ERISMA NTH US 2 5 1 



Eriocaulon L. Eriocaulaceae. 210 trop. and suhtrop. E. septangu- 

 lar? With, in the eastern U.S. and also in the Scottish Hebrides and 

 the west coast of Ireland (the only repres. of the fam. in Eur.). 



Eriocephalus L. Compositae (7). 20 S.W. Afr. (capok-bosch). 



Eriocereus Riccob. (Cereus p.p.). Cactaceae (in. i). 9 warm Am. 



Eriochilus R. Br. Orchidaceae (II. 2). 6 Austr. 



Eriocnlamys Sond. et F. Muell. Compositae (4). 2 S. Austr. 



Eriochloa H. B. et K. Gramin. (5). 5 trop., subtrop. Fodders. 



Eriochrysis Beauv. = Saccharum L. p.p. (Gramin.). 



Eriocnema Naud. Melastomaceae (i). 2 Minas Geraes. 



Eriocoelum Hook. f. Sapindaceae (i). 3 Guinea. 



Eriocoma H. B. et K. (Montanoa LI. et Lex.). Compos. (5). 20 

 trop. Am. 



Eriodendron DC. (Ceil/a Medic.). Boinbacaceae. 9 trop., chiefly Am. 

 E. anfractiiosnm DC. (silk-cotton, kapok) has its seeds enveloped in 

 silky hairs, which are used for stuffing cushions, <&c. [See Kingsley's 

 WestTvard Ho, c. xxi.] 



Eriodes Rolfe. Orchidaceae (n. 9). t Khasias. 



Eriodictyon Benth. Hydrophyliaceae. 5 W. N.Am. 



Erioglossum Blume. Sapindaceae (i). 2 S.E. As. 



Eriog-onum Michx. Polygonaceae (I. i). 170 N. Am., esp. W. U.S. 

 Differs from most of the fam., having no ocreae, and cymose umbels 

 or heads of fls. The partial inns, (of a few or many fls. with special 

 invol. of united br.) are combined into heads, &c. 



Eriogynia Hook. (Spiraea p.p .). Rosaceae (i. i). i N.W. Am. 



Eriolaena DC Sterculiaceae. 8 Indomal. 



Eriolithis Gaertn. Rosaceae (inc. sed.). i Peru. 



Erioneuron Nash ( Triodia EP. ). Gramineae (10). r N. Am. 



Erionia Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Eriope Humb. et Bonpl. Labiatae (vn). 20 trop. and subtrop. S. Am. 



Eriopetalum Wight (Brachystelma BH. ). Asclepiad. (n. 3). 4 Indomal. 



Eriophorum L. Cyperaceae (i). 15 N. temp, chiefly on wet moors. 

 4 in Brit, (cotton-grass, cotton-sedge). The ? fls. are massed 

 together; each has a P of bristles which after fert. grow out into long 

 hairs acting as a means of clistr. for the fr. The hairs are sometimes 

 used in stuffing pillows, &c. 



Eriophyllum Lag. Compositae (6). 15 N.W. Am. 



Eriophyton Benth. Labiatae (vi). i Himalaya. 



Eriopsis Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 14). 4 trop. S. Am. Cult. orn. fl 



Eriosema DC. Leguminosae (ill. 10). 90 trop. and subtrop. 



Eriosolena Blume = Daphne L. p.p. (Thymel.). 



Eriospermum Jacq. Liliaceae (in). 50 S. Afr. Cult. orn. fl. 



Eriosphaera Less. Compositae (4). i S. Afr. 



Eriospora Hochst. Cyperaceae (n). 5 trop. Afr. 



Eriostemon Sm. Rutaceae (i). 16 Austr., New Caled. 



Eriosyce Phil. {Echinocactits p.p. EP.). Cactaceae (in. i). i Chili. 



Eriothrix Cass. Compositae (8). i Bourbon. 



Erioxylum Rose et Standley. Malvaceae (4). 2 W. Mexico. 



Erisma Rudge. Vochysiaceae. 7 N. Brazil, Guiana. 



Erismadelphus Mildbraed. Vochysiaceae. i Cameroons. 



Erismantrius Wall. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 6). 2 Penang, Sumatra. 



