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BOTANY OF BIHAR AND OBISSA. 



(though a 



i secondary endosperm mav 



■ be also developed). Cp. Peri- 



^eTtirs 



:, with the margin or edges i 



lot toothed or cut but even and 



Epical yx, a whorl of bracts just 

 respects resembling it ; in other cases i 

 which also resemble a secondary exte: 



beneath the calyx and in some 

 Uipnlar appendages <>t thescpac 

 t-ior calyx. 



! cotyledons are 



:eptacle grows up at the circumference (which now becomes a hypan- 



iiiu i. eanyiim w it h it tl •-; and completely 



enclosing the ovary. An epeiynous calyx, stamens, etc.. refers t 

 his superior position with regard to the ovary or pistil. Cp. ren- 

 !y E°iPBTALOu^ n s?tuated on the corolla or petals. The position of 



pipe) Jousst mu i sma\ l> .-ith.-i I i« 



„•_- up lu^ilim'-j 1m.iI, corolla and stamens (t. e. adhesion of corolla 

 Kim imi i n:. a plant whi.-li -rows upon another pi n ■ 



sepals. (2) Situated opposite to 



the bases of the inner lea\ •■>. r. </. in many of the Iris Family. 



Ebecto-patent, between erect ami spreading. 



Erose, appearing torn or frayed at the edges. , 



Eusporangiate, where the sporangia proceed froi 

 epidermal cells and the archesporium is the hypodermal terminal c 

 of the axile row of cells of the rudimentary sporangium. 



Evanescent, quickly disappearing. 



Ex \lbi-min-ous, without albumen. 



Excurrent, running out beyond the margin. ^ 



Extra-axillary, situated away from the axil of the leaf to w 



Extrorse, applied to anthers which open toward 



lot formed from the incurved edges of the carpels t 



Fastigiate, with'the branches all upright. 

 Femai.k, a female flower is one which bears an < 

 ivules capable of fertilization and becoming seed, an 



