44, PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION: 
ed-u’la <p ... (Latin), edible ; 
Eg-lan-te’-ri-a ... LEglantine (French) (from aculeatus (Latin), prickly], name of 
the plant (N. 1/820; Nut:) ; 
Eh-re’-ti-a ss ... (com.) G. D, Ehret, |(pr.:) Ay-rait] born in Germany, died in 
England, 1708—i770, artist and botanist (N. 1/505) ; 
El-z-ag-na’-ce-w  ... (Latin), Oleaster (Elaeagus) Family, or Order ; 
Kl-e-ag’-nus .. .-- Hiaios, agnos (Greek), wild olive, Vitex Agnus—astus ; (all:) 
similarity of fruit to the olive and of whiteness of leaves 
urderneath to the Vitex: used by ‘Lheophrastus for the 
Willow (N, 1/565) ; : 
Ele-js an, ... Elaia (Greek), true olive; (all:) oil expressed from the nut 
resembles Olive oil, (N. 1/508) ; 
El-z-oc-ar’-pus ... Llatos, karpos (Greek), wild olive. fruit; (all:) similarity in the 
round truit containing a nut with rugosities (N. 1/506) ; 
El-e-od-en’dron .., laios, dendron (Greek), wild olive tree; (all:) similarity of fruit 
and oiliners of seeds (N. 1/506); 
el-ai-os ae .. (Greek), of an olive tree ; or olive green, a mixture of green and 
brown, same as olivacens (q.v.) 
el-as’-tic-us ... ... (Latin), elastic, er resembling wmdia rubber in consistence 
appearance or touch ; 
e-la’-tus ‘+ .-. (Latin), very tall; 
e-leg-ans a: .. (Latin), elegant ; 
e-leg-an-tis’-sim-a ... (Latin), very elegant; 
el-en’-gi w= tannyt (Malayalam), name of the tree ; 
el-eph-an-ti’-na ... (Latin), Hlephantine, coarse; 
el-eph-an-tum .. (Latin), appertaining to, or caten by, elephants ; 
E]-let-ta’-ri-a ... elattadre (ualayulam), name of the plans (N. 1/506) ; 
el-ew-ther-an’-dra_ ... Klenthevos, dmrr (g. andros) (Greek), free males ; (all :) stamens 
free; ‘ 
El-ler-to -ni-a .. (com.) J. Ellerton Stocks, Bombay Medical Establishment, . 
(Ch.) ; 
El-li-ot’-tii «.. .. (com.) Sir W. Elliot, author of Flora andhrica ; 
Ei-lip-anth’-us .» Lllipes, atthos (Greek), defective, flower; (ull:) flowers often 
polygamous, thouga In tne order usually bisexual ; 
e}-lip-so-i’-de-a ... (Greek), with an eliptical figure ; 
el-lip’-tic-a ... ... (Latin), Elliptic ; 
e-long-a-ta ... .. (Latin), much lengthened (H.) ; 
e-mar-gin-a’ -ta .. (Latin), distinctly notched at the tip 
Em-be’-li-a ... ... (Singhalese), name of the plant (McL. IID; 
Em-blic-a Be .. Amlikéd (Sanskrit), sowr; (all:) juice of the iruit (McL. 923); - 
#m-both-ri-uim ... En, bothrion (Greek), an, litive pir; (all :) authera (N. 1/507); 
em-bry-op’-ter-is ... Embruon, pterua (Greek), embryo, wing ; 
em-et’-ic-a ... ... Hmatikos (Greek), provokirg sickness (Gk. Lex); 
en-dec-a ... .. (Greek), eleven, correctly written Lendeka; 
e-Der-vis... .. (Latin), veiniess, when there are no ribs or veins in leaf ; 
en -ne-a See wee (Greek, nine ; 
En-sé-te ae we (Abyssinian), name of the plant (N. 2/392) ; 
en-sif-ol’-i-a ... (Latin), with sword shaped -leaves, straight, long, flat, acute 
at the point ; 
En’-ta-da ... .. Entada (Angolese), name of the plant in Central Africa (oliver) ; 
Nicholson says, however, that it is the Malabar name, and 
Roxburgh gives Van_Rhesdis name as Entada; the nearest 
approach to this is Anattata (Elephant hindrance), when the 
accent should be on the first syllable (Wn’-tad-a) ; 
En’-ter-ol-ob’-i-um ... Eniera,lobion (Greek), entratls, pod; (all:) fleshy material 
inside the fruit ; Mt: 
Ep-id-en’-drum_ ... Epi, dendron, (Greek), on, tree; (all:) epiphyte on trees (N. 
1/512) ; ’ 
ep-ig-w-us ... ... (Greek), egipous, growing close upon the earth; 
Ep-ig’-yn-um ... Epi, gune (Greek), on female; (all:) anthers around the stigma 
hardly adhering, whilst generally in this order they do 
adhere ; “ 
ep-ig’-yn-us . (Greek), growing upon the summit of the ovary; . 
