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Auftralis, mentions another fpecies to be found in the So¬ 
ciety ifies, to which he gives the name of dijlichumy and 
a fecund, to which he does not give any trivial name. 
We have to lament that we have hitherto no defcriptions 
of thefe fpecies. 
120. Epidendrum nervofum, or nerved epidendrum: 
fcape angular; leaves ovate, nerved; lip entire, reflex. 
Native of Japan between Ofacca and Jedo : flowering 
in May and June. 
12s. Epidendrum ftriatum, or ftriated epidendrum: 
fcape angular, fmooth, leaves fword-fftaped, nerved, pe¬ 
tals lanceolate, lip oblong, flat. Leaves radical, four or 
five, fheathing, entire, fmooth, unequal, an inch wide, a 
fpan long. Nativeof Japan, flowering in June. Though 
this be Limodorum flriatum of the Flora Japonica, yet it 
is diflindl Lrom the plant of the fame name in Ksempf. 
ic. fjl. t. 2. which is a very beautiful parafite, found on 
trees among the Circar mountains; it flowers during the 
wet feafon. 
122. Epidendrum teflelatum, or teflelated epidendrum. 
123. Epidendrum prtemorfum, or truncated epidendrum. 
124. Epidendrum pendulum, or pendulous epidendrum. 
Thefe three inhabit the fame places as No. 121. 
125. Epidendrum vanda, or Indian epidendrum. Ad¬ 
ded by fir W. Jones. This lively lovely plant attaches 
itfelf chiefly to the higheft Amras and Bilvas (the Man- 
gifera and Crataeva of Linn.) ; but it is an air plant, and 
lives (fays the prefident) in a pot without earth or water: 
its leaves are excavated upwards, to catch and retain dew. 
Propagation and Culture. Since Miller’s time numerous 
fpecies of this fine and very Angular genus have been in¬ 
troduced into our gardens, and fome of them cultivated 
with fuccefs by the fuperior fkill of modern pra6tice, 
which defpairs not of rearing and preferving any plants 
where expence is not regarded. It requires, however, 
great (hill and attention to overcome the united difficulties 
which attend the cultivation of plants which are at tire 
fame time of the Orchis tribe and paralitical. Dr. Smith 
fays, we have fcarcely feen any one fpecies of this genus, 
except in a dry (late, before the year 17S7, when E. coch- 
leatum flowered for the firft time in the ftove, at Kew ; 
nor was it till October, 1788, that Is. fragrans of Swartz 
exhibited its fragrant and elegant bloom in the fame rich 
colleftion. At prefent feveral fpecies are to be feen 
flowering in fpring or autumn. They are all cultivated 
in the ftove, with very great heat ; being moftly parafi- 
tical, they flouriffi belt with fragments of half-rotten bark 
at their roots. They may be increafed by parting their 
roots, or what are commonly called offsets, of which they 
generally have plenty. See Lycoperdon. 
EPIDER'MIS, f. [from e wa, upon, and os^a, the 
fkin.] The fcarf-fkin, or cuticle, which lies upon and 
covers the true fkin.—See Anatomy, vol. i. p. 586. 
. EPIDID'YMIS, J. [from etti, upon, and hov^oi;, a 
tefticle.] That body on the upper part.of the tefticles, 
formed from a continuation of the tubes which conftitute 
the tefticles.—See Anatomy, p. 618. 
EPI'DIUM, one of the weftern ifies of Scotland, or 
4 he Mull of Cantyre. Ptolemy. 
EP 1 D'OSI S,f. [from emot ^u, Gr. ] The medical term 
for a preternatural enlargement of any part of the body. 
EPIDO'TiB, certain deities who prefided over the 
birth of children. They were vvorfhipped by the Lace¬ 
daemonians, and chiefly invoked by thofe who were per¬ 
secuted by the ghofts of the dead, &c. Paufanias. 
E'PIEZ, a town of France, in the department of the 
Loiret, and chief place of a canton, in the diftricf of 
Beaugency : twelve miles weft of Orleans. 
