> I : 



ELJBAOVACEA. 



diflrrme* li in tlic ,!> li,-.-v mi.l .linproportioned Imgth of the feet. 

 If the number f rt, mpnung it be lix, u there is room 



fee bettering, although neither Utnulle nor Lwch ay w poaitiv.-ly, 

 it would tor great relationship to the long-legged genera, MatropoJio, 

 LtpttfMlia, and ZbrlM, for example. But it hi. not the long, .lender, 

 divided rostrum, M well a* the long claws larger than the feet, which 

 charaeterin Uw flnt ; nor doe. it present the very long, very (lender, 

 ad entire rostrum, as wrll u the Tory elongated and BMW claw*, of 

 the tMXWd ; and finally, It has not the globular body and the very 

 abort and delicate clawi of the last It is removed from Inaehut by 

 the claws, which art proportionally ahorter and lew thick than those 

 of the last named crustaceans; by the other feet, which are relatively 

 longer than their ; by the antenna-, of which the first two joints of 

 the base, and not the third, are longer than the others ; and by the 

 doable fUrore of the bottom of the orbit* above. 



B. iKitira. in six*, general form of the body, and length of the feet, 

 bean a great resemblance to Inachiu Scorpio ; but besides the generic 

 difference* pointed out, it ia still further removed from it in having 

 a larger rostrum which U deeper incised in the middle, end in having 

 (he points with which the elevated and distinct regions of the cara- 

 pace above are beset disposed in the following order: 8, 2, 1 and 1. 

 A rather long shrp- post-ocular point is directed forward*. The 

 arms are rather short and slender. It inhabits the Indian seas. 



Egtna is also used by De Roissy for a genus of Conchifera, which 

 II. Sander Rung considers identical with Galaikca, Bnig., and Pota- 

 mufkilut, Sow. 



EGO. [REIBODCCTIOS ix AXIVAIA] 



EGO-APPLES. [SOLAXCM.] 



EGO-PLANT. [SoLAjtcaLj 



EGLANTINK. [Kuu.] 



EGKKT, the common name of several species of Heron. [Annex.] 



EGYPTIAN BEAN, a name sometimes given to the bean like 

 fruits of \elumbiuM tptciotum, from the notion that they were the 

 beans which the disciples of Pythagoras were forbidden to eat, 



EHRETIA'CE^E, Ehntiad*, a small natural order of Exogenous 

 Plant*, consisting of shrubs or trees inhabiting the warmer countries 

 of the world, and having rough leaves, monopetalons regular flower*, 

 definite number of stamens, a superior ovary, a 2-lobed style whose 

 divisions are capitate, and a nucamentaceons undivided fruit. The 

 flowers are more or leas gyrate, and the order itself, which contains 

 no species of economical value, is so near Borayinacta as to render it 

 doubtful whether it ought to be separated. The common Heliotrope 

 is the most generally known representative of Ehrttiacctr, forming 

 however the type of a sectional division characterised by the fruit 



t, aa onrj with the rtfls 

 I the CM* ; 1, a wcOoa of U 



oW. Xlfsu ; 1, a rip* fruit with Uw caljx 

 stWlag th* rr.K 



lK-ii.g .Iry, not succulent There are 14 genera and 297 species of 

 this order. 



The root of Ehrttla bu.rifulia is nsed in me^u'lii.- in India. Some 

 of the species of the pi-iiua /.'Arrfin bear eatable drupes. 

 EIDER-DUCK. [Dt-ciw.] 

 KIRENK. [AOAI.KPH*.] 



KKKHKU' .i Mineral, consisting of a silicate of 



alumina, lime, and soda. It does not occur crystallised, but in com- 

 pact or finely-fibrous masses, and occasionally in thin laminae. Its 

 colour U green, grayish, or brownish. The lustre is vitreous or resi- 

 nous. It is transparent The following is an analysis by Ekeberg : 



Silica 46 



Alumina 28"75 



Lime 13-60 



Soda 5-25 



Oxide of Iron 0-75 



Water .... . . 2-25 



ELJJAONA'CE^E, OUtuttrt, a small natural order of Apetalous 

 Exogenous Plants, consisting of trees or shrubs whose leaves are 

 either opposite or alternate, destitute of stipules, and always pro- 

 tected more or less by scurfy scales, which usually give the plants a 

 leprous aspect The genera of this order have a tubular 4-lobed 

 calyx, the inside of which is lined with a fleshy disc, that sometimes 

 almost closes up the tube; there are 3, 4, or 8 stamens, and 

 a superior ovary containing a single erect ovule. The fruit is soft, 

 succulent, and would be eatable if it were not for its dryness and 

 insipidity. In a few cases, when it is more than visually juicy and 

 acidulated, it is actually considered an excellent fruit Ebragnui 

 hortetuit and E. orientaiii bear a brown fruit about the size of an 

 olive, which is brought to market in Persia under the name of 

 Zinzeyd : in quality it is like ajujube. The red drupes of . conferta, 

 the large olive-shaped ones of E. arborea, and the pale orange-coloured 

 ones of E. tr\ftom are in like manner eaten in India ; another occurs 

 among the drawings of Chinese fruits. It is not a little curious, 

 nearly as Elicaynacae are related to Thymlaracea, that they do not 

 seem to participate in any degree in the acridity of that deleterious 

 order. The only species found wild in Crent Britain is the Hippophaf 

 rltamnoida, a spiny shrub with dioecious flowers, small round orange- 

 coloured acid bernea, and narrow leaves like those of rosemary, found 

 growing on cliffs near the sea; its fruit, when the acidity is suffi. 

 covered by sugar, becomes a rather pleasant preserve. EUcaynus 

 angiutifolia, called in the gardens the Olivier de Bohcme, a native ..I 

 the eastern parts of Europe, is one of the most fragrant of all plants. 

 Ite dull yellow flowers, hardly remarked among the leaves, fill the 



anffuiti/fHft. 



1, s Hcetlon or ttir tube f the calyx, allowing tbo floKhy di*c almost closing 

 up ihr tube, the earpfl, vith it atylr unit >ti|tm, and the orcrt iu.1it.-Lry ovule ; 

 3, * ripe fruit ; 3, the same cut swajr to *hor the oinglt furrowed seed. 



