Epichroa 



Epiphyll 



is distinct from the basal portion ; 

 Epichro'a (xpws, skin), a supposed 

 external layer of cuticle ; Ep'icline 

 (K\iv7), a bed), a nectary when 

 on the receptacle of a flower ; 

 epicli'nal, epidi'nus, seated upon 

 the torus or receptacle ; epicor'- 

 mic (KOP/J.OS, a tree-trunk), (1) ap- 

 plied to preventitious buds which 

 develop on the trunks of trees ; (2) 

 used of "branches which develop on 

 the body of a forest tree from which 

 surrounding trees have been re- 

 moved " (Crozier) ; epicor'olline, 

 epicorolla'tus ( + COROLLA), inserted 

 upon the corolla ; Epicot'yl (KOTU'ATI, 

 hollow vessel), the young stem 

 above the cotyledons ; epicotyle'- 

 donary, placed above the seed- 

 leaves ; Epicu'tis (cuds, the skin), 

 Fayod's term for the superficial 

 layer of the cuticle in Agarics ; 

 Ep'iderm, Epider'mis (5<^tta, skin), 

 the true cellular skin or covering 

 of a plant below the cuticle ; 

 epider'mal, relating to the outer 

 covering ; ~ Tis'sue, the tissue 

 which makes up the epidermis ; 

 epider'moid (eZ5os, like), belonging 

 to or resembling the epiderm ; 

 epidermoi'dal Layer, the exoderm 

 of roots ; EpidiphyU'um (Sis, double, 

 <j>t\\ov, a leaf), Kronfeld's term 

 for a double leaf, when the growth 

 of the lamina has been interrupted 

 at a particular spot ; epigae'an, 

 epigae'ous, epiye'us (777, the earth), 



(1) growing upon the ground ; 



(2) on land as opposed to water ; 



(3) the above-ground flowers of 

 such genera as have hypogaean 

 flowers also, as Krascheninikoioia ; 

 also occurs as epigeal, epige'an, 

 epig'eous, especially when used 

 of cotyledons which spread above 

 the surface ; Epigen'esis (-y^ecrts, 

 a beginning), the theory that the 

 embryo develops by the differen- 

 tiation of new organs ; opposed to 

 the old theory of "Evolution" or 

 Preformation ; epig'enous, epig'enus 

 (ytvos, race), growing on the surface, 

 as Fungi on leaves ; Ep'igone, Epi- 



f/o'nium (701/7?, offspring), (1) the 

 cellular layer covering the young 

 sporophore in Hepaticae ; (2) simi- 

 lar tissue in Mosses after formation 

 of the capsule, frequently ruptured, 

 the upper portion carried up as the 

 calyptra, the lower remaining as 

 the vaginule ; (3) the nucleus in 

 Chara ; epigynophor'ius (71^17, a 

 woman, tpopeu, I carry), placed 

 upon a gynophore or stipe of an 

 ovary (Lindley) ; epig'ynous, -zw, 

 on the pistil, apparently above the 

 ovary ; epigyn'icus, with the calyx 

 or corolla superior, 

 epilith'ic (evi, upon ; X/0os, rock), 

 growing on rocks as many lichens ; 

 epim'enus (/j-frw, I remain), Necker's 

 term for the perianth being 

 superior ; epinast'ic (VCKTTOS, pressed 

 close), (1) in leaves when pressed 

 close to the ground, or away from 

 the axis ; (2) in organs when the 

 ventral surface grows the fastest 

 as in revolute vernation ; (3) when 

 ovules are curved in a downward 

 direction' (Van Tieghem); Epinas'ty, 

 De Vries's term for curvature pro- 

 duced by greater growth of the 

 ventral surface ; Epine'mus (y^a, 

 a thread), the upper part of the 

 filament in Compositae bearing the 

 anther ; epiperisperm'icus (Tepl, 

 about, o"jrep/j.a,seed), without peris- 

 perm or albumen (S. F. Gray) ; 

 Epiperid'ium ( + PERIDIUM) = Exo- 

 PERIDIUM ; epipet'alous, -us, epi- 

 peta'leus (ireTaXov, a flower-leaf), 



(1) borne upon the petals ; (2) 

 placed before the petals ; epi- 

 petre'ous (ir^rpa, a rock), grow- 

 ing on rocks, saxicole ; Epiphlo'em 

 (<f>\oios, bark), the outermost 

 or corky bark ; epiphlo'eodal, 

 existing in the outer bark ; Ep'i- 

 phlosa = EPIDERM (Lindley) ; Ep'i- 

 phragm, Epiphrag'ma (tppdy/na, a 

 fence), (l)a membrane which closes 

 the opening of the theca in Mosses; 



(2) a delicate membrane closing the 

 cup-like sporophore in Nidularia ; 

 Ep'iphyll (<pv\\oi>, a leaf), the upper 

 portion of a leaf, from which the 



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