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Bohindla'tcs — When rough with small 

 bristles, prickles, or tubercles. (See 

 the fruit of Oom/mersania echmata, 

 called"Dim" bytheMarooohie natives, 

 and from the bark of which they make 

 their fishing-nets.) 



E'DULIS— Edible. For instance, Carina 

 edulis was so called because in Peru the 

 rootstock was used as we use potatoes. 



Effd'stjs, Expansus— Widely spreading. 

 , (See Panieum effuswm, a very common 

 Queensland grass.) 



Ela'tbb — Spiral fibres in the spore-cases of 

 Hepaticse. 



Ela'tus — Tall, as the She-pine, Podocarpus 

 elata. 



Ellip'tical, Ellip'tious — Approaching 

 the form of an ellipse. It may be 

 considered as an oval rounded at the 

 ends, or as an oblong widened in its 

 smaller diameter. The leaves of Lager- 

 strcemia indica are often elliptic. 



Elon'gated, Elonsatus— When any part 

 of an organ is in any way remarkable 

 for its length in comparison with its 

 breadth. 



Emak'ginate, Emaeginahjs — Slightly 

 notched at the summit. 



Em'bkto — The rudiment of a plant con- 

 tained in the seed. It consists of the 

 Radicle or base of the future root, one 

 or more Cotyledons or future seed- 

 leaves, and the Plumule or future bud 

 within the base of the Cotyledons. In 

 some seeds, especially where there is 

 no albumen, these several parts are 

 very conspicuous ; in others they are 

 very difficult to distinguish until the 

 seed begins to germinate. 



Emet'io — Inducing to vomit, as the seeds 

 of the Physic-nut, Jatropha curcas. 



Embb'sus — Where the upper extremities of 

 a plant, or leaf, rise above the water, 

 the rest continuing submerged. 



Emmen'asosub — Any medicine that pro- 

 motes menstruation. The common 

 Rue was at one time highly extolled as 

 as an emmenagogue. 



Emol'lient — Softening, as many plants of 

 the Mallow family. 



Bmol'sions — Medicines made of bruised 

 oily seeds and water. 



Enoys TED— Enclosed in a cyst or bladder. 



Endsoo'gynous, ENDBOA'GTNna — Posses- 

 sing eleven pistils. Endscasidbous, 

 Bndeoandeus — Possessing eleven 

 stamens. 



Endem'IO, ENDSiM'lons— When the geo- 

 graphical range of any species, or 

 natural group, is confined within the 

 limit of a particular region. 



En'dooabp, Endocae'pidm — The inner 

 coat of the pericarp ; it may be mem- 

 branous, or hard and bony, as in stone 

 fruit. 



Endooabp'oid — Applied to apothecia which 

 are sunk or innate in the s)ibstance of 

 the thallus. 



En'doohbomb— Cell contents. Colouring 

 matter of cells. 



ENno'GBNODS, Endo'gEnus — Possessing the 

 internal structure of Monocotyledons — 

 viz., the woody system is in separate 

 small bundles or fibres running through 



the cellular system without apparent 

 order, and there is usually no distinct 

 central pith, nor outer separable bark. 



Endophy'tal — Growing within plants. 



Endobhi'zous, Endoehi'zus— Used syno- 

 nymously with " Monocotyledonous " ; 

 because in the germination, the radicle, 

 instead of elongating, is burst at its 

 apex or sides by secondary radicles or 

 fibres, which are then protruded 

 through the openings. 



Endosmosb', Endosmo'sis — The transinis- 

 sion of the ascending crude sap appears 

 to take place chiefly through the elon- 

 gated cells 'associated with the vascular 

 tissue, passing from one cell to another 

 by a process but little understood, but 

 known by the name of endosmose. 



Endosperm', Endospeb'midm — Synonym 

 for "Perisperm" or " Albumen." En- 

 DOSPOBIUM, Endospoee — The inner 

 coating of a spore, 



Endothe'cium — The inner lining of the 

 anther-cells. 



En'nea — Nine in composition, as Ennbagy'- 

 NIA, flowers with 9 free pistils, styles, 

 or stigmas; Ennban'dbia, having 9 

 stamens in each flower; Enneapb'- 

 TALUS, having 9 petals. 



Eno'dis — Where a stem, or other part, is 

 without joints or knots. 



En'sifobm — Sword-shaped. (See leaflets 

 of lAndscea endfoiia.) 



Entibe' — Having an unbroken or undivided 

 margin ; in opposition to dentate, 

 lobed, or divided. 



Entodis'calis — Inserted, as some stamens 

 within-side a disk. 



Ephem'eeai, Ephbm'beous, Ephem'eeds — 

 Applied to flowers which expand for a 

 few hours at most arid then fade away 

 Example, Evening Primrose. 



Epi, in compounds, signifies upon. 



E'pioaep, EpiCAB'piUM^The outer skin or 

 coat of the pericarp, when ripened into 

 a fruit. 



Epidbb'mis, Epideb'ma — A delicate mem- 

 brane coating the surface of the various 

 parts of plants, composed of flattened 

 vesicles of the cellular tissue. 



Epi'gynous, Epi'gynus (ji.e., upon the 

 ovary) — When the disk bearing the 

 petals is combined both with the base 

 of the calyx-tube and the base outside 

 of the ovary; either closing over the 

 ovary so as only to leave a passage for 

 the style, or leaving more or less of the 

 top of the ovary free, but always adher- 

 ing to it above the level of the insertion 

 of the lowest ovule (except in a few 

 cases where the ovules are absolutely 

 suspended from the top of the cell). In 

 epigynous flowers the ovary is described 

 as adherent or inferior, the calyx as 

 adherent or supevior, the pet.ils as in- 

 serted on or above the ovary. Iif some 

 works, however, most epigynous flowers 

 are included in the perigynons ones, 

 and a very different meaning is given 

 to the term epigynous ; and there are a 

 few cases where no positive distinction 

 can be drawn between the epigynous 

 and perigynous flowers, or againbetvpeen 



