Equilateral 



A DICTIONARY 



Evalvular 



torial , plate (mother-star) of 

 the cell-nucleus, or between 

 the parts when the plate has 

 divided, and which occupies 

 the position of the future cell- 

 wall. It is the plane of cell- 

 division. 



EQUATORIAL PLATE, see 

 Mother-star. 



EQ UlL At'ER AL, equal - sided ; 

 opposed to Oblique. 



EQUiNdC'TIAL, said of flowers 

 which open aud close at par- 

 ticular hours of the day. 



EQ'UITANT, having the leaves so 

 arranged that the base of each 

 is enclosed within the opposite 

 base of that which is next 

 below it, as iu the iris. Com- 

 pare Half-equitant. 



EQUIVAL'VtiLAB, having the 

 valves of a capsule all of the 

 same size. 



EQUIVOCAL GENERATION, see 

 Spontaneous Generation. 



ERADIC'ULOSE, without rootlets 

 or rhizoids. 



ERECT', perpendicular, or nearly 

 so, to the surface to which it 

 is attached; standing without 

 support, not weak or lax. 

 Compare Strict. Applied to 

 ovules or seeds it means grow- 

 ing vertically from the base of 

 the ovary. Compare Ascend- 

 ing and Inverted. 



ERECTOPAt'ENT, intermediate 

 between erect and spreading. 



ERE'MOBLAST, a unicellular 

 plant. (Sachs.) 



£r1AN'TH0u"S, woolly-flowered. 



ERiCA'CEOtfS, heath-like. 



CRICOID, ericaceous. Said of a 

 subulate form of leaves often 

 found upon the juniper. 



ERIOPHtL' LOU'S, woolly-leaved. 



ERO DED, see Erose. 



EROSE', having irregular sinuses 

 as if bitten out; eroded. 



EROS'TRATE, without a beak. 



ERUM'PENT, breaking out, as 

 the spore clusters of some fungi 

 through the epidermis of their 

 host. 



ERtTH'ROPHYL, red coloring 

 matter in plants. 



ES'CULENT, used for food by 

 man. 



ESilP'TATE, without septa. 



ESOTERIC, originating within 

 the organism. Compare Ex- 

 oteric. 



ESSENTIAL CHARACTER, a 

 feature which distinguishes a 

 plant or group of plants from 

 all others; diagnostic charac- 

 ter. 



flSSEN'TIAL 6RGAN§, stamens 

 and pistils. - 



ESTI'VAL, pertaining to summer; 

 aestival. 



ES'TIVATE, to pass the summer 

 in a dormant condition. Com- 

 pare HlHERNATE. 



ESTIVA'TION, (1) the arrange- 

 ment of the floral organs in 

 the bud — usually written ^Esti- 

 vation; (2) passing the sum- 

 mer in a dormant condition. 



ETJE'RlO, a term sometimes ap- 

 plied to such fruits as the rasp- 

 berry and blackberry. 



E'TIOLATED, blanched by exclu- 

 sion of light. Compare Chlo- 

 rosis. 



EtJC/fC'LlC, applied by Braun to 

 flowers having the members in 

 each whorl equal in number 

 and alternating with those in 

 an adjoining whorl. 



EU'PHlfLL, an ordinary foliage- 

 leaf. See Phyllome. 



EtJTRdP'iC, twining or turning 

 with the sun; dextrorse. 



EVALVULAR, without valves. 



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