ENCALYPTA. 



[ 282 ] 



ENCIIELYS. 



lymperacese (Pottioid Mosses), containing 

 several British species. 



BiBL. Wilson, Bryol. Br. 140; Berk. 

 Handh. 246. 



Fig. 193. 



Fig. 194. 



^mmm 



Enoalypta commutata. 



Fig. 193. A single plant. Magnified .5 diameters. 

 Fig. 194. The mouth uf the capsule, showing the 

 rudimentary peristome. Magnified 50 diameters. 



Fig. 195. 



Fig. 196. 



Enoalypta commutata. 



Fig. 19.5. Capsule on stalk, with vaginule at base, 

 and calyptra above. 10 diameters. 



Fig. 19(5. Capsule enclosed in its cah'ptra. 20 di- 

 ameters. 



ENCEPH'ALOID, or Enceph.^loid 

 C.\NCER. — That form of cancer in which 

 the morbid substance has the appearance 

 and consistence of the medullarv part of the 

 brain; hence sometimes called medullary 

 cancer. 



See Tumours, Cancerous. 



ENCHE'LIA, Ehr.— A family of Infu- 

 soria. 



Char. No carapace, ciliated, oral and 

 anal -orifices at opposite ends of the body. . 



Ehrenberg distinguishes the genera thus : 



f^mgle} ^"^*^^^- 



/"Mouth I 



directly | , I i 



trun- i '^l^U 

 ! cate, no I '=^'^1 

 S lip V ( double . . .Disoma. 



Mouth oblique- / i -7t • i j 



Iv truncate,with t °°"''f'^ Tru'h,Hl<,. _ 

 I ij k a neck Lucryinaria. 



i 



Sur- 

 face 

 with 

 very 



Mouth fine 



t loth- -j cilia 



less 



Sur- 

 face 

 with 

 evi 

 dent 

 ^cilia 



Mouth with te eth Prorodon. 



Mouth obliquely trim- ) t i 



cate, with a lip f Leucophrys. 



Mouth directh' trun- \ tt i i 

 cate, without a lip ,„\SoJopkrya. 



Dnjardin's family Enchelia bears no re- 

 lation to that of Ehrenberg. He defines it 

 as consisting of animals partly or entirely 

 covei'ed with diffused cilia, no mouth ; and 

 subdivides it thus : — 



ciHated (. *^'^i^ ^t one end Acomia, 



all over f ^'^'^ '^ ^ longitudinal furrow Gastrochtsta. 



/"Cilia all alike Enckefys. 



r>-r„*„^ Both cilia and trailing ) . , 



S'/'**«'^-l retractile filaments [ Alyscnm. 



an o\er | q^^^ j^^ straiglit I 



U'ilium pSsterioriy ) Vronema. 



Kent includes in the family : Enclielys, 

 3{efaci/stis, Perispira, AnopJuys, Colpoda, 

 and Tillina. 



ENCIIEL' Y0D0N,01.&Lach.— A genus 

 of Holotiichons Infusoria. 



Char. Free, ovate, narrowed in front; 

 mouth terminal, with a longitudinally pli- 

 cate oesophagus. 



Two species ; freshwater and marine. (CI. 

 & Eachni. Inf. .316: Kent, Inf. oO-^.) 



EN'CIIELYS, Hill.— A genus of Infu- 

 soria, family Enchelia, Ehr. "(Tii--^cnELiNA, 

 CI. & Each*.). 



Char. Body single, ovate, free, very finely 

 ciliated on the surface ; mouth without 

 teeth, ciliated, directly truncated. Bog- 

 water and infusions. 



E. pupa, E. (PI. ;30. fig. 48) . P.ody ovate, 

 turgid, attenuated in front, contaiuiug j-el- 

 lowish-green granules; length 1-144". 



