Ectospore 



Elaterine 



hyaloplasm ; Ect'ospore (<nropa, 

 seed), a synonym of BASIDIOSPORE ; 

 ectos'porous, possessing exogen- 

 ously formed spores ; ectothe'cal 

 (#77/07, a case), in Ascomycetes 

 used for naked-spored ; ectotro- 

 ph'ic (r/>o077, nourishment), when 

 a fungus clothes a root only ex- 

 ternally ; ectotrop'ic (rpoVos, direc- 

 tion), outward curvature. 



ecy'phellate (e, priv. + CYPHELLA), 

 used of Lichens destitute of cyph- 

 ellae; edent'ate, edenta'tus (dens, 

 dentis, a tooth), without teeth ; 

 edent'ulus (Lat.), toothless. 



Ed'estin, (eSeoros, eatable), a globulin 

 constituent of wheat flour, forming 

 about six to seven per cent. 



Edge, the margin or outline, as of a 

 leaf ; edged, when a patch of colour 

 is rimmed round by another tint. 



effete', e/e'tus, e/oe'tus (Lat., ex- 

 hausted), past bearing, function- 

 less from age. 



emg'urate, ejfiguraftus (ftgura, a fig- 

 ure), (1) when an organ is com- 

 pleted by the full development of 

 its subordinate parts ; (2) of definite 

 outline, opposed to EFFUSE; Efflgu- 

 ra'tions, outgrowths of the re- 

 ceptacle or torus as in Passiflora, 

 Capparis, etc. 



Efflores'cence, Efflorescen'iia (effloresce, 

 I blossom forth), the season of 

 flowering, anthesis. 



Effolia'tion (Lindley) = EXFOLIATION. 



effuse', effu'sus (Lat., poured out), 

 patulous, expanded ; Effu'sio, an 

 expansion ; Effu'sion, used by 

 Wiesner for an intermingling of 

 gases under different pressures, the 

 current acting through openings in 

 membranes. 



efo'liolate, efoliola'tus (e,priv.foliolum, 

 a small leaf), without leaf-like 

 scales or squamae ; efo'liolose has 

 the same meaning ; eful' crate, 

 efulcra'tus (fulcrum, a bed -post), 

 used of buds from which the 

 customary leaf has fallen. 



Egg (1) Ovum, ovule ; (2) restricted 

 in meaning as below ;~Appara'tus, 

 the three cells with nuclei at the 



micropylar end of the embryo sac, 

 two form the synergidse, and the 

 other forms the ob'sphere ; ~ Cell, the 

 oosphere or gynogamete ; ~ shaped, 

 = OVATE; ~ Spore = OOSPORE. 



eglan'dulose, eglandulo'sus (e, priv. 

 glandula, a gland), destitute of 

 glands ; egran'ulose (granula, a 

 small grain), without granules. 



E'gret, Martyn's term for pappus ; 

 Fr. Aigrette. 



ehila'tus J (e, priv., + HILUM), imper- 

 f orate, applied ,to pollen grains 

 having no perforations. 



eis'odal, eiso'dial (efrroSos, an entry), 

 anterior, as the outer pore of 

 stomates (Tschirch). 



Ejaculation (ejaculor, I shoot forth) 

 = EJECTION. 



Ejec'tipn (ejectio, casting forth), 

 forcibly throwing out endogenously 

 formed spores from a sporangium. 



Elaboration (elaboratio, persevering 

 labour), used of the changes which 

 take place after the absorption of 

 food material to fit it for the use of 

 the plant. 



elaeo'des (t\ala, olive), olive colour, 

 brownish green ; Elaioleu'cites 

 (Xewcos, white), Van Tieghem's 

 term for ELAIOPLASTS ; Elai'oplasts 

 (TrXcurros, moulded), plastids which 

 are believed to form oil, as leuco- 

 plasts form starch ; Elai'ospheres 

 (<r<f>cupa, a sphere), bodies in spongy 

 and palisade parenchyma, similar 

 to elaioplasts, probably oil-bodies 

 (Lidforss). The foregoing are also 

 spelled elaeo-. 



elaphi'nes, (eXa^i^s, a fawn) ; ela- 

 phi'nus (Aa0os, a deer), tawny or 

 fulvous. 



Ela'ter (eXarryp, a driver) ; (1) an 

 elastic spirally twisted filament, 

 occurring amongst the spores in 

 the thecse of Hepaticae ; (2) a free 

 capillitium thread in Myxogastres ; 

 (3) in Equisetum, four clubbed 

 hygroscopic bands attached to 

 the spores, which serve for dis- 

 persal. 



Elat'erine, the active principle of the 

 fruit of Elateriwm,) Jacq. 



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