Ectospore 
Elaterine 
hyaloplasm; Ect’ospore (copa, 
seed), a synonym of BasipIosPorE ; 
ectos’porous, possessing exogen- 
ously formed spores; ectothe’cal 
(O4xn, a case), in Ascomycetes 
used for naked-spored; ectotro- 
ph’ic (tpod}, nourishment), when 
a fungus clothes a root only ex- 
ternally ; ectotrop’ic (rpdros, direc- 
tion), outward curvature. 
ecy’phellate (e, priv. + CYPHELLA), 
used of Lichens destitute of cyph- 
ellae; edent’ate, edenta’tus (dens, 
dentis, a tooth), without teeth ; 
edent’ulus (Lat.), toothless. 
Ed’estin, (édecrds, eatable), a globulin 
constituent of wheat flour, forming 
about six to seven per cent, 
Edge, the margin or outline, as of a 
leaf ; edged, when a patch of colour 
is rimmed round by another tint. 
effete’, effe'tus, effoe'tus (Lat., ex- 
hausted), past bearing, function- 
less from age. 
effig’urate, efigura’tus (figura, a fig- 
ure), (1) when an organ is com- 
pleted by the full development of 
its subordinate parts ; (2) of definite 
outline, opposed to EFFUSE; Effigu- 
ra‘tions, outgrowths of the re- 
ceptacle or torus as in Passiflora, 
Capparis, ete. 
Effiores’cence, Hfflorescen’tia (effloresco, 
I blossom forth), the season of 
flowering, anthesis. 
Effolia'tion (Lindley) = ExFoLiATION. 
effuse’, effu'sus (Lat., poured out), 
patulous, expanded; Effu’sio, an 
expansion; Effu’sion, used by 
Wiesner for an intermingling of 
gases under different pressures, the 
current acting through openings in 
membranes. 
efo’liolate, efoliola’tus(e,priv. foliolum, 
a small leaf), without leaf-like 
scales or squamz; efo’liolose has 
the same meaning; eful’crate, 
efulcra'tus (fulcrum, a bed-post), 
used of buds from which the 
customary leaf has fallen. 
Egg (1) Ovum, ovule ; (2) restricted 
in meaning as below ; ~ Appara’tus, 
the three cells with nuclei at the 
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micropylar end of the embryo sac, 
two form the synergide, and the 
other forms the odsphere ; ~ Cell, the 
odsphere or gynogamete ;~ shaped, 
=OVATE; ~ Spore=OOdsPORE. 
eglan'dulose, eglandulo’sus (e, priv. 
glandula, a gland), destitute of 
glands; egran’ulose (granula, a 
small grain), without granules. 
E’gret, Martyn’s term for pappus; 
Fr. Aigrette. 
ehila’tus + (e, priv., + H1Lum), imper- 
forate, applied to pollen grains 
having no perforations. 
eis’odal, eiso’dial (e/codos, an entry), 
anterior, as the outer pore of 
stomates (Tschirch). 
Ejacula’'tion (ejaculor, I shoot forth) 
= EsEcTION. 
Ejec’tion (ejectio, casting forth), 
forcibly throwing out endogenously 
formed spores from a sporangium. 
Elabora‘tion (elaboratio, persevering 
labour), used of the changes which 
take place after the absorption of 
food material to fit it for the use of 
the plant. 
elaeo’des (édala, olive), olive colour, 
brownish green; Elaioleu’cites 
(Aevkos, white), Wan Tieghem’s 
term for ELAIoPLASTs ; Elai’oplasts 
(acres, moulded), plastids which 
are believed to form oil, as leuco- 
plasts form starch; Elai’ospheres 
(cpatpa, a sphere), bodies in spongy 
and palisade parenchyma, similar 
to elaioplasts, probably oil-bodies 
(Lidforss). The foregoing are also 
spelled elaeo-. 
elaphi’nes, (ehaguvijs, a fawn); ela- 
phi'nus (é\agos, a deer), tawny or 
fulvous. 
Ela'ter (éXarhp, a driver); (1) an 
elastic spirally twisted filament, 
occurring amongst the spores in 
the thece of Hepatice ; (2) a free 
capillitium thread in Myxogastres ; 
(8) in Hquisetum, four clubbed 
hygroscopic bands attached to 
the spores, which serve for dis- 
persal. 
Elat’erine, the active principle of the 
fruit of Hlaterium, Jacq. 
