214 GLOSSARY. 



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

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



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



Ehrdcteate ; destitute of l)racts. 



EcJiinate; armed with prickles (like a hedgehog). jE'c/iuiu/ate ; a diminutive of it. 



Edentate : toothless. 



Effete : past bearing, &c. ; said of anthers wliich 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. Embn/o-sac, p. 139. 



Emersed : raised out of water. 



Endecdijynoiis : with eleven pistils or styles. Endccdndrous : with eleven stamens- 



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



Endochrome : the coloring m.atter of Alga; and the like. 



End&jemus Stems, p. 1 50. Endogenous Plants, p. 1 50. 



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. Ennedgynous : with nine petals or styles. 



Ennedndrous : Avith nine stamens. 



Ensifonn : sword-shaped ; as the leaves of Iris, fig. 134. 



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-, 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. 



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



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



Epipe'talo'is: 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. 



Epispenn : 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. 



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



Erose: eroded, as if gnawed. 



Erdstrate: not beaked. 



Essential Organs of the flower, p 85. 



Est i rat ion : sec a'stiration . 



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



Em-green : holding the leaves over winter and until new ones appear, or longen 



Exalbumimus (stied) : destitute of albumen ; p. 136. 



