entomogenoua 



Epichile 



entomog'enpiis (ei/ro^os = Insect, yev- 

 /(w, I bring forth), used of Fungi 

 which are parasitic on insects ; 

 entomoph'ilous (<iXew, I love), ap- 

 plied to flowers which are fertilized 

 by insects ; Entornoph'ilae, plants 

 whose flowers are fecundated by 

 insects, especially lepidoptera ; En- 

 tomoph'ily, the condition just de- 

 scribed ; Entoinophy'tal (fyvrov, a 

 plant), entomogenous. 



Entopar'asite (eVros, within, irapd<ri.Tos, 

 a parasite), a parasite living en- 

 tirely within its host (Crozier) ; 

 entophy'tal (<j>vr6t>, a plant) = endo- 

 phytal ; En'tophyte, Entophy'ta, a 

 plant which grows within other 

 plants, as some Fungi ; adj. ento- 

 phyt'ic ; en'tozoic ({woy, an animal), 

 growing within animals, endozoic. 



En'velope, surrounding parts, the 

 Flo'ral En'velopes are the perianth 

 or its analogues ; <~ Appara'tus, the 

 sporocarp in Ascomycetes exclusive 

 of the asci, and ascigerous cells j 

 enveloping = involucrate. 



Environment (Fr.environnement),the 

 aggregate of surrounding condi- 

 tions. 



En'zyme (fr t in, Jtf/Mj, yeast,) an 

 unorganised or soluble ferment, 

 as Diastase ; amy lolyt'ic ~ , as 

 Diastase, converting starch into 

 sugar ; fat ~ , converting olein into 

 oleic acid and glycerine ; glu'coside 

 "- , as Synaptase or Emulsin; hydro- 

 lyt'ic ~, splitting up by hydro- 

 lysis ; invert <- , turning cane-sugar 

 into grape-sugar ; oxidi'sing ^ , as- 

 sisting in the oxidation of various 

 substances ; proteolytlc <~ , decom- 

 posing proteids ; Enzympl'ysis 

 (XvVts, a loosing), the action of 

 breaking up a substance by the 

 solvent power of an enzyme. 



Eosin'ophil (eosin, a rose-red dye from 

 coal-tar products, 0tXew, I love), 

 denotes any substance which be- 

 come coloured by the application of 

 eosin. 



Epan'ody (eTrapoSos, return to normal), 

 a return to a regular state from an 

 irregular, as a peloria flower. 



epan'thous (M, upon, &v0os, a flower), 

 growing upon flowers, as certain 

 Fungi. 



Ep'en (Crozier) = EPENCHYMA. 



Epencn'yma (tiri, upon, eyxv^a, an 

 infusion), Nageli's term for fibro- 

 vascular tissue; Epharmo'sis 

 (apfj-ofa, I join together), the 

 minute anatomy of plants applied 

 to taxonomy ; adj. epnarmot'ic ; 

 ephem'eral, ephem'erous, -us, 

 (rjfj&pa, day), (1 ) lasting for a day or 

 less, as the corolla of Cistus ; (2) 

 used by Mobius as ~ polycarpic 

 plants, which flower several genera- 

 tions in the same year, as Stellaria 

 media, Cyr. 



epiba'sal (tirl, upon, /3d<ris, 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 divi- 

 sions of the ~ CELL ; Ep'iblast, 

 Epiblast'us (iQXao-Tos, a shoot), the 

 first and undeveloping leaf of the 

 plumule of grasses, a rudimentary 

 second cotyledon ; Epiblas'tanus is 

 a synonym ; Epiblaste'ma, a super- 

 ficial outgrowth from leaves ; Epi- 

 blaste'sis, growth of Lichens from 

 gonidia which develop on the 

 parent Lichen. 



Epible'ma (^r/jSX^a, a cloak), (1) the 

 extremity of the roots with its 

 root-hairs (Schleiden), now re- 

 stricted to the primary integu- 

 mentary tissue of the root, apart 

 from the root- cap ; (2) an epider- 

 mis of the thickened and flattened 

 cells (Lindley). 



epicalyc'ius (tirl, upon, /tciXi;, a cup) 

 =EPISTAMINEOUS ; Epica/lyx, an in- 

 volucre resembling an accessory 

 calyx as in Malva ; Ep'icarp 

 (Kapiros, fruit), the external layer 

 of a pericarp ; epicarpan'thous ; 

 -its (avdos, a flower), epicarp'- 

 ous, epicarp'ius, -icus, superior, 

 applied to a flower or its parts ; 

 Ep'ichil, Ep'ichile, Epicliil'ium 

 (xetXos, a lip), the terminal part of 

 the labellum of an orchid when it 



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