Envelope-apparatus A DICTIONARY 



Epigone 



envelope- Apparatus, ail of 



the ascocarp except the ascus- 

 apparatus. 



EPAN'ODY, a general term for 

 reversion from an irregular to 

 a regular condition. In flow- 

 ers it is termed " regular pe- 

 loria. " 



EPAN'THOUS, growing upon 

 flowers, as certain fungi. 



fiP'ilN, see Epenchyma. 



EP£N'€HYMA, cambium, and all 

 tissue arising from it. (Na- 

 geli.) Compare Proten- 



CHYMA. 



EPHEMERAL, lasting but a day 

 or a very short time, as the 

 corolla of purslane. 



fiP'lBLAST, a term applied to a 

 small scale-like appendage in 

 front of the embryo and oppo- 

 site the scutellum in the seeds 

 of rice and many other grasses. 

 (F. L. Scribner.) 



EPlBLE'MA, a collective name 

 for the epidermal cells of a 

 young organ, especially a root, 

 including the root-hairs. (Obs. ) 

 See Epidermis and Dermat- 

 ogen. 



EPlCA'LtX, an involucre re- 

 sembling an exterior calyx, as 

 in mallow. 



fiP'ICARP, the outer layer of a 

 pericarp. 



EP'lCHlL, &ee Epichilitjm. 



fcP'ICHILE, see Epichilium. 



EPICHIL itJM, the upper or dis- 

 tal portion of the labellum of 

 an orchid, when especially dif- 

 ferent from the lower or basal 

 portion. Compare Hypo- 

 chilium. 



£PICLl'NAL, seated upon the 

 receptacle. 



fiPlcdR'MlC, applied to side 

 branches which develop on 

 the body of a forest tree from 



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which surrounding trees have 

 been removed. 



EPICOROLLINE, upon the co- 

 rolla. 



EPICdT'YL, the portion of a 

 young stem between the coty- 

 ledons and the lowest true 

 leaves. Compare Caulicle. 



flP'IDERM, see Epidermis. 



EPIDER'MAL, pertaining to the 

 epidermis. 



EPlDER'MIS, the external layer 

 of cells in a plant. Compare 

 Cuticle and Dekmatogen. 



EPIDERMOI'DAL LAYER, a 

 term sometimes applied to an 

 outer hiyer of cortical cells 

 bordering on the epidermis. 



£Pl(yJEAN, upon or above 

 ground; growing on land in 

 distinction from water; grow- 

 ing close to the earth, as some 

 leaves; rising above ground 

 instead of remaining beneath, 

 as the cotyledons of beans; 

 epigseous. 



EpIgIAL, see Epig^ean. 



EPI&EnESIS, (1) originating 

 upon another body; (2) the 

 theory that the embryo is the 

 joint product of both sexes, 

 as distinguished either from 

 the doctrine that the male 

 parent furnishes the germ and 

 the female simply the nidus or 

 resting-place in which it is 

 nourished, or from the theory 

 that the female furnishes the 

 germ which is merely quick- 

 ened by the influence of the 

 male. Seldom used in botany. 



EPl6'EN0US, growing upon the 

 surface or on the upper sur- 

 face, as a fungus on its host. 

 Compare Hypogenous and 

 Edogenous. 



£p!GE'OUS, see Epig^ean. 



flP'lGONE, see Epigonium. 



