EPIGÆA, a genus of plants, belonging to the dendria clasps; and in the natural method ranking under the 18th order, Bicornis. See Botany Index.

EPIDOTÆ, certain deities who presided over the growth growth of children. They were worshipped by the Lacedaemonians, and chiefly invoked by those who were persecuted by the ghosts of the dead, &c.