epioticcenter

The center described under EPIOTIC (q. v.). ěp-1-păc-tis, s. [Lat. epipactis: Gr. epipaktis = a plant, helleborine, probably an orchid. J Bot.: A genus of orchids, with the sepals and petals conniving, or spreading, the lip much con. tracted in the mid dle, the basal lobe concave, the terminal one with two basal tubercles, the anther se ile, the pollen ma es two, powdery, the glands connate, the stigma prominent, the capsule pendulous. Eight species are known; they are from Europe and Asia. Epipactis. 1 2