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GLOSSAKY AND IXDEX. 



especially when this is formed in the 

 , embryo-sac of the ovule, 322, 323. 

 Endostome : the orifice of tiie inner 



coat of the ovule, 298. 

 Endothccium: the inner lining of the 



cells of an anther. 

 Enerval : nerveless. 

 Ennea- : nine ; as in 

 Enneagynia, 515. 



Enned(]ijnoiis ; with nine pistils or styles. 

 Enneandria, 512. 

 Ennediidroiis : with nine stamens. 

 Enneapiitalous ; nine-petalled, 276. 

 Enddal: without a node. 

 Ensate : same as 

 Ens'form : sword-sliaped. 

 Entire : tlio margin whole and even, 



, not toothed or cut, 158, 275. 

 Entophi/tes ; plants parasitic within oth- 

 er plants. 

 Epacridca;, 410. 

 Ephemeral : lasting but a day. 

 Epi-, in Greek compounds ; upon. 

 Epicdiijx : an involucel resembling an 



exterior calyx, as in IMallow. 

 Eplcarp : thf outermost layer of a peri- 

 carp, 310. 

 EpiduUum : the upper part of the lip of 



an Orchid, when different from the 



lower. 

 Epic6ToUine : upon the corolla. 

 Epidermal : relating to the 

 Epidermis: the skin of a plant; 51, 



122, 148. 

 Epigdious ; growing on or close to the 



ground. 

 Eptijijnous : upon the ovary, 252, 268, 



281. 

 Epipe'talous : upon the corolla, 281. 

 Epiphtdiim: outer or corky bark, 121. 

 Epipln/llons : upon a leaf 

 EpijiJnjtal, or epiphytic : relating to 

 E'piphijtes, plants growing affixed to 



another plant, but not nourislied 



by it, 87. 

 Epipteroiis : winged at the top. 

 Eiiisperm : the outer seed-coat, 320. 

 Equal : regular, or of tiic same length 



or number, as the ease may be. 

 Equilateral: equal-sided. 

 Equisetacese, 499. 



E'quitant: riding straddle, 145, 165. 

 Erianthmis : woolly-flowered. 

 Ericaeese, 439. 

 Ergot, 498. 

 Erioeaulonaceije, 496. 

 Eriogonca;, 466. 

 Erase: eroded, as if gnawed. 

 Erostrnte : not beaked. 

 Escallonicai, 425. 

 Essential organs of the flower, 222. 

 Estivation : see jEstivation. 



Etcerio : a name for such a fruit as a 

 raspberry and blackberry. 



Euphorbiacea;, 471. 



Evolved, or evdlvular : valvcless. 



Evergreen : holding the leaves over win- 

 ter or longer, 172. 



Exalhuminous : without albumen, 323. 



Excentric : out of the centre, 325 ; one- 

 sided. 



Excretions, 57, 178. 



Excurrent : protruding beyond the apex, 

 as when the midrib of a leaf pro- 

 jects : or running to the very sum- 

 mit, as the main stem of a Fir, 99. 



Exhalntion, 175. 



E'xocarp : the outer layer of a perieaip, 

 , 312. 



Exogcn, Exdgcnse, Exogenous Plants, 

 U3, 370. 



Exogenous structure, 113, 116. 



Exorhiza: : a synonyme of Exogens ; 

 the radicle in these being 



Exorhi~al: not enclosed or sheathed 

 by the cotyledons or plumule. 



Erosmdse, or Exosmdsis, 33. 



E'xoslome: the orifice of the outer coat 

 of an ovule, 298. 



E.ros/dsis : an indurated protuberance. 



Exotlieciiim : outer coat of the anther. 



E'xpkinate : outspread or broadly flat- 

 tened. 



Exsertrd, exse'rt : protruding beyond, as 

 the stamens out of the corolla in 

 fig. 460. 



Exstipulate : destitute of stipules, 171. 



Exterior : as applied to the parts of a 

 blossom, the same as anterior. 



Exline : the outer coat of a pollen-grain, 

 286. 



Extra-axillary : out of the axil, 99, 

 220. 



Extrorse : turned outwards, 282. 



Fades : the general aspect. 



Falcate, falciform : scythe-shaped ; flat 

 and curved, the edges parallel. 



Families, 359. 



Fan-shaped : see Flabelliform. 



Farina : starch, 54. 



Farinaceous : mealy; containing starch. 



Farinose : covered with mealy powder. 



Fdsciate : banded ; applied also to mon- 

 stroits stems which grow flat. 



Fasciation : the singular monstrous ex- 

 pansion of stems, &c. as in the gar- 

 den Cock's-eomb. 



Fascicle : a close cyme or cluster of 

 flowers, 219; a bundle of leaves 

 crowded like those of the Larch, 

 fig. 213. 



Fascicled : growing in tufts or clusters, 

 84, 142. 



