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OF HORTICULTURE. 507 
Elleanthus— continued. 
terete, hispid, as is all the foliage, and, more or less, the bracts 
and sepals. Guiana, 1858. SYN. Evelyna Caravata (under which 
name it is figured in B. M. 5141). 
E. kermesina (carmine). bright carmine. January. h. 6in. 
Mariquita, Tas. hore 
E. xanthocomus (yellow-haired) Л. yellow, in erect racemes. 
May. J. lanceolate, acuminate, vaginate. А. lft. Peru, 1872. 
Erect. (B. M. 6016.) 
_ ELLIOTTIA (named in honour of Stephen Elliot, 
an American botanist, who died in 1830). Syn. Tri- 
| metaleia. ORD. Ericacev. А genus of three species of 
. very pretty half-hardy evergreen shrubs, two of which 
. аге Japanese (these are probably not at present in 
. cultivation), and the third North American. Тһе one 
. mentioned below does well in a warm situation, in a 
- peaty soil. Propagated by cuttings. 
__E. racemosa (racemose). white, in conspicuous terminal 
racemes or panicles, resembling those of Andromeda. August. 
1. alternate, entire. A. 4ft. to 10%. Georgia. 
‘Fig. 702. ELLIPTIC AND EMARGINATE LEAF. 
C. Formed like an ellipse; an oval figure. 
— Fig. 702 shows an Elliptic and Emarginate Leaf. 
ELLOBOCARPUS OLERACEUS. А synonym 
of Ceratopteris thalictroides. 
_ gardener. 
. Down about 1836, and into England in 1841. 
It was introduced from Ameriea to County 
Very soon, 
it filled a number of canals and rivers with its dense, 
. matted growths to such an extent as seriously to impede 
navigation. No inconvenience of this kind is complained 
of in its native country. In many places now (fish ponds, 
ornamental waters, &е.), where at one time it was so 
abundant, it seems to have almost disappeared, perhaps 
owing to the exhaustion in the soil of the specific nutri- 
ment on which the plant feeds. 
ELONGATED. Lengthened out. 
ELYMUS (from elwmos, the old Greek name for a 
‘Similar grass, used by Hippocrates). Bunch Grass. ORD. 
пев. A genus of about twenty species of tall 
perennial grasses, represented in Britain by the Lyme 
Grass, E. arenarius, a sea-side plant, useful for fixing, 
by means of its long creeping rhizomes, the moving sand. 
АП are natives of North temperate regions, Е. con- 
densatus is described as a vigorous perennial grass, from 
British Columbia, forming a dense, compact, column-like 
growth, more than 8ft. in height, covered from the base 
. almost to the top with long arching leaves, and crowned 
іп the flowering season with numerous erect, rigid spikes, 
each 6jin. long, and resembling an elongated ear of 
Wheat in form. 
 EMARGINATE. Having a small notch at the end 
or tip, as if a piece had been taken out. See Fig. 702. 
. EMBELIA (Ceylonese name of one of the species). 
. ORD. Myrsimem. А genus of mostly stove climbing 
_ Shrubs, or small trees? Flowers white or greenish-yellow, 
. small polygamous, mostly diw@cious. Fruit small, globose, 
one (rarely two) seeded. Leaves entire or toothed; pe- 
tioles often margined or glandular. Embelias thrive in 
' compost of peat and loam. Propagated by cuttings, 
made of half-ripened shoots, and placed in sandy soil, 
Under a bell glass, in heat. There are about sixty 
Embelia—continued. 
species; but E, robusta is probably the only one in 
cultivation. f 
E. robusta (robust) 1. obovate-oblong, elliptic, or obova shortly 
acuminate, undulate or ODE MED EIE, rusty-pui t, 
or rarely glabrous beneath, reticulated. Branches glabrous. 
ћ. 204. India. A large rambling shrub. 
EMBOSSED. Projecting in the centre, like the boss, 
or umbo, of a round shield or target. 
EMBOTHRIUM (from en, in, and bothrion, a little 
pit; referring to the pollen-cases, or anthers), Овр. 
Proteacee. A genus of four species of very ornamental 
evergreen shrubs. All are natives of the Andes, or 
extra-tropical South America. They require protection 
throughout the winter, in cold, northerly situations. In 
the southern counties of England, the one here described 
is quite hardy. 1% thrives best in а compost of sandy 
peat; and may be readily increased by cuttings, inserted 
in peaty soil, under a hand glass. 
E. coccineum ^ dt. - ; ре oe 
Hanh tubular, with a sub'giobos е esky Des es 
sessile anthers оп the concave lobes. Summer. l simple, entire, 
oblong. h. Sft. 1851. (B. M. 4856.) 
EMBRACING. A leaf is said to Embrace a stem 
when it clasps it round with its base. 
EMBRYO. The rudimentary plant within the seed. 
EMERGENT. Protrnded through the cortical layer. 
EMMENANTHE (from emmenos, enduring, and an- - 
thos, a flower; in reference to the persistent corolla). 
Syn. Miltitzia. ORD. Hydrophyllacee. A genus of 
dwarf annual herbs, containing five species, natives of 
North-west America. Flowers yellow; corolla campanu- 
late, marcescent, persistent. Leaves alternate. None of 
the species are yet in general cultivation. 
EMPETRACEZE. A natural order of Heath-like 
evergreen shrubs. Flowers small, solitary or clustered, 
axillary or terminal, regular, polygamous, bracteolate or — 
not. Fruit fleshy. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Тһе 
distribution of the order is North temperate and Arctic 
Ping Shil and Fuegia. There are only four species. 
е order 1s represented in Britain by Empetrum nigrum, 
the fruit of which is eaten in some countries, "The three 
Heath-like shrub. | 
i soil, under a handlight. 
Е, nigrum (black).* fl. sessile; sepals - 
Se concave: petals pink, re- "' 
4 ; filaments very long; anthers. 
red. May. Berries brownish-black, 
globular, like those of the Juniper, 
edible. J. linear-oblong. А. бір. to 
12in. Distribution of the order. See 
Fig. 705. (Sy. En. B. 1251.) 
n. rubrum (red)* ЛД. brownish- 
axillary, solitary, sessile. Г 
ay. Drupe red. J. linear-oblong, | 
with woolly margins. A. біп. to l2in. 
Chili and Fuegia, 1855. (В. R. 1783.) 
Fig. 703. FRUITING and pleuron, the pleura or mem 
Бахси те. brane which envelops the lungs; 
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