opltropous 



ermineua 



epit'ropous (rpor^, a turn), denotes 

 an anatropous ovule with its raphe 

 averse when ascending, adverse 

 when suspended; Epival'va, Ep'i- 

 valve (valva, a valve), the valve 

 belonging to the epitheca of a 

 Diatom; epixylo'neus (^Xoi^wood); 

 epix'ylous ( Crozier ), growing on 

 wood, as Hypoxylon; epizoa'rius 

 (^WOF, an animal), growing on dead 

 animals ; epizo'ic, epizo'us, growing 

 on living animals, parasitic or not. 



eplica'tus (e t priv., plicatus, folded), 

 not plaited or folded ; epro- 

 phylla'tus ( + PROPHYLLA), without 

 prophylla, bracteoles ; in Germ. 

 Vorblatter; epru'inose (pruinosus, 

 frosty), without surface farina. 



e'qual (cequalis), (1) alike as to length 

 or number, (2) in Mosses when the 

 capsule is symmetrical; ~ si'ded, 

 equal, when applied to the two sides 

 of an organ; e'qually-pin'nate = 

 abruptly pinnate, having no ter- 

 minal leaflet ; e'quans (Lat.), equal- 

 ling. 



Equatorial Plane, the line which 

 passes through the mother- star of 

 the nucleus, the plane of cell- 

 division ; ~ Plate, the nuclear disc 

 of Strasburger, the grouping of 

 chromosomes at the middle of the 

 spindle in nuclear division. 



equilat'eral, equilatera'lis (aequilater- 

 alis), equal-sided. 



equinoctial, equinoctia'lis (aequinocti- 

 alis, pertaining to the equinox), 

 used of plants whose flowers ex- 

 pand and close at particular hours 

 of the day. 



equise'tic, pertaining to the genus 

 Equisetum; equise'tiform, resem- 

 bling the same genus as to form. 



e'quitant, e'quitans (Lat. riding), 

 folded over, as if astride; equi- 

 tati'vus (Lat. ) J = equitant. 



equivalv'ular (aeque, equally ; valva, 

 leaf of a door), having the valves 

 of a fruit equal in size. 



Equivocal ( aequivocus, ambiguous) 

 Genera'tion, spontaneous genera- 

 tion. 



eradic'ulose ( e, priv. radicida, a 



small root), without rootlets or 

 rhizoids ; eramo'sus ( ramus, a 

 branch), unbranched. 



erect, erect' us (Lat.), upright, per- 

 pendicular to the ground or its 

 attachment ; erec'to-pat'ent (patens, 

 lying open), between spreading and 

 erect. 



Eremacau'sis (rjptfja, gently, /cauo-is, 

 burning), slow combustion or oxi- 

 dation, such as long preserved seeds 

 show, as if charred. 



Ere'moblast (ep^os, solitary, /3\cwros, 

 a shoot), cells which united at 

 first, afterwards separate them- 

 selves ; Ere'mus J a carpel apart 

 from its sister carpels ; Eremobry'a 

 (jSpuw, I grow), a division of Ferns 

 having articulated fronds, and not 

 adherent to the stem or rhizome. 



Ergogen'esis (epyov, work, yevew, be- 

 ginning), the exhibition of growth- 

 energy (J. A. Ryder). 



Er'got (Fr. ), also pr. Er'got ; Claviceps 

 purpurea, Tul. , causing ' ' Spur " in 

 grasses ; Ergost'erin, Ergot'ic Acid, 

 Er'gotin, substances occurring in 

 the sporophore of the Ergot fungus ; 

 Er'gotism, the effect produced by 

 eating bread which is ergotised ; 

 er'gotised, infected with Ergot. 



erianth'ous, -us (epiov, wool, SLV&OS, 

 a flower), woolly- flowered. 



erice'tal (ericetum, Mod. Lat., a 

 heath), H. C. Watson's term for 

 plants which grow upon moors, 

 such as heather, Erica ; ericiti'nua 

 (Mod. Lat.), heath-like, in shape 

 or habit ; erico'id (elSos, like), used 

 of leaves which are like those of 

 heaths. 



e'rigens (erigo, I raise), used of a 

 branch, horizontal at first, rising at 

 the point. 



erioph'orous (eptov wool, 0ooew, I 

 carry), wool-bearing, densely 

 cottony ; eriophyU'ous, -us (QtiXXov, 

 a leaf), woolly leaved. 



Eris'ma (epeia-fj-a, a buttress), Necker's 

 term for the rhachis in grasses. 



ermin'eus (Mod. Lat.), the colour of 

 the fur of ermine, white, broken 

 with yellow. 



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