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seen in Palms. The stems of Endogens 

 are often subterranean, in the form of 

 Conns, Rhizomes, or Bulbs. The leaves 

 have stomates, and their venation is usu- 

 ally parallel, though in a few cases it is 

 slightly reticulated. The flowers have 

 stamens and pistils, and three-membered 

 symmetry. The ovules are contained in 

 an ovary, and the embryo has one cotyle- 

 don or seed lobe, whence they are called 

 monocotyledonous. 



"The class has been divided into two 

 sub-classes: 1. Petaloideoe or Florida?, in 

 which the flowers consist either of a col- 

 ored perianth or of scales arranged in a 

 whorl. 2. Glumiferce, in which the flow- 

 ers, in place of sepals and petals, have 

 imbricated bracts or scales called glumes, 

 (which see.) Lindley has added a third 

 sub-class called Dictyogence, on account 

 of the net-veined leaves. Among the 

 PetaUridece there are three sections: 1. 

 Epigynce, having perfect flowers and a 

 superior perianth, as Orchids, Gingers, 

 Irids, Amaryllids, etc. 2. Hypogynce, 

 having perfect flowers and an inferior 

 perianth, as Lilies, Bushes, and Palms. 

 3. Incomplete, with imperfect flowers 

 without a proper whorled perianth, as 

 Screw Pines and Arums. Among Glumif- 

 erce are included the two orders of 



Endophlceum. The liber of bark; the inner 

 layer, containing woody tissue, lying next 

 the wood. 



EndophyUous. Formed from within a 

 sheathing leaf; as the young leaves of 

 endogenous plants. 



Endopleura. The innermost skin of a seed 

 coat. 



Endoptile. Said of an embryo whose plu- 

 mule is rolled up by the cotyledon, as in 

 Endogens. 



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Endorhizal. That kind of germination in 

 which the original radicle forms a sheath 

 round the first root which comes from 

 within the former. 



Endos. In Greek composition means with- 

 in, or in the inside of anything. 



Endosmose. That force which causes a 

 viscid fluid lying within a cavity to attract 

 to itself a watery fluid through an or- 

 ganic membrane. 



Endosperm. The albumen of a seed. 



Endostome. The aperture in the inner in- 

 tegument of an ovule. 



Endolhecium. The lining of an anther. 



Enervis. When there are no ribs or veins 

 visible. 



Ennea. In Greek compounds means nine. 



Enneagynia. An artificial order, charac- 

 terized by flowers with nine free pistils, 

 styles, or stigmas. 



Enneandria. The ninth class in the artifi- 

 cial system of Linnaeus, containing a few 

 plants which have nine stamens in each 

 flower. 



Enneapetdotis. Having nine petals. 



Ensiform, Ensate. Quite straight, with the 

 point acute, like the blade of a broad- 

 sword or the leaf of an Iris. 



Enodis. Where a stem, or other part, is 

 without joints or knots. 



Entangled. Intermixed in so irregular a 

 manner as not to be readily disentangled, 

 as the hairs, roots, and branches of many 

 plants. 



Entire. Having no kind of marginal divi- 

 sion. 



Entophyte. A plant which grows from 

 within others, as some rhizanths and 

 Fungi. 



Epacridacece, (Epacrids.) A natural order 

 of Corollifloral Dicotyledons belonging to 

 Lindley's Erical Alliance. They are 

 shrubby plants, with usually simple al- 



