EPIGÆA, a genus of plants, belonging to the decandria class; and in the natural method ranking under the 18th order, Bicornes. See BOTANY Index.

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