204 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Emersed, raised out of water. 



Endecagynous, with eleven pistils or styles. Endecandrous, with eleven stamens 



Endemic, peculiar to the country geographically. 



Endocarp, the inner layer of a pericarp or fruit, 120. 



Endochrume, the coloring matter of Algas and the like. 



Endogenous Stems, 138. Endogenous plants, an old name for monocotyledons. 



Endopleura, inner seed-coat. 



Endorhizal, radicle or root sheathed in germination. 



Endosperm, the albumen of a seed, 21. 



Endostome, the orifice in the inner coat of an ovule. 



Ennea-, nine. Enneagynous, with nine petals or styles. Enneandrous, nine-stamened 



Ensate, Ensiform, sword-shaped. 



Entire, the margins not at all toothed, notched, or divided, but even, 55. 



Entomophilous, said of flowers frequented and fertilized by insects, 113. 



Ephemeral, lasting for a day or less, as the corolla of Purslane, &c. 



Epi-, Greek for upon. 



Epicalyx, such an involucel as that of Malvaceae. 



Epicarp, the outermost la}*er of a fruit, 120. 



Epidermal, relating to the Epidermis, or skin of a plant, 50, 141, 143. 



Epigozous, growing on the earth, or close to the ground. 



Epigynuus, upon the ovary, 95, 99. 



Epipetalous, borne on the petals or the corolla, 99. 



Epiphyllous, borne on a leaf. 



Epiphyte, a plant growing on another plant, but not nourished by it, 36. 



Epiphytic or Epiphytal, relating to Epiphytes. 



Epipterous, winged at top. 



Episperm, the skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. 



Equal, alike in number or length. 



Equally pinnate, same as abruptly pinnate, 57. 



Equitant (riding straddle), 60. 



Erion, Greek for wool. Erianthous, woolly-flowered. Eriophorous, wool-bearing, &c. 



Erose, eroded, as if gnawed. 



Erostrate, not beaked. 



Erythros, Greek for red. Erythrocarpous, red-fruited, &c. 



Essential Organs of the flower, 80. 



Estivation, see cestivation. 



Etiolated, blanched by excluding the light, as the stalks of Celery. 



Eu, Greek prefix, meaning very, or much. 



Evergreen, holding the leaves over winter and until new ones appear, or longer. 



Ex, Latin prefix; privative in place of "e" when next letter is a vowel. So Ex- 



alate, wingless; Exalbuminous (seed), without albumen, 21. 

 Excurrent, running out, as when a midrib projects beyond the apex of a leaf, or a 



trunk is continued to the very top of a tree, 32. 

 Exiguous, puny. 

 Exilis, lank or meagre. 

 Eximius, distinguished for size or beauty. 

 Exo-, in Greek compounds, outward, as in 

 Exocarp, outer layer of a pericarp, 120. 

 Exogenous, outward growing. Exogenous steins, 139. 

 Exorhizal, radicle in germination not sheathed. 

 Exostome, the orifice in the outer coat of the ovule. 

 Explanate, spread or flattened out. 



Exserted, protruding out of, as the stamens out of the corolla. 

 Exstipulate, destitute of stipules. 

 Extine, outer coat of a pollen-grain. 



Extra-axillary, said of a branch or bud somewhat out of the axil, 31. 

 Extrorse, turned outwards; the anther is extrorse when fastened tc the filament oa 



the side next the pistil, and opening on the outer side, 101. 



