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Elephant-apple, Feronia Elephantum Correa; -'s ear, Begonia ; -'s foot 

 (Am.), Ekphantopus. 



Elephantella Rydberg(P*a&V/ar/jp.p.). Scrophul. (in. 3). i N. Am. 



Elepliantopus L. Compositae (i). 20 trop. E. scaber L. is an 

 abundant and troublesome weed. 



Elephantorrhiza Benth. Leguminosae (i. 5). 2 trop. and S. Afr. 



Elettaria Maton. Zingiberaceae (i). i Indomal., E. Cardamomum 

 Maton. Fls. on leafless shoots from the rhiz. Cult, in the mountains 

 of Ceylon and S. India (cardamoms). The ripe fr. are picked and 

 dried ; the seeds form a strongly flavoured spice, mainly used in India. 



Elettariopsis Baker. Zingiberaceae (2). 8 Malaya. 



Eleusine Gaertn. Gramineae (u). 10 trop. and subtrop. E. coracana 

 Gaertn. (ragi, kurakkan) is cult, as a cereal in Ceylon, India, Africa, 

 &c., and others are useful fodders. 



Eleutheranthera Poit. ex Bosc. Compositae (5). i trop. Am. 



Eleutheranthus (ELuthranthes) F. Muell. Rubi. (n. 7). i W. Austr. 



Eleutherine Herb. Iridaceae (n). 3 trop. Am., W.I. 



Eleutherococcus Maxim. (Acanthopanax p.p. EP.}. Aral. (i). 2 China. 



Eleutheropetalous, polypetalous. 



Eleutherospermum C. Koch (Plettrospermitm p.p. EP.). Umbel, 

 (in. 4). 2 W. As. 



Eleutherostemon Herzog. Ericaceae (in. 2). i Bolivia. 



Eliaea Cambess. Guttilerae (n). i Madagascar. 



Elichrysum, cf. Helichrysum. 



Elionurus Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. Gramineae (2). 20 trop. and 

 subtrop. 



Elisena Herb. Amaryllidaceae (i). 3 Peru. 



Elisma Buchen. Alismaceae. i Eur. (incl. Brit.), E. tiatans Buchen. 



Elissarrhena Miers (Anomospermum EP.). Menisperm. i Brazil. 



Elizabetha Schomb. Leguminosae (II. 3). 2 Brit. Guiana. 



Elk-horn fern, Platyceriiun. 



Elleanthus Presl. Orchidaceae (n. 7). 50 trop. Am., W. Ind. 



Ellertonia Wight. Apocynaceae (i. 3). 4 trop. As., Madagascar. 



Elliottia Muehlb. ex Nutt. Ericaceae (i. i). i S. All. U.S. 



Ellipanthus Hook. f. Connaraceae. 8 Indomal. 



Ellipeia Hook. f. et Thorns. Anonaceae (i). 10 Malaya. 



Elliptical, narrowish, tapering equally to both ends. 



Ellisia L. Hydrophyllaceae. 4 N. Am. 



Ellisiophyllum Maxim. Hydrophyllaceae. i Japan. 



Elm, Ulmus canipestris L. &c. ; Spanish- (W.I.) , Cordia, Hamelia. 



Elmera Ryclberg (Heuchera p.p.). Saxifragaceae (i). i N. Am. 



Elmeria Ridl. (Hornstedtia Retz.). Zingiberaceae (i). 2 Phil. Is. 



ElOdea Michx. Hydrocharitaceae. 6 Am. ; E. canadensis Michx. 

 (American water- weed) arrived in Brit, about 1842 and rapidly spread 

 over the inland waters of Eur. Only the ? plant is known in Eur., 

 and the spreading is therefore due to veg. repr. chiefly by the breaking 

 off of twigs. Submerged pi., slightly rooted, with whorls of 1., in 

 whose axils are the usual squamulae. i fl. P 6, A 9; it breaks off 

 as a bud and comes to the surface (cf. Vallisneria), where it opens. 

 The ovary of the ? fl. grows to such a length_as to bring the fl. to the 

 surface, where it is pollinated. P 6, stds. 3, G (3) ; enclosed below in 



