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the flowers), the coral flower ; a 

 genus of splendid plants, with 

 fine large leaves, and brilliant 

 scarlet or red flowers, Ord. 

 Leguminosse, Sub-ord. Papilion- 

 acese : Erythrina monosperma, 

 mdn'o-sperm'a (Gr. monos, alone; 

 sperma, seed), a species which 

 yields gum lac : erythrine, n. , 

 erti'thrm, in great part or wholly 

 red. 



Erythronium, n., ^r^-thrdn^'um 

 (Gfr.eruthros,ied. from the colour 

 of the leaves and flowers), a genus 

 of handsome, dwarf - growing 

 plants, Ord. Liliacese: Erythron- 

 ium Americamim, dm-er'ik-dn' 

 um (from America), a species 

 whose root is used as an emetic : 

 E. dens caninus, denz kdn-in'-us 

 (L. dens, a tooth ; caninus, be- 

 longing to a dog from cdnis, a 

 dog), the dog-tooth violets, whose 

 roots have been used in colic and 

 epilepsy. 



erythrophyll, n., tr'.t-thro-ftl (Gr. 

 eruthros, red ; phullon, a leaf), 

 the red colouring matter of leaves, 

 indicating change and low vitality 

 in them. 



ErythroxylaceaB, n. plu., Wt- 

 thrdks'tl-a's%-e (Gr. eruthros, red; 

 xulon, wood), the Erythroxylon 

 family, an Order of shrubs and 

 trees, chiefly from W. Indies and 

 S. America, whose species have 

 tonic, purgative, and narcotic 

 properties : Erythroxylon, n., 

 trtf-thro'ks'-tt-Sn, a genus of trees 

 whose wood is of a bright red 

 colour, and yields a dye : Ery- 

 throxylon coca, kok'-d (a Spanish 

 name ; Gr. kokkos, a seed, a 

 kernel), a plant whose leaves 

 are used by the miners of Peru 

 as a stimulant, and which are 

 chewed with a small mixture of 

 finely-powdered chalk ; the com- 

 mon name for the prepared leaves 

 is * coca ' or ' ipadu. ' 

 Escalloniese, n. plu. , esk'dl- lon-i'V-e 

 (in honour of Escallon, a Spanish 

 traveller in S. Amer.), a Sub-ord. 



of the Ord. Saxifragacese : Escal- 

 lonia, n., esk'dl-ldn'-i>d, a genus 

 of plants whose species are very 

 fine evergreen greenhouse shrubs: 

 Escallonia macrantha, mak- 

 ranth'-a (Gr. makros, of great 

 extent, high ; anthos, a flower), 

 and E. rubra, roo&rd (L. ruber, 

 red), are grown in the milder 

 parts of Britain. 



eschar, n., esk'dr (Gr. eschdra, a 

 hearth, a scab), a crust or scab on 

 a part, produced by burning or 

 caustic : escharotic, a., esk'dr- 

 tit'-ik, having the power to sear or 

 burn the flesh : n. , any powerful 

 chemical substance which, when 

 applied to the body, destroys the 

 vitality of a portion of it. 



Eschscholtzia, n., esh-shdUzf-i-d 

 (after Eschscholtz, a botanist), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Papaver- 

 acese, natives of California, etc., 

 some species of which produce 

 beautiful yellow flowers ; the 

 dilated apex of the peduncle 

 resembles the extinguisher of a 

 candle. 



Esculapian, a., Zsk'ul'dp't'dn (L. 

 ^Esculapius, Father of medicine), 

 pert, to the healing art ; med- 

 ical. 



esculent, a., Vsk'ul'ent (L. esculent- 

 us, fit for eating from esca, 

 food), good as food for man : n., 

 something that can be eaten, and 

 good for food. 



esparcet, n., es-pdrs'$t (F. esparc- 

 et, Sp. esparceta), a green crop, 

 something like the leguminous 

 plant sainfoin. 



essence, n., es'-sgns (L. essentia, 

 the being of any thing; F. essence), 

 the concentrated odour of a plant, 

 occurring in any part, procured 

 by distillation with water. 



estivation, n., Zs'-tw-a'-shun (L. 

 c&stiva, summer quarters), in bot., 

 the disposition of the parts of the 

 perianth in the flower-bud; the 

 arrangement of the unexpanded 

 leaves of the flower-bud which 

 burst in summer as opposed to 



