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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Eria—continued. 
E. rhodoptera (red-winged). /., sepals whitish-ochre, as well 
as the pedicels, ovaries, and bracts; petals purple, ligulate, sub- 
faleate, broad; lip trifid, the lateral segments purple, semi- 
oblong, produced, the middle one ligulate, retuse, emarginate ; 
rare elongated. J. linear-ligulate, acute. Stems cylindrical. 
1882. 
E. Rimanni (Riman’s). /. of a pellucid, pale yellow, the front 
lobe of the lip golden-yellow, with two purple spots; raceme 
nodding, dense, covered with a few reddish hairs. /. cuneate- 
oblong, acute, very leathery, light green, with dark nerves. 
Pseudo-bulbs pyriform, about din. long. Birma, 1885. 
E. striolata (slightly striated), /., sepals and petals light ochre- 
coloured, linear-ligulate, acute, the former marked with three 
stripes and the latter with one stripe of reddish-purple; lip 
ligulate, with very blunt side lobes, and three conspicuous, partly 
crenwate, yellow keels ; raceme dense-flowered, the rachis only 
slightly hairy. /. cuneate-oblong, acute, very fleshy. Papuan 
Islands, 1888, (I. H. 1888, 48.) 
ERICA. The following species are included in the 
British Flora: E. carnea (Mediterranean Heath), L. ciliaris 
(Ciliated Heath), EH. cinerea (Scotch Heath, Scotch 
Heather), E. Tetraliv (Cross-leaved Heath), and FE. vagans 
(Cornish Heath). To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 520-6, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. hyemalis alba (white). This variety differs from the type 
only in haying pure white flowers. 1882. 
E. Maweana (Mawe’s). /l. purplish-crimson, produced in clusters, 
after the manner of those of H. Tetralix and #. ciliaris. Autumn. 
Stems sub-erect, much-branched, forming soft, ornamental 
bushes lft. to 1}ft. high. 1882. Hardy. 
E. Mooreana (Moore’s). (ji. in large, terminal umbels of a dozen 
or more; corolla bright, glossy crimson-red, with a ring of 
black at the mouth, ventricosely tubular, above lin. long, the 
lobes pink, roundish ; pedicels red, with gland-bordered bracts. 
i. in whorls of four, very much recurved, fringed with twisted 
ciliz, and tipped with a long awn. 1882. Hybrid. 
ERIGERON. To the species described on pp. 526-7, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added. It is a very 
floriferous and pretty border plant. Cuttings should 
yearly be put into a cold frame, in case the old plants 
outside are killed during the winter. 
E. mucronatus (mucronate).* _/l.-heads pedunculate ; involueral 
scales linear, subulute, puberulous; ray florets white, biseriate, 
twice as long as those of the disk. Summer and autumn. 
1. lanceolate, attenuated at base, ciliated, entire, or lobed or 
toothed above the middle. hk, 6in. to 12in. Stem terete, 
branched. Mexico, Perennial. Syn. Vittadinia trilobata. 
ERIOPSIS. Flowers showy, pedicellate; sepals 
equal, spreading, free, or the lateral ones connate with the 
foot of the column in a very short chin; petals similar to 
the sepals; lip affixed to the foot of the column, shortly 
incumbent, at length erect, the lateral lobes broad, erect, 
loosely enfolding the column, the middle one small, 
spreading, entire or two-lobed; column rather long, 
incurvyed; pollen masses two. Leaves usually two, long, 
ample. To the species described on p. 528, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
E. Sprucei (Dr. Spruce’s). /l., sepals and petals light yellow, the 
latter with red borders ; side lobes of the lip whitish, dotted red, 
nearly circular, the middle one lemon-yellow, with mauve spots 
at the base of the broad stalk, transversely elliptic, the disk 
white, with two acute horns on the middle; raceme long, cylin- 
drical. 7. cuneate-oblong, acute, Amazons, 1884. 
ERITRICHIUM. MThis genus comprises about 
seventy species. Flowers blue or white, in simple or 
branched racemes, or rarely nearly all axillary; calyx 
deeply five-cleft or five-partite; corolla tube short or 
rarely longer than the calyx, the lobes five, imbricated, 
obtuse, spreading ; stamens five, affixed to the tube, in- 
eluded. Nutlets four, or fewer by abortion. Leaves alter- 
nate or (in very few species) opposite, usually narrow. 
To the species described on p. 529, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
E. barbigerum (beard-bearing). jl. white, small, much resem- 
bling those of a Myosotis, disposed in branching, scorpioid cymes ; 
calyx lobes linear, about jin. long. Summer and autumn. 
i. lanceolate. California, 1886. A pretty annual; the whole 
plant clothed with long, spreading hairs. (R. G. 1886, pp. 358-9, 
f. 42; R. H. 1885, p. 552, f. 99.) 
