entomogenous 
Epichile 
entomog’enous (évrouos=Insect, yev- 
vdw, I bring forth), used of Fungi 
which are parasitic on insects ; 
entomoph’ilous (P:Aéw, I love), ap- 
plied to flowers which are fertilized 
by insects; Entomoph‘ilae, plants 
whose flowers are fecundated by 
insects, especially lepidoptera ; En- 
tomoph’‘ily, the condition just de- 
scribed ; Entomophy’tal (gurdv, a 
plant), entomogenous. 
Entopar asite (€vros, within, tapdccros, 
a parasite), a parasite living en- 
tirely within its host (Crozier) ; 
entophy’tal (¢urov, a plant) =endo- 
phytal; En’tophyte, Yntophy’ta, a 
plant which grows within other 
plants, as some Fungi; adj. ento- 
phyt‘ic ; en’tozoic ({Gov, 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 ; 
envel’ oping = involucrate. 
Environment (Fr.environnement), the 
aggregate of surrounding condi- 
tions. 
En’zyme (év, in, fdun, yeast,) an 
unorganised or soluble ferment, 
as Diastase; amylolyt/ic ~, ag 
Diastase, converting starch into 
sugar ; fat ~, converting olein into 
oleic acid and glycerine ; glu’coside 
~, as Synaptase or Emulsin; hydro- 
lytic ~, splitting up by hydro- 
lysis ; invert ~, turning cane-sugar 
into grape-sugar ; oxidising ~, as- 
sisting in the oxidation of various 
substances ; proteolyt’ic ~, decom- 
posing proteids; Enzymol’ysis 
(Avots, &@ 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, gAéw, I love), 
denotes any substance which be- 
come coloured by the application of 
eosin. 
Epan ody (éravodos, return to normal), 
a return to a regular state from an 
irregular, as a peloria flower. 
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epan’thous (él, upon, &v0os, a flower), 
growing upon flowers, as certain 
Fungi. 
Ep’en (Crozier) = EpENCcHYMA. 
Epench’yma (él, upon, éyxvua, an 
infusion), Nigeli’s term for fibro- 
vascular tissue; Epharmo’sis 
(dpuofw, I join together), the 
minute anatomy of plants applied 
to taxonomy; adj. epharmot‘ic ; 
ephem’eral, ephem’erous, -ws, 
(jpépa, 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 (él, upon, Bdors, the base), 
in front of the basal wall, as in the 
anterior half of a proémbryo; 
~ Cell, the upper cell of an odspore 
in Bryophytes and Pteridophytes ; 
~ Oc'tants, the subsequent divi- 
sions of the ~ CELL; Ep’iblast, 
EHpiblast’us (Barros, 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 (é7/8Anua, 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 (érl, upon, «éAvé, a cup) 
= EPISTAMINEOUS ; Epica’lyx, an in- 
volucre resembling an accessory 
calyx as in Malva; Ep‘icarp 
(kapros, fruit), the external layer 
of a pericarp; epicarpan’thous ; 
-us (dv@os, ‘a flower), epicarp’- 
ous, epicarp’ius, -icus, superior, 
applied to a flower or its parts ; 
Ep’ichil, Ep'‘ichile, Hpichil’ium 
(xetAos, a lip), the terminal part of 
the labellum of an orchid when it 
