epitropous 
ermineus 
epit’ropous (rporh, a turn), denotes 
an anatropous ovule with its raphe 
averse when ascending, adverse 
when suspended; Epival'va, Ep’i- 
valve (valva, a valve), the valve 
belonging to the epitheca of a 
Diatom ; epixylo’neus (é/A\ov, wood); 
epix’ylous (Crozier), growing on 
wood, as Hypoxylon; epizoa‘rius 
({Gov, an animal), growing on dead 
animals; epizo’ic, epizo’us, growing 
on living animals, parasitic or not. 
eplica’tus (e, priv., plicatus, folded), 
not plaited or folded; epro- 
phylla’tus (+ PropHyYLLa), without 
prophylla, bracteoles ;—in Germ. 
Vorblatter ; epru’inose ( pruinosus, 
frosty), without surface farina. 
e’qual (equalis), (1) alike as to length 
or number, (2) in Mosses when the 
capsule is symmetrical; ~ si’ded, 
equal, when applied to the two sides 
of an organ; e’qually-pin’nate= 
abruptly pinnate, having no ter- 
minal leaflet ; e’quans (Lat.), equal- 
ling. 
Equator’ial Plane, the line which 
passes through the mother-star of 
the nucleus, the plane of cell- 
division ; ~ Plate, the nuclear disc 
of Strasburger, the grouping of 
chromosomes at the middle of the 
spindle in nuclear division. 
equilat’eral, equilatera’lis (aequilater- 
alis), equal-sided. 
equinoct’ial, eyuinoctia’lis (aequinocti- 
alis, pertaining to the equinox), 
used of plants whose flowers ex- 
pand and close at particular hours 
of the day. 
equise’tic, pertaining to the genus 
Equisetum ; equise’tiform, resem- 
bling the same genus as to form. 
e’quitant, e’quitans (Lat. riding), 
folded over, as if astride; equi- 
tati’vus (Lat.) { = equitant. 
equivalv’ular (aeque, equally ; valva, 
leaf of a door), having the valves 
of a fruit equal in size. 
Equiv’ocal (aequivocus, ambiguous) 
Genera‘tion, spontaneous genera- 
tion. 
eradic’ulose (e, priv. radicula, a 
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small root), without rootlets or 
rhizoids ; eramo’sus (ramus, a 
branch), unbranched. 
erect, erect’us (Lat.), upright, per- 
pendicular to the ground or its 
attachment; erec’to-pat’ent (patens, 
lying open), between spreading and 
erect. 
Eremacau’sis (jpéua, gently, Kavots, 
burning), slow combustion or oxi- 
dation, such as long preserved seeds 
show, as if saree 
Ere’moblast (épjuos, solitary, Bdacros, 
a shoot), cells which united at 
first, afterwards separate them- 
selves ; Ere’mus { a carpel apart 
from its sister carpels ; Eremobry’a 
(Bpdw, I grow), a division of Ferns 
having articulated fronds, and not 
adherent to the stem or rhizome. 
Ergogen’esis (€pyov, work, -yéveois, be~ 
ginning), the exhibition of growth- 
energy (J. A. Ryder). 
Ergot (Fr.), also pr. Er’got ; Claviceps 
purpurea, Tul., causing ‘‘Spur” in 
grasses ; Ergost’erin, Ergot’ic Acid, 
Er’gotin, substances occurring in 
the sporophore of the Ergot fungus ; 
Er’gotism, the effect produced by 
eating bread which is ergotised ; 
ergotised, infected with Ergot. 
erianth’ous, -us (prov, wool, avdos, 
a flower), woolly-flowered. 
erice’tal (ericetum, Mod. Lat., a 
heath), H. C, Watson’s term for 
plants which grow upon moors, 
such as heather, Hrica; ericiti’nus 
(Mod. Lat.), heath-like, in shape 
or habit ; erico’id (eldos, like), used 
of leaves which are like those of 
heaths. 
e’rigens (erigo, I raise), used of a 
branch, horizontal at first, rising at 
the point. 
erioph’orous (épov wool, gdopéw, I 
carry), wool-bearing, densely 
cottony ; eriophyll’ous, -us (pvdXov, 
a leaf), woolly leaved. 
Eris’ma (€percua, a buttress), Necker’s 
term for the rhachis in grasses. 
ermin’eus (Mod. Lat.), the colour of 
the fur of ermine, white, broken 
with yellow. 
