Epibasal 



Epigone 



ciDiuM ; epiba'sal {fidtris, the base), 

 in front of the basal wall, as in the 

 anterior half of a proembryo ; ~ Cell, 

 the upper cell of an oospore in 

 Bryophytes and Pteridophytes ; ~ 

 Oc'tants, the subsequent divisions of 

 the '~ Cell ; Ep'iblast, Epihlast'xis 

 {0\a(TThs, a shoot), the first and 

 undeveloping leaf of the plumiile of 

 grasses, a nidimentary second coty- 

 ledon ; Epiblas'tanus is a synonym ; 

 Epiblaste'ma, a superficial outgrowth 

 from leaves ; Epiblas'teme, a tuft 

 of glandular emergences which act 

 as colleters, their cells secreting a 

 t'isoid substance (Kerner) ; Epiblas- 

 te'sis, growth of Lichens from go- 

 nidia which develop on the parent 

 Lichen. 



Epible'ma {iTrl^X-nna, a cloak), (1) the 

 extremity of the root with its root- 

 hairs (Schleiden), now restricted to 

 the primary integumentary tissue 

 of the root, apart from the root-cap ; 

 (2) an epidermis of thickened and 

 flattened cells (Lindley). 



epicalyc'ius {iirl, upon ; Kd\v^, a cup) 

 = EPisTAMiNEOUS ; Eplca'lyx, an 

 involucre resembling an accessory 

 calyx as in Malva; Ep'icarp {Kapirls, 

 fruit), Epicar'pium, the external 

 layer of a pericarp ; epicarpan'thous, 

 •us (Jkvdos, a flower), epicarp'ous, 

 epicarp'ius, -icus, superior, applied 

 to a flower or its parts ; Ep'icMl, 

 Ep'ichile, Epichi'lmm {x^lKos, a 

 lip), the terminal part of the label- 

 luni of an orchid when it is distinct 

 from the basal portion ; Epichro'a X 

 (xpws, skin), a supposed external 

 layer of cuticle ; Ep'icline {kXIvh, a 

 bed), a nectary when on the recep- 

 tacle of a flower ; epicli'nal, epicli'- 

 nus, seated upon the torus or 

 receptacle ; Epicop'ula ( -t- Copula) 

 an intermediate band of cell-wall, in 

 the upper or larger valve of Diatoms 

 (0. Miiller) ; epicor'mic {Kop/xhs, a 

 tree-timnk), (1) applied to pre- 

 ventitious buds which develop on 

 the trunks of trees ; (2) usea of 

 "branches which develop on the 

 body of a forest tree from which 



surrounding trees have been re- 

 moved " (Crozier) ; epieor'ollixie, «pt- 

 corolla'tus (+ Corolla), inserted 

 upon the corolla ; Epicot'yl (kotwXij, 

 hollow vessel), the young stem 

 above the cotyledons ; adj. epi- 

 cot'ylar : epicotyle'donary, placed 

 above the seed-leaves ; Epiou'tia 

 {cutis f the skin), Fayod's term for 

 the superficial layer of the cuticle 

 in Agarics ; JEp'iderm, Epider*mis 

 {Sepfia, skin) ; the true cellular skin 

 or covering of a plant below the 

 cuticle ; spider 'mal, relating to the 

 outer covering ; -^ Lay'er, the outer 

 cortex (Williamson and Scott) ; 

 -^ Tis'sue, the tissue which makes 

 up the epidermis ; epiderm'oid 

 (elSos, like), belonging to or re- 

 sembling the epiderm ; epidermo'idal 

 lay'er, the exoderm of roots ; Epidi- 

 phyll'um (Sis, double ; <pv\\oy, a 

 leaf), Kronfeld's terin for a double 

 leaf, when the growth of the lamina 

 has been interrupted at a particular 

 spot ; epi-endoderm'al, applied to 

 cells with thickening ridges immedi- 

 ately outside the endodermis in the 

 roots of many Cruciferae ; epigae'an, 

 epigae'ous, epige'us (7^, the earth), 

 (1) growing upon^the groimd ; (2) on 

 land as opposed to water ; (3) the 

 above-ground flowers of such genera 

 as have hypogaean flowers also, as 

 Krascheninikovia ;• also occurs as 

 epige'al, epige'an, epige'oas, especi- 

 ally when used of cotyledons wnich 

 spread above the surface ; epigele, 

 Vahl's term for plants whose stolons 

 are above grouna ; epigamle [yifios, 

 marriage), sex determined during 

 the later stages of development 

 (Correns) ; Epigen'esiB (ydv^vis, a 

 i3eginnin^),' the theory that the 

 embryo develops by the differentia- 

 tion of new organs ; opposed to the 

 old theory of "Evolution" or Pre- 

 formation ; adj. epigenet'ie ; epig'- 

 enoas, epig'tnus {y4vos, race), grow- 

 ing on the surface, as Fungi on 

 leaves ; Epigeot'ropism (-j- Geo- 

 tropism), growing on the sm-face of 

 the soil (White) ; Ep'igone, Epi- 



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