214 GLOSSARY. 



E-, or Ex-, at the beginning of compound words, means destitute of ; as ecostate, 

 without a rib or midrib ; exalbuminous, without albumen, &c. 



Eared: see auriculate; p. 59, fig. 96. 



Ebrdcteate ; destitute of bracts. 



Ecltinate : armed with prickles (like a hedgehog). Echinulate: a diminutive of it. 



Edentate: toothless. 



Effete : past bearing, &c. ; said of anthers which have discharged their pollen. 



Eglandulose : destitute of glands. 



Eldters : threads mixed with the spores of Liverworts. (Manual, p. 682.) 



Ellipsoidal : approaching an elliptical figure. 



Elliptical : oval or oblong, with the ends regularly rounded ; p. 58, fig. 88. 



Emdrginate : notched at the summit ; p. 60, fig. 108. 



Embryo: the rudimentary undeveloped plantlet in a seed; p. 6, fig. 9, 12, 26, 

 31 -37, &c., and p. 136. Embryo-sac, p. 139. 



Emersed : raised out of water. 



Endecdgynous : with eleven pistils or styles. Endecdndrous : with eleven stamens- 



Endocarp : the inner layer of a pericarp or fruit ; p. 128. 



Endochrome : the coloring matter of Algae and the like. 



Endogenous Stems, p. 150. Endogenous Plants, p. 150. 



Endosmose : p. 1 68. 



Endosperm : another name for the albumen of a seed. 



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



Ennea- : nine. Ennedyynous : with nine petals or styles. 



Ennedndrous : with nine stamens. 



Ensiform: sword-shaped ; as the leaves of Iris, fig. 1$4. 



Entire: the margins not at all toothed, notched, or divided, but even ; p. 61. 



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



Epi-y in composition : upon ; as 



Epicarp : the outermost layer of a fruit ; p. 128. 



Epidermal: relating to the Epidermis, or the skin of a plant; p. 152, 155. 



Epigceous : growing on the earth, or close to the ground. 



Eptgynous: upon the ovary ; p. 105, 111. 



Epip&alous: borne on the petals or the corolla. 



Epiphyllous : borne on a leaf. 



Epiphyte : a plant growing on another plant, but not nourished by it ; p. 34. 



Epiphytic or Epiphytal : relating to Epiphytes ; p. 34. 



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



Equal: same as regular; or of the same number or length, as the case may be, 

 of the body it is compared with. 



Equally pinnate : same as abruptly pinnate ; p. 65. 



Equitnnt (riding straddle) ; p. 68, fig. 133, 134. 



Erose: eroded, as if gnawed. 



Ertistrate: not beaked. 



Essential Organs of the flower, p. 85. 



Estivation: see aestivation. 



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



Even/reen : holding the leaves over winter and until new ones appear, or longer. 



Exalbuminous (seed) : destitute of albumen ; p. 136. 



