OF HORTICULT 
Erigeron—continued. 
Н 1 і -flowered -involucre hemispherical. 
mi n poe E ile, blong, acute, entire, ciliatéd 
at the margin, the rest glabrous, dark green, marked with 
.nerves, which commence 
the base — — ЖАД 
т ical ones spathulate, tapering into 
зау b herbaceous, 1ift. high, rounded, 
striated glabrous, erect, and branched upwards in а corymbose 
; stern North America. Perennial. 
(B. M. 5606, 
er name of Stenactis speciosa.) | 
_ бее Leucoium. 
| (Erinos, a plant mentioned by Dioscorides). 
hularinee. A -very pretty tufted alpine plant, 
for growing (in dwarf positions) on well-drained 
rk, amongst stony or gritty peat and loam, or on 
jk walls, in which situations it is easily established 
. Jby sowing the seed in earthy holes and crevices. When 
/ the plants are developed, the seeds become’ self-sown, 
&nd the produce from these withstand the winter best. 
It may also be propagated by division. 
ine).* : simple, 
“Hertel udis. Hoste io dunes LER ERE 
deeply serrated, hairy. А. біп, to біп. Mountains of Western 
Europe (naturalised here and there in Britain) 1739. (B. M. 
$10.) There is also a white-flowered variety. 
ERIOBOTREYA. Included under Photinia (which 
see). ; 
ERIOCALIA MAJOR. See Actinotus Helianthi. 
ERIOCAULON (from erion, wool, and kaulos, a stem; 
- in allusion to the woolly всарез of some of the species). 
А, Pipewort. Syn. Randalia..ORD. Eriocaulonem. A genus 
of about a hundred ies of. mars ants, 
i striDU 
міс gardens. The only Eu opea: 
ve of the genus is Е. septangulare, an incon- 
spieuous plant, which, in the Old World, is only found 
in lakes in Skye and the West of Ireland. 
ERIOCAULONEZE. A natural order of marsh 
. plants, having minute flowers and principally radical 
leaves. 'They are, for the most part, natives of South 
America. The typical genus is Eriocaulon. There are 
Six genera and 325 species. 
г ERIOCHILUS (from erion, wool, and cheilos, a lip; 
. referring to the disk of the labellum or lip being 
pubescent). ORD. Orchidew. А genus of five species 
of pretty greenhouse terrestrial orchids, from Australia. 
They thrive in a compost of light turfy loam, peat, and 
_ sand, in equal proportions, and may be increased by 
division of the roots. cg 
„ autumnalis (autumnal). /. pink, solitary, or two or three 
-distant ; labellum about half as long as the In*eral Sepals, 
sheave, narrow claw. October. Z, radical, ovate, 
"away before the time of flowering. A. біп. 
SYN. раев cucullata. (Н. Е. T. 
. autumnalis, 
trons erect, with 
or two varieties of this- 
E. mul (тапу - flowered). This c 
dilatatus, of which it is probably only a variety. The habit and 
foliage are the same, but the flowers are more numerous and 
rather smaller. March. 
E. scaber (rough). Л. pink one to three ; sepals and petals rath 
shorter and broader than in ЕЁ, autumnalis, but obherwiea with 
the same proportions; labellum claw distinctly produced into 
» small, erect, rounded lateral lobes, September. Z radical, ovate 
“yor cordate, usually persisting at the base of the flowering stem. 
Closely allied to E. autumnalis. 
ғ 
ERIOCNEMA (from erion, wool, and пете, a leg; 
alluding to the hairy stalks). ORD. Melastomacem. A 
genus containing a couple of species of stove herbaceous 
plants, natives of South Brazil, Flowers white, small, 
few, in umbels at the end of a naked stalk, Leaves 
oval, heart-shaped at the base, and clothed with rusty 
hairs. For culture, see Bertolonia. 
d Ed E А. 70%, 
the globe. None are in culti- | 
soil, and may be increased by division or seed. 
E. com 
1. stalked, densely tomentose 
&c., or in the boggy spots of the wild garden. - 
E. alpinum (alpine). 
E. vaginatum (s 
_ E. falvum (reddish-yellow). И. pink. June. А, біп. 1850. 
Eriocnema—continued. TOE T E E 
. marmoratum (marbled rose. May y. 2. beautifully 
variegated. л. din. 1850, TA a b. HG, i. ш] ы eu. т 3 
 ERIOCOMA. See Montanoa. 
ERIODENDRON (from erion, wool, and 
a tree; alluding to the capsule being filled with a fine 
woolly substance). Овр. Malvacee. A genus of about 
eight species of very fine stove evergreen trees, with 
spongy wood. One species is found in the Old World ; 
the rest are tropical American. Flowers large, singly _ 
or in clusters from the sides or tops of the branches. 
Leaves palmate. They thrive best in a rich loamy soil; 
and should be raised from seeds, sown in a sandy soil, 
in heat. | 
anfractuosum (curled). fl. clothed with silky wool on — 
the outside and yellowish on the inside. Z, leaflets five, seven, 
or eight, entire, or serrulated above, lanceolate, cuspidate. 
Trunk usually prickly. А. 100ft. West Indies, 1739. 
E. a. Caribæum (Caribean). fl. conspicuous, handsome, and 
with a delightful, but evanescent fragrance, either solitary or 
two or three together in a short kind of panicle, for the most 
part axillary towards the ends of the branches; petals five, of 
a pale primrose or cream colour, with the a little above 
their base of a deep purplish-red, spreading in streaks towards. 
their middle. 7. te, decidnous; leaflets from five to seven, 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth and shining above, opaque 
and paler, with a faint bluish tinge beneath ; midrib yellow, pro- 
minent. West Indies, Plant smooth, except the flower. An 
OM КҮ but at thesame time curious-Iooking, high tree. 
(B. M. 
E.leiantherum (smooth-flowered) Л. white, sub-terminal and 
Vire Poth Tele ure rei эша а. 
= il, 1818. Seven, ovate, cuspi , quite 
_ERIOGONUM (from erion, wool, and gon’ 
joints of the stems downy). ORD. Polygonacee. A gen 
of rather pretty summer-flowering hardy annuals and 
herbaceous or somewhat woody perennials, There are | 
about 100 species, natives of North-western Ameri 
Flowers perfect, involucrate ; stamens nine, проп. 
of the perianth. Leaves radical, alternate or 
entire, without stipules. They thrive in 
rticillate, 
(compound). 
dull white or rose-coloured | 
› ath, | er above, 
ovate, cordate at base ; uncles erect, 5 t, біп. to 18in. hi; 
nearly glabrous. Pere (B. R. 1774.) m Mm Pul 
corymbosum (corymbose). й. white to т 
yellow. J. ovate to moni ale 
cymose ; involucres mostly sessile, A. 1f mal —— 
stellatum (starred) Л. yellow, tly in loose com 
pound umbels. /. two or three, arising from the scape, e 
resembling those of Statice oleifolia, sli htly downy, and 
only so beneath. Л, біп. to 12in. Interior of North-west America. 
(H. F. B. A. ii. 177.) 
umbellatum (umbellate) Л. yellow. l obovate to ob 
spathulate or oblanceolate, niore or less tomentose, esp 
beneath. Л, 3in. to 12in. : SE 
They ca 
with the exception 
(probably now е: 
six to eight 
numergae to each fl 
M (from erion, wool, and phyli 
-eaved). Ово. Composite. ge 
species of mostly | е herbs, 
