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Gladiolus, AntMiza, Ixia, S'ifyrinch'iu?n, Comme- 

 Una, Xyris, Eriocaulon^ Jphyllanthes. 



ENSIFORME Folium {enfis, a fword] eft 

 anceps a baft verfus apicern adtenuatiim, fliaped like 

 a two-edged fword, gradually tapering to the 

 point, as in the Anthericum ojfifrag. & calyada- 

 ium. 



EQUITANTIA Folia \_eqidtans, riding] A 

 term in foliation, which implies the fides of the 

 leaves being parallel, and the interior included 

 by the exterior, as in the Hemerocallis, Poa, 

 Iris, Acorus, Car ex, & Gr amino nonnulla. 



ERECTUS Caidis, Ramus, Follion ; ere£t, 

 upright, perpendicular ; but, when applied to a 

 branch or leaf, mull: not be up.derftood abfolute- 

 ly, but as forming an acute angle with the 

 Caulis, fo as to be nearly ere(St; adangulum acutif- 

 fimum cauU adfidens . 



Ere£ia Anthera, fixed by one extremity to the 

 apex of the jUamentwn^ oppofed to Incumbens & 

 Verfatilis. 



EROSUM Folium [dh erodor, to be gnawed] 



cum folium fmuatum margiiie alios mhimos obtufos 



ac(iuirit ; when a . iinuated leaf tas. its margin 



1 2 brokea. 



