Epigone 



Epipodiam 



go'nium {yov)\. offspring), (1) the 

 cellular layer covering the young 

 sporophore in Hepaticae ; (2) similar 

 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 ; epigyn'icus, with the calyx 

 or corolla superior ; epigynophorlas 

 {yvv)], a woman ; <pop4w, I carry), 

 placed upon a gynophore or stipe of 

 an ovary (Lindley) ; ej^ig'ynovLB, -us, 

 on the pistil, apparently above the 

 ovary ; Epig'yny, the state of having 

 epigynous flowers ; epilith'ic {\idos, 

 rock), growing on rocks as many 

 Lichens ; Epimat'ium (tVoT^ov, an 

 outer garment), the ovuliferoas scale 

 of Coniferae. 



•pim'enas (^Ti, upon; /teVa, I remain), 

 Necker's term for the perianth being 

 superior; epinast'ic {vaarhs, 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 revo- 

 lute vernation ; (3) when ovules are 

 curved in a downward direction 

 (Van Tieghem) ; Epinas'ty, De 

 Vries's term for curvature produced 

 by greater growth of the ventral 

 surface ; Epine'mus {vrjfia, a thread), 

 the upper part of the filament in 

 Compositae bearing the anther ; 

 epinyo'toas (v<J{, wKrds, night), 

 ephemerous, applied to flowers 

 which begin to open in the evening ; 

 Epiontorogy (-f Ontology), the 

 developmental history of plant-dis- 

 tribution ; adj. epiontologlc. 



^ipedochor'isis {iiriiefSos, level ; + 

 Chobisis), the division of an axial 

 organ in one plane ; it frequently 

 does not differ from Fasciation 

 (Penzig). 



epipertate {iirl. upon ; -f peltate), ,a 

 phyllorae having the base of the 

 limb on the superior face (C. de 

 CandoUe) ; Epiperid'iom (+ Peri- 

 dium) = Exoperidium ; epiperi- 

 gperm'icns (irepi, about; <rir4pfia, 

 seed), without perisperm or albumen 



(S. F. Gray) ; epipet'alous, -us, epi- 

 peia'leus {iriraKov, a flower-leaf), 



(1) borne upon the petals ; (2 )placed 

 before the petals ; epipetre'oas (ir^- 

 rpo, a rock), gi-owing on rocks, saxi- 

 cole; epiphloe'dic = epiphloedal ; 

 Epiphlo'em(0Aoi<^s, bark), the outer- 

 most or corky bark ; epiphloe'odal, 

 existing on the outer bark; Ep'i- 

 phlosa = Epiderm (Lindley); Ep'i- 

 phragm, Epipkrag'ma {<ppdyfj.a, a 

 fence), (1) a membrane which closes 

 the opening of the theca in Mosses ; 



(2) a delicate membrane closing the 

 cup-like sporophore in Nidularia; 

 Eplphyll {(pvKXov, a leaf), the upper 

 portion of a leaf, from which the 

 petiole and blade are developed; 

 epiphyllosperm'ous {(Tir4p/j,a, seed), 

 bearing seed or the like on leaf-like 

 organs, as the dorsiferous Ferns; 

 epiphyirous, -us, growing on leaves ; 

 Epiphyll'ae, epiphyllous Algae and 

 Lichens. 



Spiph'ysis {iirKpvw, to grow up), pro- 

 tuberances round the hilum or for- 

 amen of some seeds ; strophioles. 

 Ep'iphyte {M, upon; <pvThv, a plant), 

 ' a plant which grows on other plants, 

 but not parasitically ; an air-plant ; 

 epiphyta'ceous = epiphytic ; epi- 

 phy'tal, epiphytic, relating to epi- 

 •phytes ; Eplphytism, the condition 

 of epiphytes; Epiphy'toid («I5oj, 

 like), Johow's temi for a phanero- 

 gamous para>ite presumably derived 

 from an autophagous epiphyte; ~ 

 Par'asites, as Loranthaceae and 

 Santalaceae ; epiphyto'tic, u^d of 

 wide -spreading disease in plants, as 

 an epidemic (Crozier) ; Epiplank'ton 

 (-f Plankton), (1) the upper por- 

 tion of pelagic plankton ; (2) float- 

 ing organisms attached to pelagic 

 organisms (Forel) ; Ep'iplasm (irA.o<r- 

 fM, moulded), protoplasm rich in 

 glycogen, which remains in the ascus 

 after the formation of ascospores ; 

 glycogen-mass ; Epiplea'ra {ir\eupd, 

 a rib), the outer half of the diatom- 

 girdle, belonging to the epitheca ; 

 Epipod'iam {vovs, rroSds, a foot), (1) 

 the apical portion of a developing 



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