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INDEX AND GLOSSAKY 



Drupelet: one drupe in a fruit made up 



of aggregate drupes, (296). 

 Dryopteris, 172, 291, Figs. 304, 305, 



420. 

 Ducts, 233, 257. 

 Dusty miller, 322, 

 Dutchman's breeches, 332. 

 Dutchman's pipe, 112, 317. 

 Dwarf plants, 204. 

 Earth parasites, 2. 

 Echinospermum, 382. 

 Echium, 383. 

 Ecology: habits and modes of life of 



animals and plants, (369). 

 Eglantine, 359. 

 Egg-cell, 180. 



Eggplant, 153, 378, Fig. 261. 

 Elater, 189. 



Elder, 119, 398; red; 39S; pith, 233 

 Elecampane, 411. 

 Elliptic, 94. 

 Elm, 15, 314, Figs. 448-450; flower, 



125, 136; fruit, 148, 159; germination, 



171; leaf. Fig. 146; phyllotaxy, 46, 49; 



trunk of, 60; shoot, history, 58, Figs. 



91-95. 

 Elodea, 78, 235, Fig. 387. 

 Embryo: the plantlet in the seed, (305). 

 Embryology, 102. 

 Embryo-sac, 175. 

 Emersed, 198. 

 Emetin, 246. 

 Endodermis, 253. 

 Endogenous stems, 259. 

 Endosperm: food in the seed outside 



the embryo, (306). 

 Enchanter's nightshade, 366. 

 Entire: margin not indented, (200) 

 Entomophilous: pollinated by insects, 



(266). 

 Envelopes, floral, 122. 

 Environment: surroundings; conditions 



in which organisms grow, 203, (326). 

 Eosin for staining, 70. 

 Epicotyl: that part of the caulicle lying 



above the cotyledons, (312). 

 Epidermis, 254, 259, 260; of leaf, 270. 

 Epigaea, 393. 

 Epigeal: cotyledons rising into the air 



in germination, (311) 

 Epigynous: borne on the ovary, (283). 

 Epiphyte, 88, 200. 

 Epilobium, 365. 

 Equisetum, 192, Fig. 342. 

 Eregenia, 367. 

 Ericacese, 391. 

 Erigeron, 411, Fig. 501. 

 Erythronium, 298, Fig. 431. 

 Eschscholzia, 330. 



Esquimaux, 204. 



Essential organs: stamens and pistils, 



(250). 

 Ether, 241. 



Eupatorium, 90, 413, Fig. 159. 

 Euphorbia pulcherrima, 247. 

 Euphorbiacea'. 319 

 Eutropic; in the direction of the sun's 



course, (231). 

 Evening primrose, 365. 

 Evergreen: remaining green, (204). 

 Everlasting, 412. 

 Everlasting pea, 350, Fig, 246. 

 Evolution, 232. 

 Excretion by roots, 71. 

 E.xcurrent: the trunk or leader contin- 

 ued through the top, (39). 

 Exogenous stems, 260. 

 Explosive fruits, 158. 

 Exposure, 207. 

 Expression, 60. 

 Fagopyrum, 318, Fig. 454. 

 Fagus Americana, 311; sylvatica, 311. 

 Fall of leaf, 97, 271. 

 Fastigiate trees, 60, Fig. 97. 

 Fats, 246. 



Fehling's solution, 241, 247. 

 Fern, 19; cells, 237; Christmas, 291, Figs 



304, 305; cinnamon, 290, Fig. 419; 



flowering, 290; lady, 291; maidenhair, 



291, Fig. 309; ostrich, 290; royal, 290; 



sensitive, 290, Fig. 310; fronds, 172; 



in good and poor light, 42, Figs. 68. 



69; stem, 261, 2S4; discussed, 172, 



191. 

 Fertilization: impregnation of the ovule, 



(2.59). 

 Fertilizer, 69. 



Fibrous root, 7; tissue, 255. 

 Fibro-vascular bundles, 257. 

 Ficus ela«iica, 251. 

 Fig, climbing. Fig. 74. 

 F^gwort, 374; family, 372. 

 Filament: stalk part of the stamen, (254). 

 Filiees, 284. 

 Fireweed, purple, 366. 

 Five finger, 354. 

 Fixing sections, 242, 243. 

 Flag, 305, Fig. 437. 

 Flagella, 235. 

 Flag, sweet, 296. 

 Fleabane, 411. 

 Fleur-de-lis. 305. 

 Flora: plant population of a country ot 



place; also a book describing this 



population, (327). 

 Floral envelopes, 122. 

 Florets: individual flowers of composites 



and grasses, 146, (281). 



