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Echiuate : armed with prickles (like a hedgehog). Echinulate : a dim 



inutive of it. 

 Edentate : toothless 

 Effete: past bearing, etc.; said of anthers which have discharged their 



pollen. 



Eglandulose : destitute of glands 



Elutcrs: threads mixed with the spores of Liverworts. 

 Ellipsoidal : approaching an elliptical figure. 

 /Elliptical : oval or oblong, with the ends regularly rounded. 

 Emarginate: notched at the summit. 



Embryo: the rudimentary undeveloped plantlet in a seed. 

 Immersed : raised out of water. 

 Endecagynous: with eleven pistils or styles. Endecandrous ; with eleven 



stamers. 



Endocarp : the inner layer of a pericarp or fruit 

 Endochromc : the coloring matter of Algae and the like. 

 Endosperm : another name for the albumen of a seed. 

 Endoslome : the orifice in the inner coat of an ovule. 

 Ennea- : nine. Enneagynous : with nine petals or styles 

 Enneandrous : with nine stamens. 

 En si form : sword-shaped; as the leaves of Iris. 



Entire : the margins not at all toothed, notched, or divided, but even. 

 Ephemeral : lasting for a day or less, as the corolla of Purslane, etc. 

 Epi-, in composition upon: as 

 Epicarp : the outermost layer of a fruit. 



Epidermal : relating to the Epidermis, or the skin of a plant. 

 Epigceous : growing on the earth or close to the ground. 

 Epigynous : upon the ovary. 

 Epipetalons : borne on the petals or the corolla. 

 Epiphyllous : borne on a leaf. 



Epiphyte : a plant growing on another plant, but not nourished by it. 

 Epiphytic or Epiphytal : relating to Epiphytes. 

 Episperm : 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. 

 Equitant (riding straddle). 

 Etose : eroded, as if gnawed. 

 Erostrate : not beaked. 

 Estivation: see Aestivation. 



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

 Evergreen : holding the leaves over winter and until new ones appear, or 



longer. 

 Exalbuminous (seed) : destitute of albumen. 



