LOPJEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
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. EPIMEDIUM (from epi, upon, akin to, and Medion, 
a plant, said to grow in Media; a name from Dioscorides, 
retained by Linnseus). Barrenwort. Овр. Berberidec. 
Ornamental hardy. eous perennials, with créeping 
perennial trunks, a nual stems. Flowers various- 
coloured. Leaves stalked, compound; leaflets awnedly- 
serrated. They form admirable plants for rockwork, and 
will thrive in a compost of fresh loam and peat, in 
equal proportions. Propagated by divisions of the root, 
which should be made during July or August. 
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Fic. 714. EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM, 
al * twelve to twenty in a lax 
f an fame dark lui 
a eee me panicle ; 
— outer se ones ; petals yello 
com lias entirely ofa MC AL spur. l. biternate ; 
cordate-ovate, acumi , Serrated. А. біп. to Qin. 
Central Europe (naturalised here and there in Britain) See Fig. 
714. (Sy. En. B. 52.) à 
Ba (red). A synonym of Е. rubrum. 
4 in-leay -~ f. white, numerous, small; 
s ying flowers in a simple, very lax 
ril and May. l., petiole ЖУ 
short, 
(large-flt 
close, six to ten-flowered ; : 
Early spring and summer. 4. about lft. in 
leaflets nine, cordate-ovate, 2in. to 3in. long, closely ci 
tate. A. 10їп. to 15in. Japan, 1836. This fine species is the 
handsomest of the genus. (B. R. 1906) E. violaceum (B. M. 
3151) is a variety of the foregoing, from which it differs in being 
dwarfer in habit, and in having smaller violet-coloured flowers, 
— There are several other garden forms, more or less distinct, 
E. Musschianum (Mussche's)* fl. dull white; peduncles few- 
flowered ; racemes simple, close, short. May. l. biternate, about 
6in. long; leaflets nine, cordate-ovate, 2in. to Jin. long. Japan, 
. 1836. (B. M. 3745.) 
Е. Perralderianum (Perraudiére's). jl, when expanded, bright 
aede in. to din. in diameter; raceme simple, lax, about as 
. long as the peduncle, twelve to twenty-flowered ; outer sepals 
. minute, oblong, deciduous ; inner we, жи orbicular, much imbri- 
, and spreading horizontally when fully expanded ; petals 
With a bright yellow, toothed, erect lamina, and an incurved 
brown spur, nearly as long as the lamina. l, leaflets 
usually three, cordate-ovate, 2in. to 3in. long, bright green or 
tinted with red-brown. Algeria, 1867. This species is closely 
allied to E. pinnatum. (В. M. 6509.) 
pinnatum (pinnate).*- 
. 
bright yellow ; raceme lax, simple, 
-OV ves. Jaj 
YN. rade чан Es 
M 
imedium—continued. RM 
Epim about біп. in 
6in. long, twelve to twenty-flowered; peduncles 
length. ‘Summer. 4 radical, 1%. to lift. 1 ipinnate ; leaf- 
lets stalked, ovate-acute, serrated. A Bin eap eripi ia, 1543. 
A handsome strong-growing species. See Fig. 715. (B. M. 4456.) 2 
Fig. 715. EPIMEDIUM PINNATUM, showing Habit and 
detached Flower. IE 
E. rubrum (red)* Л. when fully expanded, jin. 
diameter, in a lax panicle, springing Rom the кей. the common 
petiole, lin. or Zin. below its apex ; outer sepals 
. soon deciduous ; inner sepals bright crimson, oblong- 
very convex on the back, spreading horizontally when 
is fully expanded ; petals pale yellow or tin: 
small but distinct erect limb. l. varying from b 
iriternate; leaflets sometimes as many as 
country doubtful. 1854. This species entirel 
pinum in habit, but is more robust, Syn. Ё 
(B. M. 5671.) 
EPIPACTIS (Epipaktis, a plant of Dioscor: 
epipegnuo, to coagulate; referring to its effect 
Helleborine. ORD. Orchidew. A genus of 
very pretty hardy orchids, natives of Eur 
Asia, except the extreme north. Flow 
or white, rarely tinged with red, in £ 
perianth spreading; petals shorter than the sepals, but 
otherwise similar; lip free from the column, thick and 
concave at the base, the terminal portion broad and petal- 
like, with two protuberances at the base. Stem leafy. 
They are of easy culture in shady woods, in fri am. 
mixed with chalk, and form excellent 
ising in artificial bogs, or in moist 
| by divisions. The two following — 
genus in Britain. ; 
E. latifolia (broad-leaved). fl., 
long, loose; lower bracts longer 
1. orbieular, ovate or oblong, € 
to 2ft. high. (Sy. En. B. 1 
ustris (marsh) Л. 
pal „tit ed with pk slightly : 
drooping, few, formi spike. July. J. lanceolate, 
tracing the shale ut Ift. high. (Sy. En. B. 1482.) 
EPIPETALOUS. Growing on petals. 
EPIPHI«EUM. The layer of bark immediately 
below the epider 
EPIPHORA. A synonym of Polystachya (which 
see). : ! 
EPIPHYLLOUS. Growing upon a leaf. 
EPIPHYLLUM (from epi, upon, and phyllon, a leaf ; 
the flowers arise from the flat branches, which appear 
like leaves). ORD. Cacteæ. A genus of three species 
of very handsome, branched, slender, climbing stove suk 
shrubs, all natives of Brazil Flowers solitary, usua 
