AMPHIGEN

n. A?m'fi?-je?n, From au¢é, on both sides, and evs, born (Ist def.), or from épét and yervay, to beget (2d def.). Yat amphigena (ist det.), amphigenium Qd def.). Fr., amphigène. Ger., Amphigen. It., amfigeno. Sp., car i ee 1. In botany, Brongniart's term for a plant growing eqnally in every direction from a central point. Usually in the pl.,. See AMPHIGENÆ. 2. In chemistry, Berzelius’s name for an element, such as oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium, which in combination with a metal can form either an acid ora base. Cf. AMPHOTEROUS. [B, 19, 39, 93.]— (Ger.). See À. (2d def.). AMPHIGENÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. of adj. phere A®m(asm)- fi?"je?n(ge?n)-e(a3-e?). Fr., amphigénes. Of Brongniart, the amphigens; a ramification of the cryptogams, comprising the cla es ‘Algæ, Fungi, and Lichenoïdeæ. ‘ 1, corresponds to the Thallogenæ of Lindley. [B, 93, 170.]