Dorsifixed. Attached by or on the back.
Dotted. Marked with transparent receptacles of oil, looking like dots.
Drupaceous. Resembling or of the nature of a drupe.
Drupe. A fleshy or succulent fruit, such as the plum, which has the seed enclosed, in a hard and bony putamen or casing; often called a "stone-fruit."
Ebracteate. Having no bracts.
Echinate. Beset with prickles, like the capsule of Entelea.
Ecostate. Having no ribs.
Edentate. Having no teeth.
Effuse. Loosely spreading.
Eglandular. Without glands.
Ellipsoidal. A solid with an elliptical outline.
Elliptical. Having the form of an ellipse—oblong with regularly rounded ends.
Elongated. Drawn out in length.
Emarginate. Having a notch at the end, as if a piece had been taken out.
Embryo. The rudimentary plant formed within the seed.
Endemic. Confined to a particular country or region.
Endocarp. The inner layer of the pericarp, lying next the seed.
Endosperm. The albumen or nutritive matter of a seed, usually surrounding, the embryo.
Ensiform. Sword-shaped, like the leaf of an Iris.
Entire. Having an even margin, without toothing or division of any kind.
Ephemeral. Lasting for a day, or for a very short time.
Epicarp. The external layer of a pericarp.
Epicorolline. Inserted upon the corolla.
Epidermis. The outer cellular skin or covering of a plant.
Epidermal. On or relating to the outer covering.
Epigynous. At or upon the top of the ovary.
Epipetalous. Inserted upon the petals.
Epiphyte. A plant which grows upon other plants, but not as a parasite.
Equitant. Folded over as if astride, like the basal part of the leaves of Phormium.
Erect. Upright; perpendicular to the ground or point of attachment.
Erecto-patent. Intermediate between erect and spreading.
Erose. Toothed in an irregular manner, as if gnawed.
Erostate. Having no beak.
Even. Without inequalities of surface.
Exalbuminous. Having no albumen; applied to those seeds where the embryo occupies the whole space within the testa.
Excurrent. When the vein of a leaf runs through to the apex and protrudes beyond it as a mucro.
Exotic. Foreign; not native.
Expanded. Spread out.
Exserted. Protruding beyond, as stamens beyond the corolla.
Exstipulate. Wanting stipules.
Extrorse. Directed outwards; often applied to the dehiscence of anthers.
Falcate. Sickle-shaped; strongly curved.
Farinaceous. Mealy; containing or having the texture of flour or starch, as the albumen of wheat.
Farinose. Covered with a white mealy substance.
Fascicle. A small bundle or close cluster.
Fascicled. Arranged in a fascicle.
Fastigiate. Applied to a plant when the branches are close together, parallel, and erect, as in the Lombardy Poplar.
