A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



centre. Growing internally, (p. 

 22, Book vii). 



ENDOPHLCE'UM. fr. gr. phloios, bark. 

 The liber, or the innermost layer 

 of the bark of exogenous plants. 



ENDOPHYI/LOUS. fr. gr. phullon, a 

 leaf. Applied to the embryo of 

 plants in which the young leaves 

 are evolved from the leaf-sheath 

 or coleophyllum. 



ENDOPLEU'RA. fr. gr. pleura, side. 

 The innermost layer of the inte- 

 gument of the seed of plants. 



ENPO'PTILE. fr. gr. ptilon, a fea- 

 ther. Applied to the rnonocoty- 

 ledonous embryo, in consequence 

 of its plumule being enclosed 

 within the cotyledon. 



EXDORRHI'ZOUS. fr. gr. riza, a root. 

 The mode of germination of en- 

 dogenous plants, in which the ra- 

 dicles are emitted from within 

 the substance of the radicular ex- 

 tremity of the embryo. 



EJTDO'SMOSE. -fr.gr. osmos, impulsion. 

 The property by which a rarer 

 fluid passes through membranous 

 substances into a cavity or space 

 containing a denser fluid. 



EN'DOSPEHM. fr. gr. endon, within; 

 sperma, seed. The albumen or 

 body enclosing the embryo. 



ENDOSPERMA'TIC. Belonging or re- 

 lating to endosperm. 



ENDO'STOME. fr. gr. stoma, a mouth. 

 The foramen of the inner integu- 

 ment of the ovule in plants. 



ENDOTHE'CIUM. fr. gr. theke, a case. 

 The fibre-cellular lining of the 

 anther in plants. 



ENGRAIT'LIS. Generic natue of the 

 anchovy. 



ENXEA'NDRIA. fr. gr. ennea, nine ; 

 aner, stamen. Name of a class 

 of plants. 



EnrtfEAGY'ifiA. fr. gr. ennea, nine ; 

 gune, pistil. Name of an order 

 of plants. 



ENNEAPKT'ALOUS. fr. gr. ennea, 

 nine ; petalon, a petal. Applied to 

 flowers which have nine petals. 



ENO'JJJS. Without joints or knots. 



E'NSATE. ) fr. lat. ensis, a sword j 



E'NSIFORM. forma, likeness. Gla- 

 diate. Sword-shaped ; lorate. 



ENTEL'LTJS. Lat. An ape, or gue- 

 non of Malabar. 



EJTTHELMI'NTHA. fr. gr. entos, with- 

 in ; elmins, a worm. Entozoa. In- 

 testinal worms. 



ENTI'RE. Even or whole on the 

 edge. When the opening of a 

 shell has neither a notch nor ca- 

 nal on its margin, it is said to be 

 entire, -i ^*w 



ENTOMO'LOGY. fr. gr. entoma, in- 

 sects ; logos, discourse. That 

 branch of zoology which treats of 

 insects. 



ENTOMO'PHAGOUS. fr. gr. entoma, in- 

 sects ; phago, to devour. Insect- 

 eating. 



E'NTOMO'STRACAWS. fr. gr. entomos, 

 incised ; ostrakon, a shell. A di- 

 vision of the class of crusta'cea. 



ENTOZO'A. fr. gr. entos, in ; zoon, an 

 animal. Name of a class of 

 lowly organiaed creatures, which 

 live in the internal organs of other 

 animals. 



E'OCE'NE. fr. gr. eos, dawn ; kainos, 

 recent. In geology, a name for 

 the older tertiary formation, in 

 which the first dawn, as it were, 

 of existing species, appear, (p. 

 78, Book viii). 



E'OLI'DIA. A genus of gasteropods. 

 (p. 65, Book v). 



E'OLIDIJB. Lat. plur. of eolidia. 



EPERZA'XUS. Systematic name of 

 the smelt. 



EPHE'MERA. fr. gr. ephemeras, daily. 

 A genus of insects. Day-flies, so 

 called, because their last stage of 

 existence is generally limited to 

 twenty-four hours. 



EPHE'MERJE.- Lat. plur. of ephemera. 



EPHE'MERAL. fr. gr. epi, in ; emera, 

 a day. Lasting but a day. Fleet 

 ing, transient, momentary. 



EPI. Gr. Upon. A prefix, denot- 

 ing, over, all, through, besides. 



E'PICARP. fr. gr. epi, upon ; karpos, 

 fruit. The exterior portion of the 



