514 | E THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Epidendrum-continued. 
syringothyrsis (Lilaclike)* Л. dark purple, with a 
Е 5 orange and ъа ч гез li ква рет йе ра b 
icles, seventy to кые distichous, about біп. 
Ins, light green. Sie Dancer, about 3ft. high. Bolivia, 1866. 
Stove. The specific name (iM. ei from its нна рде X to the 
Lilac in form and colour. 6145.) 
E. vitellinum ( 'olk-of-egg-coloured). fl. bright orange-scarlet, 
about 2in. in diameter; lip bright yellow ; spike erect, ten 
to fifteen-flowered. Summer. i. and pseudo- ulbs glaucous. 
Мохе 14. d "NL aior eet. The. iet; Eo — is a ius 
atmosphere. $ variety 
form, with аана ee pwers, and c P sepals and 
petals, 
than the 
RPIDERAIS Г The raant colourless membrane 
which covers almost all parts of plants exposed to the 
outward air, and is composed of one or more layers of 
firmly coherent, usually empty, cells. 
 — EPIGZEA (from epi, upon, and gaia, the earth; in 
reference to its trailing growth) Orp. Ericacem. A 
genus of a couple of species of very elegant creeping, 
tufted, hardy evergreen shrubs. E. repens thrives only 
in peak soil and in shady situations. Increased by care- 
ful divisions of well-established tufts. The second species, 
E. asiatica, a Japanese plant, is not yet in cultivation. 
p ping).* Ground Laurel; in 
m e mei e E tinged with red, deu eo 
nal racemes, exhaling a rich spicy fragrance. May. i. 
. eordate-ovate, entire. Branches, petioles, and de of s amd 
very hairy. Northern United States, 1736. (G. WLF. A. 37.) 
детето. Included under Vaccinium (which 
see 
EPIGYNOUS. Growing upon the ovary. А term 
_ applied when the outer whorls of the flower adhere to 
the ovary. 
EPILOBIUM (from epi, upon, and lobos, а pod; 
flower seated as if ib were upon the top of the pod). 
Willow-herb. ORD. Onagrariee. A genus of fifty species 
of hardy perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, occurring in 
all eold and temperate climates. Most of the species 
are of botanieal interest only, but some are highly orna- 
mental. Flowers axillary, solitary, or disposed in ter- 
minal spikes, each flower furnished with a bract. Leaves 
opposite, or irregularly scattered. They are of the easiest 
possible culture, in ordinary garden soil. Increased by 
divisions or seeds. Ав border plants, and for naturalisa- 
tion in shrubberies and by watercourses, E. angustifolium 
and E. hirsutwm are eminently well suited. 
E. angustifolium (narrow-leaved).* French Willow, or Rose-bay. 
Л. erimson, dispo: in spicate racemes, bracteate. July. 
1. nearly sessile, lanceolate, undulated. Stems erect, nearly 
simple. л. 3ft. to 6ft. Northern hemisphere (Britain) A very 
handsome species, but, from the rapidit ra with which it spreads, 
it should be wholly confined to shrubberies. See Fig. 712. 
(Sy. En. B. iii. 495.) 
um (very narrów-leaved). 
rosmarinifolium. 
E. denticulatum (denticulate). 
somewhat lanceolate, denticula 
A synonym of E. 
. rose-coloured. Summer. l. 
; lower ones opposite. Stems 
suffruticose. h. біп. to 12іп. Peru. 
E. Dodonsei (Dod Л. dee de е; cels connected 
with the "I crowded йсат ) rar p ig nr dn July. 
1. linear, obsoletely culated. goo е branched at the 
apex. h. Mt. ores КЕТ SYN. E. "Haller? i 
E. Halleri (Haller's). A synonym of E, Dodonci. | 
M K 7& Kwi 
E. hirsutum oere 
pink, sometimes white, 
ue аны, Kal ч а stem. to 5ft. 
ova ео! п 
i ole plant is downy, soft, and 
Europe (Britain), rx ES per plani SUY: Ne us 
A эшн rose-purple, largo. 
nos long), = mostly leuger 
eight ong ng), gl aucons, opaque. 
&c., California. A very low- ‘growing 
[сян species, AME moist, full ded m spot гос 
E. rosmarinifoliam, (Rosemary-leaved).* Л. тей; pedicels con- con- 
crowded near the tops of 
y denticulated. Stems erect, rect, branched 4 
T Europe, &c., 1775. SYN. E. angus a 
