ing a spikelet in grasses, and 

 enclosing one or more flowers; 

 outer glumes. Formerly called 

 merely glumes. Compare 

 Flowering Glume. 



ENANTIOBLAS'TIC, a term some- 

 times applied to the embryo of 

 orthotropous seeds. Compare 



HoMOBLASTIC. 



ENA'TION, having outgrowths or 

 excrescences the result of ex- 

 cessive development, as scales 

 upon petals. Compare Cho- 



RI8I9. 



fiNCHlfLE'MA, the unorganized 

 proteids in living cells, as aleu- 

 rone grains. (Hanstein.) 



ENCTS'TflD, enclosed in a cyst 

 or sac. Applied, for example, 

 to a stage of growth in Proto- 

 coccaceae in which the indi- 

 vidual exists as a free cell with 

 a cell-wall, but destitute of 

 cilia. 



flNDECAG'tNOUS, having eleven 

 pistils or styles. 



ENDECAN'DROUS, having eleven 

 stamens. 



ENDflcAPHtL'LOu'S, said of a 

 leaf containing eleven leaflets. 



ENDfjM'LC, occurring in the one 

 limited locality or region only. 

 Compare Sporadic. "~ 



ENDOBAslD'IUM, an enclosed 

 basidium, as in Gasteromy- 

 cetes. 



flN'DOCARP, the inner layer of a 

 pericarp, particularly if de- 

 veloped in a special manner, 



. as the pit of a peach or core of 

 an apple. 



£N'DO€HROME, coloring matter 

 in cells, or colored cell-con- 

 tents aside from chlorophyll — 

 used mainly in algae. Often 

 applied to the entire cell-con- 

 tents of algae, and sometimes 

 to colored cell-contents in 

 other plants, but less used 

 now than formerly. 



flNDODER'MlS, a layer, of one or 

 more cells in thickness, which 

 forms the inner boundary of 

 the cortex and surrounds the 

 fibrovascular cylinder. 



flNDdG'ENOtrS, produced within 

 another body. Applied also 

 to the stems of monocotyle- 

 dons and their manner of 

 growth, which was formerly 

 supposed to take place chiefly 

 at or near the centre. 



ENDdG'ENOflS CELL FORMA- 

 TION, see Free Cell- forma- 

 tion. 



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