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INDEX 
Earth-nut, A rack is, Conopodium 
East Indian arrowroot, Curcuma , 
Tacca ; -hemp, Crotalaria\ 
-rosewood, Dalbergia\ -walnut, 
Albizzia Lebbek Benth. 
Eau de Creole, Mammea 
Ebeneous, black as ebony 
Ebony, Diospyros , Maba ; Ameri- 
can-, green-, Jamaican-, West 
Indian-, Brya 
Ebracteate, 62, without bracts 
Ebracteolate, without bracteoles 
Ecad (Cl.), a habitat form due to 
origin by adaptation 
Ecalcarate, spurless 
Echino- (Gr. pref.), spiny- 
Ecology, 2, 25, 26, 85 
Economic Botany, 1, 197 
Ecostate, ribless 
Ectotrophic, 39 
Ed., edition 
Edaphic (soil) influences, 145 
Eddoes (W. I.), Colocasia anti- 
quorum Schott. 
Edelweiss, Leontopodium 
Edentate, toothless 
Edible products, 203 
Edulis (Lat.), edible 
Eel-grass, Zostera 
Eel-trap plants, 178 
Effete, functionless from age 
Effigurations, 72, Capparidaceae , 
Orchidaceae , Passiflora 
Effuse, expanded 
Egg-apparatus, 81, Angiospermae 
Egg-fruit, -plant, Solanum 
Eglandulose, without glands 
Eglantine, Rosa Eglanteria L. 
Egyptian Lotus, Nelumbiuni 
Eich., A. W. Eichler, 68, 214, 
Coniferae\ -system, 137, 123 
E. Ind., East Indies 
El spirito santo, Peristeria 
Elater, Equisetum 
Elaterium, Ecballium 
Elatus (Lat.), tall 
Elder, Sambucus\ dwarf- (W. I.), 
Pilea grandis Wedd. 
Elecampane, Inula 
Elemi, 199; American-, Bursera ; 
Manila-, Canarium 
Elephant-apple, Feronia ; -*s ear, 
Begonia ; -’s foot (Am.), Ele- 
phantopus 
Eleutheropetalous, polypetalous 
Elevation of land, 147 
Elk-horn fern, Platycerium 
Ell., Elliott 
Elliptical leaf, 52 
Elm, Ulmus ; Spanish- (W. I.), 
Cordia , Hamelia 
Elongate, drawn out 
Emarginate, 53 
Emblic myrobalan, Phyllanthus 
Emblica 
Embryo, 105, 123; -sac, 80, 79, 
A ngiospemnae , Gym nospermae , 
Spermaphyta 
Emergences, 114 
Enantiostyly, Klugia , Legumi- 
nosae , Saintpaulia 
Enchanter’s nightshade, Circaea 
Endemic genus, 141; plants, 148; 
species 149 
Endive, Cichorium 
Endl., Endlicher 
Endo- (Gr. pref.), within; -carp, 
108 ; -chylous, with internal 
water-storing tissue ; -gamy, 
fusion of ? gametes ; -genous, 
38; -gens, Monocotyledons; 
-parasite, plant living within 
the tissues of the host ; -phytic, 
living within another; -pleura, 
inner seed coat, Cycadaceae ; 
-rhizal, monocotyledonous ; 
-sperm, 80, 81, 105, 106, 112, 
123, Gymnospermae ; -tropic, 
39 
Eng., English 
Engler, A., 149, 184,214; -system, 
124 
Engram, record produced on the 
organism ; cf. New Phyt . v. 
200 
Ensate, ensiform, sword-shaped 
Entire leaf, 52 
Entomophily, 87, 61 
Enzyme, an unorganised or soluble 
ferment 
Ephemeral, lasting a day, 150 
Epi- (Gr. pref.), upon; -basal, in 
