EHRETIA

(Lat.), n. f. A-re't'i'-a8. Fr., ehretie. Of Linnaeus, a genus of tropical trees or shrubs, of the Boraginece, tribe Ehretieo?. The Ehretiacece of Schrader (Fr., ehretiacees) are: of Lindley, the Ehretiads, a tribe of borage worts, made a distinct order of the echial alliance; of Endlicher, a suborder of the Asperifolice; of Mei ner, an order of the Tubiflorce; of Spach, a tribe of the Boraginece, comprising the tribes Tournefortieoe and Heliotropiece. As denned by Lindley, they comprise trees, shrubs, or herbs, chiefly tropical, covered with rough hairs; leaves alternate, simple, without stipules; inflorescence scorpioid; aestivation imbricate; calyx inferior, with five divisions; corolla gamopetalous and tubular; ovary on a circular disc, with a terminal style or two-lobed stigma; fruit fleshy, with a single seed in each cell. A few of them have medicinal value. The Ehretiece (Fr., ehertiees) of Dumortier are a tribe of the Cordiacece, of Ju ieu, a tribe of the Asperifoliece, comprising the Tournefortiece and Heliotropiece, and, of De Candolle and others, a tribe of the Boraginece, distinguished chiefly by having a terminal instead of a gyno'basic style. [B, 19, 34, 42, 121, 170 (a, 24).] E. beurreria. See BOURRERIA succulent a and BOURRERIA havanensis. E. buxifolia. Fr., ehretie a feuilles de buis. Teloogoo, bap an a boor i. Hindoo, poluli. Tamil, cooruvingie. An East Indian species. The root is employed in decoction in cachexiae and venereal affections. The Mohammedan physicians consider it an antidote to vegetable poisons. [B, 172, 173. 180 (a, 24).] E. havalu-iisis. See BOURRERIA havanensis. E. tinifolia. Fr., ehretie d feuilles de laurier-tin, cab rillet. The bastard-cherry; a species round in Jamaica. The berries are edible. [B, 173, 275 (a, 24).] EHRHARTIN/E (Lat.), n. f. pi. Ar-ha3rt-i(e)'ne(nas-e). Of Link, a family of the Graminece, distinguished by having the inflorescence in compre ed spikelets, three-flowered, the two lower flowers neutral, one-paled, the terminal flower hermaphrodite, two paled, six stamens, and two styles with feathery stigmas. [B, 19, 121, 170 (a, 24).] EHTZEMO [Mex. Ph.] (Tarasco), n. See CEBADILLA. El (Ger.), n. I. See EGG, OVUM, and OVULE. Befruchte tes E. A fecundated ovum. Bereitete E'erschalen, Calcinirte E'erschalen. See Testae OVORUM prceparatce. E. apparat. See EGG apparatus. E'achse, E'axe. The axis of the ovum. [J.] E'austritt. The discharge of an ovum from the ovary. [J, 57, 131.] E'ballen. See Eaa-nest. E'bildung. The formation of an egg or ovum. E'blatt. The Ophioglo um vulgatum. [L, 80.] E'blattrig. Oval-leaved, [a, 24.] E'chen. See OVULE. E'decke. The outer investment of an ovule. [B, 123 (a, 24).] E'dotter. See YOLK and VITELLUS. E'ent wicklung. The development of an egg or ovum. E'eralbumin. See Egg ALBUMIN. E'erblume. The Taraxacum of ficin ale. [B, 180 (a. 24).] E'erbovist. The Bovista nigrescens. E'erbruch. Ovarian hernia. [L, 80.] E'erfrucht. The Solanum melongena. [B, 48, 88 (a, 14).] E'ergang. See OVIDUCT. E'erkraut. The Taraxacum officmale. [B, 180 (a, 24).] E'erkunde. See OOLOGY. E'erlegend. See OVIPAROUS. E'erlehre. See OOLOGY. E' erol. See Oil of EGGS. E'erpflanze. The Solanum melongena. [B, 180 (a, 24).] E'erschwamm. See Can thar ell us cibarius. [B, 180 (a, 24).] E'erstock. See the major list. E'ertrank. A drink made with eggs. E'erwein. See Mulled WINE. E'erwei . See Egg ALBUMIN. E'follikel. See Qraafian FOLLICLE. E'formig. Egg-shaped. [B.] E'furchung. The segmentation of the vitellus. [L, 238.] E'gelb. See VITELLUS. E'haut. See the major list. E'hohle. The amniotic cavity. E'hiigel. See Discus pro liger us. E'hiille. See the major list. E'kapsel. See Qraafian FOLLICLE. E'keiin. A young or primordial ovum. [J.] E'erkeimstock. The blind end of the ovary in nematode worms, where the primordial ova are developed. [Mei ner (J).] E'kern. See.Eg^-NUCLEUS and Female PRONUCLEUS. E'ketten. See Ovarian TUBES. E'leiter. See the major list. E'nest. See Eoa-nes<. E'pol. The pole of an egg. See under POLE. E'protoplasm a. See VITELLUS. E'reifung. The maturation of the ovum. [J, 1, 69.] E'rijhre. See Ovarian TUBES. E'rund. Oval. E's ack. See Graaflan FOLLICLE. E's chale. See Eaa-shell. E's chimmel. Certain Fungi of the genus Oidium. [B, 121 (a, 24).] E's chlauche. See Ovarian TUBES. E's porlge. The OosporeaB. [B.] E's trange. See Ovarian TUBES. E'the i lung. Segmentation of the ovum, fj.] E'thier. Anoozoon. [L, 43.] E'todtung. See FOSTICIDE. E'wa er. See Liquor AMNII. E'wei . See the major list. E'zelle. See -Ec/g-CELL, OOSPHERE, OVUM, and Germinal CELL (1st def.). Einfaches E'. See Simple OVUM. Ephippiale'er. See Winter EGGS (2d def.). Graaflsche E'er. See Granfian FOLLICLES. Nabothische E'er. See Nabothian FOLLICLES. Praparirte E'erschalen. See TESTA prceparata. Primordiale'. See Mother-cKiAj. Uteruse'. The ovum after it has reached the uterus. [J.] Zusammengesetzte E'er. Of Kolliker, ova in which, as in some insects, the formative yolk consists of a single cell, while the nutritive yolk is formed by the transformation of several cells (the nutritive or yolk-cells). [J, 23.] [s. 660]