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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Euphorbia—continued. 
are well worthy a place in the wild garden, and in the margins of 
shrubberies. 
The following is a list of species sometimes grown in company 
with succulent plants : abyssinica, anacantha, antiguorum, aphylla, 
canariensis, capensis, Caput-Medusæ, erosa, globosa, grandicornis, 
grandidens, hystrix, imbricata, mammillaris, mauritanica, nerii- 
Jolia, officinarum, pendula, resinifera, scolopendria, serpens, squar- 
rosa, trigona, xylophylloides. 
EUPHORBIACEÆ, A very large order of trees, 
shrubs, or herbs, usually abounding in milky juice. The 
species are found in all except Arctic climates. Flowers 
one-sexual, bracteate or involucrate, sometimes achlamy- 
deous. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple, often stipulate. 
Well-known genera are: Euphorbia, Jatropha, Ricinus, 
and Phyllanthus. There are about 200 genera and 3000 
species. 
 EUPHRASIA (from euphraino, to delight; plants 
supposed to cure blindness); Eyebright. ORD. Scrophu- 
larinee. Dwarf herbs. Flowers white, yellow, or purple, 
in dense, secund, or interrupted bracteate spikes. Leaves 
opposite, toothed or cut. About twenty species belong to 
this genus, but none are of sufficient horticultural value 
to merit mention here. 
EUPODIUM. See Marattia. 
EUPOMATIA (from eu, well, and poma, a lid; 
calyptra covering the flower before expansion, in the 
manner of an extinguisher). ORD. Anonacew. This ex- 
clusively Australian genus contains a couple of species 
of fine greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Peduncles short, 
one-flowered, terminal or lateral. Leaves 
alternate, entire, shortly petiolate. They 
thrive in a compost of sandy peat and 
fibry loam. Cuttings of ripened shoots 
will root in sandy soil, if placed under 
a hand glass. 
E. Bennettii (Bennett’s). fl. soli , termi- 
nal, on a short peduncle above the leaf, 
when fully e) rather more than lin. in 
name of E. laurina.) - 
— is gr peace’ Mie t Spine! 
h. 4ft. 1824, 
EURYA (from eurys, large; wrongly 
applied to the flowers, which are, com- 
paratively small). Syn. Geeria. ORD. 
Ternströmiaceæ. Above thirty forms be- 
_ longing to this genus have been described, 
but probably not more than ten or a 
ozen are specifically distinct, the rest 
merely varieties, mostly of E. ja- 
They are very ornamental half- 
hardy br greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 
with ‘axillary pedicels. - All are natives 
of Japan, China, the Indian Archipelago, 
&c. Euryas are of easy culture, in peat 
or leaf soil, ‘Cuttings, made from the 
ends of the young shoots, root freely in 
sandy soil, im. a gentle heat. When rooted, insert 
them in small pots, in either peaty or loamy soil, and 
again place in heat, where they can have the benefit of 
a good syringing, to encou quick growth, and get 
them well established. The variegated form given below 
is one of the most useful Plants for conservatory, hall, 
or corridor decoration, especially during winter. 
E. } ca (Japanese). jl. greenish-white, generally in clusters 
rom three to six. /. very variabl ; 7 f - 
ated. Japan. A half-hardy — — — 
E. j. latifolia variegata (variegated broad- * hite 
‘small, on axillary fascicled peduncles, z, — — 
por X rous, entire, ob ong-lanceolate, obtusely-acuminate, 
coriaceous, 
EURYALE (mythological: Euryale, one of the 
Gorgons, represented with fierce thorny locks; in allusion 
to the thorny nature of the plant). ORD. Nymphaceæ. 
An annual stove aquatic. Before the introduction of the 
Victoria Water-lily, the Euryale was the noblest aquatic 
plant in cultivation. Its leaves are circular in form, 
about 2ft. in diameter, with prominent spiny veins on the 
rich purple under side, the upper side being olive-green, 
puckered and spiny. For cultivation, see stove species of 
Nymphea. 
E. ferox (fierce).* jl. deep violet; petioles and calyces covered 
with stiff prickles. September. l. large, peltate. East Indies, 
1809. Reproduces itself freely by means of seeds, which ripen on 
the plant and germinate at once, if not kept dry. (B. M. 1447.) 
EURYBIA. See Olearia. 
EURYCLES (from eurys, broad, and kleio, to close 
up; referring to form of flower, the cup of which is fre- 
quently imperfect). Syn. Proiphys. ORD. Amaryllidew. 
Handsome, bulbous plants, allied to Panecratiwm. E. am- 
boinensis requires stove treatment; the second, and only 
other, species thrives in a warm greenhouse. After growth 
is completed, water should be withheld for a few weeks, 
so that the bulbs may ripen and rest. 
E. amboinensis (Amboyna). fl. white, produced in a many- 
flowered umbel, supported by a stout scape; perianth with a 
cylindrical tube and regular limb of equal segments ; stigma - 
simple ; corona not one-fourth as long as the perianth lobes. 
March. J. very broad, cordate. h. lft. to 2ft. Amboyna, 1759. 
Syns. E. australasica, Pancratium amboinense (B. M. 1419), and 
P. australasica. 
E. australasica (Australian). A synonym of E. amboinensis. ` 
FIG. 742. EURYCLES CUNNINGHAMI. 
E. Cunninghami (Cunningham’s).* Brisbane Lily. f. white; 
umbels less crowded than in E. amboinensis; stigma three . 
lobed ; corona two-thirds as long as the perianth lobes. J. ovate, 
not cordate. h. lft. Queensland. See Fig. 742. (B. M. 3399.) 
EURYGANIA (from eurys, wide, and ganos, bright- 
ness; Eurygania was a wife of Œdipus). ORD. Vacci- 
niacee. A genus of about a dozen species of ornamental 
greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with pendent branches, 
allied to Thibaudia (which see for cultivation). All 
are natives of the Andes of South America. \ 
E. ovata (ovate). f.i ding, l 
corymbs, —* ns si pretest) — — — ee a 
red; mouth whitish. July. l. ovate-acute, serrulate, lin. to l}in:, 
long. Stem stout; branches long, rambling, cylindric, green. 1878. 