EPIGvE'A, f. [ETrtyoua, Qr. lying or creeping on the 
ground.] In botany, a genus of the clafs decandria, order 
monogynia, natural order bicornes. The generic charac¬ 
ters are—Calyx : perianthium double, approximated, 
permanent : perianthium-exterior three-leaved ; leaflets 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; the exterior large: peri- 
aiithium-iuterior five-parted, upright, a little longer than 
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the exterior ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla : 
one-petalled, falver-form ; tube cylindric, as long as the 
calyx or longer, hirfute within ; border fpreading, five- 
parted ; lobes ovate-oblong. Stamina: filaments ten, 
filiform, length of the tube, affixed to the bafe of the 
corolla; anthers: oblong, ffiarp. Piftillum : germ glo- 
bofe, villofe; ftyle filiform, length of the ftamens ; 
ftigma obtufe, fubquinquefid. Pericarpium : capfule 
fubglobole, deprefled, five-cornered, five-celled, five- 
valved. Seeds : very many, roundith ; receptacle large, 
five-parted.— EJfential Character. Calyx, outer three¬ 
leaved; inner five-parted; corolla, falver-form; cap¬ 
fule, five-celled. _ / 
Species. 1. Epigaea repens, creeping epigsea, or trail¬ 
ing arbutus : leaves cordate-ovate, entire, flat, ftiarp ; 
corollas cylindric. It is a low plant, with a trailing 
ft) rub by ftalk, which puts out roots at the joints, and 
when in a proper foil and fituation, multiplies very faft;, 
the ftalks are garniflied with oblong rough leaves which 
are waved on their edges ; the flowers are produced at 
the end of thefe branches in loofe bunches ; they are 
white, and divided at the top into five acute fegments, 
which fpread open in form of a ftar. It flowers in July, 
but does not produce fruit in England. Native of Vir¬ 
ginia and Canada. 
2. Epigaea cordifolia, or heart-leaved epigtea : leaves 
heart-fhaped, roundith, ferrate, convex, ’hifpid, rigid, 
corollas ovate. Native of Guadaloupe. 
Propagation and Culture . The firft fpecies is a plant eafily 
propagated by its trailing ftalks, which put out roots at 
the joints, may be cut off from the old plant and placed in 
a thady fituation and amoift foil; the beft time for this is 
in autumn, that the plants may be well rooted before the 
fpring. If the winter (hould prove very fevere, it will 
be proper to lay a few dried leaves, or fome fuch light 
covering, over them, which will prevent their being in¬ 
jured by froft ; and after they are well rooted, they will 
require no farther care but to keep them clean from weeds. 
EPIGiE'UM, f. [E'Euyaior, Gr. ] The part of a circle 
in which a planet moves, which is neareft to the earth, 
oppofed to the apogseum. 
EPIGAS'TRIC, adj. [ epigafricus , Lat. s-snyargioi 1 , Gr., 
the epigaftrium.] Belonging to the epigaftrium. 
EPIG'ASTRIUM, [from e®s upon, and yarnp, Gr. 
the belly.] The upper fore-part of the belly, reaching 
from the pit of the ftomach, nearly to the navel. See 
Anatomy. 
EPIGEI'OS,/. in botany. See Arundo. 
EPIGENNE'MA, f. [from zemyivofAca, Gr. to gene¬ 
rate upon.] With phyficians, a fymptom fupervening 
upon another fymptom. Any thing growing upon ano¬ 
ther, as a fur upon the tongue. 
EPIGLOT'TIS,/. in botany. See Astragalus. 
EPIGLOT'TIS, [from EOTt, upon, and y^urJii, Gr. the 
aperture of the larynx.] The leaf-like cartilage which 
covers the glottis whilft we fwallovv, to prevent any thing 
from falling into it. See Anatomy. 
EPIGLO 1 ' TUM,/. [from s'EnyAi.'Tlij, Gr. the epi¬ 
glottis, which it refembles in fhape.] In furgery, an 
inftrument for elevating the eye-lids. 
EPIGLU'TIS,/. in anatomy. That part of the thigh 
which is joined to the hip. 
EPIG'ONI, the fons and defendants of the Grecian, 
heroes who were killed in the firft Theban war. The war 
of the Epigoni is famous in ancient hiftory. It was un¬ 
dertaken ten years after the firft. The fons of thofe who 
had periftied in the firft war, refolved to avenge the death 
of their fathers, and marched againft Thebes, under the 
command of Therfander; or, according to others, of 
Alcmapon the fon of Amphiaraus. The Argives were 
aflifted by the Corinthians, the people of Meffenia, Ar¬ 
cadia, and Megara. The Thebans had engaged all their 
neighbours in their quarrel, as in one common caufe, and 
the two hoftile armies met and engaged on the banks of 
the Giiffas. The fight was obftinate and bloody, but 
victory 
