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etc. ; it is connected with the receptacle or 

 torus. 



DiSPERMOUS, having two seeds. 



Dissected, cut into a number of narrow divi- 

 sions. 



Dissepiment, a division in the ovary ; irue, 

 when formed by edges of the carpels ; Jalse, 

 when formed otherwise. 



DissiLiENT, applied to fruit which bursts in an 

 elastic manner. 



Distichous, in two rows, on opposite sides of 

 a stem, 



Disteactile, separating two parts to a dis- 

 tance from each other. 



Dithecal, having two loculaments. 



Divaricating, branches coming off from the 

 stem at a very wide or obtuse angle. 



Dodeca, twelve ; in Latin, Duodecint. 



DoDECAGYNOUS, having twelye pistils. 



DoDECANDROUS, having twelve stamens. 



Dolabriform, shaped like an axe. 



Dorsal, applied to the sutm-e of the carpel 

 which is farthest from the axis. 



Dorsiferous, applied to Ferns bearing fructi- 

 fication on the back of their fronds. 



Dorsum, the back, the part of the carpel which 

 is farthest from the axis. 



Double Flower, when the organs of repro- 

 duction are converted into petals. 



Drupe, a fleshy fruit like the cherry, having a 

 stony endocarp. Drupels, small drupesaggre- 

 gated to form a fruit, as in the Raspberry. 



DuMOSE, having a low shrubby aspect. 



Duramen, heart-wood of Dicotyledonous trees. 



Dynamis, power, in composition means supe- 

 riority in length ; as didyfianious, two stamens 

 longer than two others. 



E or Ex, in composition corresponds to alpha, 



privative ; as ebracteated, without bracts ; 



exaristate, without awns ; edentatey without 



teeth ; ecostate, without ribs. 

 Echinate, covered with straight slender 



prickles, like an Echinus. 

 Elaters, spiral fibres in the spore-cases of 



Hepaticae. 

 Elliptical, having the form of an ellipse. 

 Emarginate, with a superficial portion taken 



out of the end. 

 Embryo, the young plant contained in the seed. 

 Embryo-buds, nodules in the bark of the beech 



and other trees. 

 Embryogeny, the development of the embryo 



in the ovule. 

 Embryology, the study of the formation of the 



embryo. 

 Embryo-sac or Embryonary-sac, the cellular 



laag in which the embryo is formed. 

 Embryotega, a process raised from the sper- 



moderm by the embryo of some seeds during 



germination, as in the Bean. 

 Endeca, in Greek, eleven ; in Latin, Undecim. 

 Endecagvnous, having eleven pistils. 

 Endecandrous, having eleven stamens. 

 Endocarp, the inner layer of the pericarp next 



the seed. 

 Endocheome, the colouring matter of cellular 



plants. 

 Endogen, an inward grower, having an endo- 

 genous stem. 

 Endon, within or inwards, in composition 



Endo. 



Endophlceum, the inner bark or liber. 



Endopleura, the inner covering of the seed. 



Endorhizal, numerous rootlets arising from 

 a common radicle, and passing through 

 sheaths, as in endogenous germination. 



Endosmose, movement of fluids inwards 

 through a membrane. 



Endosperm, albumen formed within the em- 

 bryo-sac. 



Endosporous, Fungi having their spores con- 

 tained in a case. 



Endostome, the inner foramen of the ovule. 



Endothecium, the inner coat of the anther. 



Enervis, without veins. 



Ennea, nine; in Latin, Novem.'' 



Enneagynous, having nine pistils. 



Enneandrous, having nine stamens, 



Ensiform, in the form of a sword, as the leaves 

 of Iris. 



Entire {integer), without marginal divisions ; 

 {integerrhnus), without either lobes or mar- 

 ginal divisions. 



Envelopes, Floral, the calyx and corolla. 



Epi, upon, in composition means on the outside 

 or above, as epicarp, the outer covering of 

 the fruit ; epigynous, above the ovary. 



Epiblast, an abortive organ in the Oat, sup- 

 posed to be the rudiment of a second coty- 

 ledon. 



Epicalyx, outer calyx, formed either of sepals 

 or bracts, as in Mallow and Potentilla. 



Epicarp, the outer covering of the fruit. 



Epichilium, the label or terminal portion of the 

 strangulated or articulated lip (labellum) of 

 Orchids. 



Epicorolline, inserted upon the corolla. 



Epidermis, the cellular layer covering the ex- 

 ternal surface of plants. 



Epigeal, above ground, applied to cotyledons. 



Epigone, the cellular layer which covers the 

 young sporangium in Mosses and Hepaticas. 



Epigynous, above the ovary, and attached to 

 it. 



Epipetalous, inserted upon the petals. 



Epiphragm, the membrane closing the orifice 

 of the thecas of some Mosses, as Polytrichum. 



Epiphyllous, growing upon a leaf 



Epiphyte, attached to another plant and grow- 

 ing suspended in the air. 



Epirrheology, the influence of external agents 

 on living plants. 



Episperm, the external covering of the seed. 



Epispoee, the outer covering of some spores. 



Equitant, applied to leaves folded longitudi- 

 nally, and overlapping each other without 

 any involution. 



Erect, applied to an ovule which rises from 

 the base of the ovary ; also applied to innate 

 anthers. 



Erose, irregularly toothed, as if gnawed, 



Erumpent, prominent, as if bursting through 

 the epidermis, as seen in some tetraspores. 



EtjERIO, the aggregate drupes forming the 

 fruit of Rubus. 



Etiolation, blanching, losing colour, in the 

 dark. 



Exalbuminous, without a separate store of 

 albumen or perisperm. 



Exannulate, without a ring, applied to some 

 Ferns, as Botrychium and Ophioglossum. 



Excenteic, removed from the centre or axis ; 

 applied to a lateral embryo. 



