x GLOSSARY. 
EGG-SHAPED (ovatus), ovate, the shape of an egg. 
E.ipricus, oval, elliptical, acute at each end. 
EMBRACING (amplectans), clasping with the base. 
EMARGINATE (emarginatus), notched at the end. 
EMBRYO (euCevou, the foetus), a fleshy body, occupying the interior of the 
seed, and constituting the rudiment of a future plant. 
Enpocarp (#2, within ; xaeroc, the fruit); the inner skin of the pericarp- 
EnpoGEN (evo, within 3 yetvoj4as, to beget) ; one of the great divisions of 
plants, having the stem without distinct layers of bark, wood, 
or pith, as in exogenous plants, but the whole cellular 
system is a uniform mass, in which is imbedded the vascular 
system in the form of thick fibrous bundles, consisting of 
woody tissue, enclosing spiral or other vessels, and increasing 
in size from central formations, and not by internal layers; 
the seeds which they produce are formed of one lobe, not two. 
ENDOTHECIUM (evdoy, within ; nxn, a case); the lining membrane of 
anthers. 
EnstForM, sword-shaped, quite straight, with an acute point. 
ENTANGLED (intricatus), when roots, branches, &c., are so entangled and 
intermixed together that they cannot be readily separated. 
ENTIRE (integer), without any kind of marginal divisions. 
EpicarpP (£74, upon; *%e70¢, fruit) ; the outer skin of the fruit. 
EPIDERMIS (exsdeguss, the skin) ; the external layer of the skin. 
Eprigaus, growing close upon the earth. 
EPIGoNnIUM (/7+, upon; 0%, offspring) ; a membranous bag, enclosing the 
conceptacles of Hepatic plants. 
EPIGyNous (£74, upon; yuy7, a woman); growing upon the summit of the 
ovarium. 
EPIPHYLLUS (£74, upon; QuAdoy, leaf) ; inserted upon the leaf. 
EQUALLY PINNATE (pari-pinnatus, abrupte-pinnatus), when the common 
petiole is not terminated by either a leaflet or tendril. 
Equitant (equito, to ride), when leaves overlap each other entirely with- 
out any involution, as the leaves of the Iris. 
Erect (erectus), pointing towards the zenith. 
Erosus (gnawed), the margin irregularly toothed, as if eaten away by 
an animal, 
EsTIvavion, a term used for unexpanded flowers. 
Even, the surface without inequalities. 
EVERGREEN, plants having perennial or persistent leaves, viz remaining 
upon the plant beyond a single season, as the Laurel, 
Tlex, &e. 
EXxcuRRENT (excurrens), in which the axis remains always in the centre, all 
the other parts being regularly disposed round it, as the stem 
of Pinus Abies. ; 
ExoGEnovus “(2Ew, without; yvou04, to beget); one of the great divisions 
of plants, having distinct layers of pith, wood, and bark, and 
increasing in size by layers external to the old ones; the 
seeds have two, not one lobe. 
Exrrorsvs, turned outwards. 
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