ENDOGEN

n. Ean'do-jean. From IvSov, within, and yevvaiv, to engender. Fr., endogene. Ger., E. An endogenous plant; one in which the flbro-vascular bundles are definite and are formed from the centre, so that the diameter of the stem increases by the new matter pushing out that previously formed. De Candolle supposed this mode of growing peculiar to Monocotyledons, and named all such e's; but this opinion has been found erroneous, and the term has lost its first application in a measure. [B, 77, 291 (a, 24).] ENDOGEN^E (Lat.), n. f. pi. En-do2j(doag)'en-e(a3-ea). Fr., endogenes. Ger., Endogenen. The endogens; of De Candolle (1813), a cla of the Cotyledonece; of Lindley (1830), a subcla of the Vascula res, consisting of the Petaloidece and Glumacece; in 1833 his 3d cla of plants, comprising the Epigynce, Gynandrce, Hypogynce, Imperfectae, and Glumacece; and in 1847 his 4th cla of plants, consisting of the alliances (nix i) Glumales, Arales, Palmales, Hydrates, Narc is sales, Amomates, Orchid a les, Xyridales, Juncales, Liliales, and Alisma les. They are the monocotyledons of other systems. [B, 170 (a, 24).] E. cryptogamae. Of De Candolle, a division of endogens, consisting of the Naiades, Equisetacece, Marsilceacece, Lycopodinece, and Filices. [B, 170 (a, 24).] [s. 704]