Miscellaneous. 



460 



November, 1911. 



A pound of Caauarina seed (which goes 

 a long way) can be sold for Rs. 2 or 

 Rs, 2*50. The photograph for the illus- 

 tration is by Mr. H. P. Macmillan, 

 Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 



A DICTIONARY OF TERMS USED 

 IN AGRICULTURE, BOTANY, 

 CHEMISTRY, AND ALLIED 

 SCIENCES : 

 For the use of PlantersJand Others. 



By J. C. Willis and M. Willis. 

 (Continued from page S33.) 



Dust 



Eagle wood 



Earth nut 



Ebracteate 



Echinate 



Echinulate 



Eciliate 



Effuse 



Eggtruit 



Eglandular 



Ekel 



Ela 



Elachi 



Electrolyte 



Elephant creeper 

 Elevator 



Ellipsoid 



Emarginate 

 Emblic myro- 



balan 

 Embryo 



Emulsion 

 Endemic 



Endive 

 Endocarp 



Endosperm 



Ensiform 

 Ensilage 



Entire 



Entomologist 



A grade of tea 

 Aquilaria Agallocha 

 Grouud nut 

 Without bracts 

 With spines 

 With little spines 

 Without cilia 

 Expanded 

 Brinjal 



Without glands 



Vein of palm-leaf, esp. 



coconut 

 Artificial water course 

 (Hind.) Cardamom 

 , Product of decomposi- 

 tion by electric cur- 

 rent 



Argyreia speciosa 

 Lift ; grain storage 

 building 

 ... Longer than broad, 

 with rounded ends 

 ... Notched 



... Phyllanthus Emblica 

 ... Young plant contained 



in the seed 

 ... Oil turned milky by 

 action of some other 

 substance 

 ... Occurring solely in one 

 place, island or 

 mountain 

 ... Cichorium Endivia 

 ... Inner portion of the 



wall of a fruit 

 ... Food within the seed 

 for the use of the 

 young plant 

 ... Sword shaped 

 ... Green fodder preserv- 

 ed under pressure 

 in a pit 

 ... Without notches 

 ... A student of insects 

 and diseases caused 

 by them 



Entomology ... Science dealing with 



insects 



Enzyme ... An unorganised or 



soluble ferment 

 Epaleate ... Without paleae 



Epicalyx ... Bracteoles resembling 



a calyx just below a 

 flower 



Epicarp ... Outer layer of the 



wall of a fruit 



Epichil ... End of orchid label- 



lum when distinct 

 from base 



Epidemic (disease) One breaking out occa- 

 sionally 



Epidermis ... Outer covering layer 

 composed of cells 



Epigynous (flower)Flower in which the 

 ovary is immersed 

 in and united to the 

 hollow receptacle, 

 only the styles being 

 Free 



. Stamens adherent to 



the corolla 

 Stamens adherent to 

 perianth 



Epipetalous 



Epiphyllous 



Epiphyte (Epi- 

 phytic) 



Equitaut 



Erandu 

 Erectopatent 

 Eri silk worm . 

 Erose 



Essential oil 



Essential organs. 

 Estate 



Estrophiolate 

 Evanescent 



European silk- 

 worm 



Everted 



Exalbuminous 



Excavate 



Excentric 



Exfoliating 



Exotic 



Experiment 

 Station 



. Plants clinging to 

 other plants for sup- 

 port but not para- 

 sitic on them and 

 not usually attached 

 to the soil 

 Leaves folded length- 

 wise and the older 

 overlapping che 

 younger 

 Castor oil, Ricinus 

 Erect and widely open 

 Attacus ricini 

 Slightly irregularly 



toothed 

 An oil obtainable by 



distillation 

 . Stamens and carpels 

 . Au area of 20 acres or 

 more, cultivated at 

 least partly with 

 hired labour 

 . With no strophiole 

 . Visible for only a 

 short time 



, Bombyx Mori 

 Projecting outwards 

 Without endosperm 

 Hollowed out 

 Out of the centre 

 Shedding leaves 

 Foreign 



A large piece of land 

 devoted to experi- 

 ments with import- 

 ant cultivated crops 



