66 



hairs, fox -brown at the apex. Flower- 

 ing-branches axillary, loosely leafy, 

 12^16 in. long. Flowers in a simple 

 spike. Sepals 5, lanceolate, free 

 to the base, 5 lin. long. Petals 5^ 

 linear - lanceolate, retlexed at the 

 apex, cinnabar-red, up to | in. long. 

 Mexico. (Darmstadt B. G.) 



Echium PereziK (K, D, 19U, 210.) 



Boraginaceae. G. Distinguished from 

 B. Wild pre tii by the Tax thyrsus, 

 Conspicuously pedunculate elongated 

 cymes, paler corolla, longer style- 

 branches, and by other characters of 

 the inflorescence. The leafbiade is 

 decurrent to the base. Canary Islands. 

 (Dr. G. V. Perez, Tenerif e ; Kew.) 



*Enkianthus 

 Pallblnii, 



Ericaceae. 



figured in 

 fanulatus, 

 in having 



campanulatus, var. 



{Bean, T, ^^ S. i. 512.) 

 H, This is the plant 

 B. M. t. 7059 as E. cam- 

 It differs from the type 

 rather smaller deep red 

 flowers produced in a distinct raceme. 

 Japan. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Epidendrum porpax. {O. S, WU, 



318.) Orchidaceae. G. A dwarf 

 plant, closely allied to E. Matthewsii. 

 Stems many, about 2 in. high. Leaves 

 oblong, about i in. long. Flowers 

 solitary, terminal, with a broad purple 

 lip and umch paler sepals and petals. 

 Costa Rica. (Kew.) 



*Ep2dendrum profusum. (5. jj/. t 



8331.) G. A new species allied to 

 E. amhlguum, from which it mav be 

 distinguished by the denser panicle, 

 smaller flowers, broader sepals and 

 petals, and by the minutely crenulate 

 lobes of the lip. The flowers are 

 about If in. across, with pale yel- 

 lowish-green sepals and petals and 

 a white lip which is streaked with 

 purple near the tip. Probably Mexico. 

 (F. Sander & Sons; Kew.) 



^Epilaella Medusae. (<?. C. 1914. Iv. 



215.) Orchidaceae. G. Garden hybrid 

 between Laflia cinnabarina and Epi- 

 dendrum cUiare. (Lord Rothschild.) 



Eria pllifera. (0. R. 1014, 171.) Or- 

 chidaceae. S. Stems cyllndric. Leaves 

 lanceolate, distichous, short. In- 

 florescence reduced to a single 

 flower, with a basal rosette of about 

 5 spreading narrow dull yellow 

 bracts. Flowers white, covered with 

 yellow papillae on the small rounded 

 front lobe of the lip. aialaya. (Glas- 

 nevm B. G.) 



*Eria sonkarls. {O. B. 1914, 263.) S. 



Stems erect, more than 1 ft hiffh 

 with 6 or 7 lanceolate-oblons cori- 

 aceous leaves about 6 in. long and 



i 



■ 



\\ in, broad. Spikes erect, dense,, 

 6 or 7 in. long. Pedicels woolly. 

 Flowers woolly on the back, light 

 yellow, with a few light reddish 

 streaks on the side lobes of the 

 5-lobed lip. Malaya. (Kew.) 



Erica vulgaris Russelliana. {G. C. 



1914, Iv. 76.) Ericaceae. H. Growths 

 at first red-tinted, later assuming a 

 golden hue. (L, R. Russell.) \Cal- 

 luna vulgaris i Salisb., var.] 



Erigeron speciosus giganteus. [Jard. 



1914, 200, col. t.) Compositae. H. 



A very vigorous form, the sterna 



reaching a height of nearly 3 ft. 



Flower-heads very broad. Ray-florets 



long and narrow, slightly reflexed 



at the tips, a delicate lilac-blue. 



(Cayeux & Leclerc, Vitry-sur-Seine, 

 France.) 



Erysfmum bracteatum. (N, B. G. 



Edinh, viii. 185.) Cruciferae. H. 

 Remarkable for the more or less per- 

 sistent bracts of the inflorescence; 

 these extend almost to the apex or 

 sometimes more than half-way up. 

 Plant 2-3 ft. high. Leaves linear or 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate, %\-^\ in.' 

 long. Flowers golden-yellow, in large 

 racemes. South - Western China. 

 (Bees, Ltd., Edinburgh B. G.). 



♦Erysimum linifolium. {Q, (7. 1914, 



Iv. 425; G. M, 1914, 477.) H. A 

 perennial herb 1-lJ ft. high, formin^ 

 large spreading masses. Leaves linear^ 

 sinuate on the margin, 3^ in. long, 

 \ in. broad. Flowers lilac, \ in. 

 across, arranged in racemes. A re- 

 introduction. It is recorded as having 

 been first introduced in 1815. Spain. 

 (C. Elliott; Glasnevin B. G,) [Syn. 

 Cheironfhvs lini f alius i G. C. 1914, 



Ivi. 186, 207, f. 73.] 



*Euonymu8 semfpersistens. {Beaity 



T, S S, f. 543.) Celastraceae. H. 

 Cultivated for many years as E. Sie- 

 boldianus. It is closely allied to 

 E. BtmgeanuSj but it has firmer 

 leaves, whicli persist until March 

 unless the winter is severe, and its 

 pink fruits are tapered at the base. 

 China. 



*Euonymus WHsonii. {Bean, T. S 5. 



i. 543.) H. An evergreen shrub up 

 to 20 ft. high. Leaves 3^6 in. lono;, 

 I-I| in. broad, lanceolate, toothed. 

 Fruits 4-lobed, remarkable in being 

 clothed with awl-shaped spines 1^ in. 

 long. Western China. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) 



EUDhorbia sinensis. {K. 5. 1014, 329.) 



Euphorbiaceae. H. Stem erect, her- 

 baceous, round, tomentose. Leaves 