ERYTHEA. To the species described on p. 530, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added : 
E, aculeata (prickly), of Regel. A synonym of E. armata. 
E. armata (armed). /., spadix tomentose, paniculate, pendent. 
large, fan-shaped, palmatisect, glaucous; margins of the 
petioles armed with spines. California, 1887. Syns. E. aculeata 
of Regel (R. G. 1887, 279, f. 74), Brahea Roézlii. 
ERYTHRINA. To the species described on pp. 
531-2, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. vespertilio (bat-like), _l. numerous, in showy, erect racemes, 
pendulous; standard ovate, nearly l}in. long. JU., leaflets 
obversely triangular, cuneate at base, the front side deeply 
hollowed out, so as to leave the two front angles projecting, the 
hollowed portion having sometimes a central apiculus. Western 
Australia, 1885, A grotesque, warm greenhouse shrub. See 
Fig. 28, for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull. 
ERYTHRONIUM. This genus now embraces eight 
species, seven of which are North American. ‘To those 
described on p. 538, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added: 
E. dens-canis sibiricum (Siberian). /. of a deep rosy-purple, 
banded purplish-crimson near the base of each division, and with 
a creamy-yellow eye. 
E. Hendersoni (Henderson’s).* fl. drooping, faintly scented ; 
perianth campanulate, about 2in. in diameter, the segments pale 
lilac, spotted dark purple at base, reflexed from half-way down ; 
peduncle 6in. to 8in. long, one or two-flowered. April. /. two, 
opposite, oblong, dull green, spotted purplish-brown, narrowed 
toa long, channelled base. Oregon. (B. M. 7017.) 
E. purpurascens (purplish). _//. light yellow, tinged with purple, 
deep orange at the base, usually four to eight in a sub-umbellate 
raceme from lin. to l4in. long. May. /. large, more or less 
oblong, frequently undulated. Bulb lin. to 2in. long. Sierra 
Nevada. 
E. p. uniflorum (one-flowered). /., peduncles slender, one- 
flowered. Syn. H. revolutum. 
z revolutum (revolute). A synonym of E. purpurascens uni- 
orum. 
ESCALLONIA. ‘To the species described on pp. 
533-4, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. Berteriana (Bertero’s). A synonym of FE. pulverulenta glabra. 
E. pulverulenta glabra (smooth). /jl., calyx shining and 
clammy ; petals elliptic-oblong, sessile ; racemes spicate, terminal, 
simple, twice as long as the leaves. J. elliptic, serrated, shining 
above, 2hin. to 3in. long, 14in. broad; petioles jin. long. A. 5ft: 
to 6ft. Chili. Plant glabrous, clammy from resin. SYN. 
EE, Berteriana. 
E. revoluta (revolute). /. white, jin. long, spreading, pedicellate ; 
petals with a long, straight claw, and a short, oblong, rounded 
limb; racemes or panicles terminal, sessile, erect, simple or 
thyrsoid. September. J. jin. to ljin. long, obovate, acute or 
cuspidate, toothed, pubescent. h. 10ft. to 20ft. Chili, 1887. 
(B. M. 6949.) 
E. Sellowiana (Sellow’s). jl. white; calyx teeth short, entire ; 
petals spathulate; panicles terminal, many-flowered. Summer. 
1. lanceolate, tapering into the petioles, serrated, resinous-dotted 
beneath. Branches erect. h. 10ft. to 20ft. Brazil. Plant gla- 
brous, 
ESMERALDA. Included under Arachnanthe 
(which see). 
ESMERALDA CLARKEI. A synonym of Vanda 
Clarkei (which see). 
EUCALYPTUS. Calyx tube turbinate or campanu- 
late, the base adnate with the ovary, the apex truncate, 
entire or remotely toothed ; stamens numerous, in several 
series, free. ‘To the species described on pp. 535-6, Vol. I., 
the following should now be added: 
E. ficifolia (Fig-leaved). jl. showy ; calyx slightly tinged with 
red; filaments beautiful cinnabar-red. J. conspicuously stalked, 
leathery, always somewhat decurrent into the stalk, pointed 
at the apex, or sometimes narrowly so. A tree seldom exceeding 
60ft. in height in its native forests. 
EUCHARIS. Flowers white, showy, many in an 
umbel; perianth tube cylindrical, straight or recurved, the 
lobes sub-equal, rather broad, spreading; stamens shorter 
than the lobes; bracts numerous, narrow, the two or three 
outer ones broader, involucral. Leaves petiolate, broad. 
Bulb tunicated. To the species described on p. 536, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
