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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Eucomis— continued. 
2hin. in diameter, crowned with a tuft of thirty small leaves ; 
peduncle 1}ft. to 2ft. long. cylindrical. J. five or six to a 
fone oblanceolate, sub-erect, over 2ft. long, 4in. to Sin. broad. 
E. zambesiaca (Zambesi). f. green; pedicels shorter ; raceme 
longer and denser; scape not spotted. Jl. firmer. Otherwise like 
E. punctata, Eastern tropical Africa, 1886. 
EULOPHIA. Syn. Orthochilus. This genus embraces 
nearly fifty species. To those described on pp. 538-9, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. guineénsis purpurata (purple). /l. handsome, in a loose 
raceme; sepals and petals dark, dull purple, narrow-lanceolate, 
acuminate ; lip bright rose-purple, the front lobe elliptic-ovate, 
acute, Pseudo-bulbs globose, two or three-leaved. Western 
tropical Africa, 1883. A showy plant. (W. O. A. ii. 89.) 
E. megistophylla (largest-leaved). jl. greenish-yellow, lined 
with brownish-red, panicled ; sepals lanceolate, narrower than 
the petals; lip four-lobed, the lobes obtuse; spur very short, 
cylindrical; sheath ample, ochreous, oblong, acute. /. more 
than lft. long and Qin. broad, petiolate, cuneate-oblong, acute. 
Comoro Islands, 1885, A striking species. (R. H. 1887, p. 87.) 
E. pulchra divergens (pretty, diverging). /. purple-spotted, 
showy; sepals and petals oblong-linear, acute; lip going out 
into two diverging shanks; spur short and straight; raceme 
erect, many-flowered, equalling the leaves. /. oblong-lanceolate. 
Isle of Bourbon, 188}, The typical plant is not in cultivation. 
EUONYMUS. About forty species are included here ; 
they inhabit the mountainous parts of India, North China, 
Japan, Europe, and North America, a few being found in 
the Malay Islands. To those described on pp. 539-40, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E, japonicus Carriérei (Carriére’s). A prostrate form that 
will make a picturesque rockwork plant. 1883. A vigorous, 
green-leaved, garden variety of E. radicans. 
E. j. Chouveti (Chouvet’s). J. thick, fleshy, very narrowly ovate- 
elliptic, glossy, rounded at tip, with a narrow margin of yellowish- 
white. A remarkable form, with erect branches. It bears 
euteing, well, and makes an excellent ornamental border plant. 
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E.j. columnaris (columnar). /, shortly oval, rounded, sometimes 
sub-orbicular, thick, glossy, with broad, shallow teeth. A 
vigorous form, of columnar habit. 
E. nanus (dwarf). jj. greenish-white, four-cleft, one to three on 
a peduncle. July and August. J. lanceolate, entire, nearly 
opposite, deep green. Branches smooth, somewhat herbaceous. 
Northern Caucasus, 1830. A neat, trailing under-shrub, suitable 
for the rockery. Syn. E. pulchellus (of gardens). 
E. pulchellus (pretty). A garden synonym of EZ. nanus. 
EUOTHONZA. 
see). 
EUPATORIUM. To the species described on p. 540, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. grandiflorum (large-flowered), of André. fl.-heads reddish, 
disposed in large, terminal corymbs. J. rugose, cordate, acute, 
aa a 1883. An ornamental, hardy perennial. (R. H. 1882, 
p. 384. 
EURYA. Flowers small, sessile or shortly peduncu- 
late, fascicled or rarely solitary in the axils; sepals five, 
imbricated ; petals five, imbricated, coalescing at base; 
stamens fifteen or less, rarely five. Leaves often crenate- 
serrated and glabrous. ‘To the species described on p. 542, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E, vitiensis (Fiji). #. small, axillary, unisexual, the males 
fascicled, the females usually in pairs. J. elliptic-lanceolate or 
oblong, serrulate, acuminate at both ends, shining. Fiji, 1887. 
Stove tree. 
EUSTEPHIA (from ew, well, and stephos, a crown; 
in allusion to the circle of stamens). Orb. Amaryllidew. 
A monotypic genus. The species, E. coccinea, is the 
plant described on p. 89, Vol. III., as Phedranassa rubro- 
viridis. 
A synonym of Hexisia (which 
FAGUS. To the species described on p. 2, Vol. IL., 
the following variety should now be added: 
F. sylvatica tricolor (three-coloured). J. dark purplish-green, 
spotted with bright carmine-rose, and shaded with rosy-white. 
1885. An ornamental garden variety. 
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FARADAYA (named in honour of Michael Faraday, 
the celebrated chemist, 1794-1867). Orb. Verbenacee. A 
small genus (about five species) of stove or greenhouse, 
tall-climbing, glabrous shrubs, natives of Australia, Fiji, 
New Guinea, &c. Flowers white, showy; calyx at first 
closed, ultimately cut into two or three valvate lobes; 
corolla tube exserted, enlarged above, the limb ample, 
spreading, four-cleft; stamens four, long-exserted; cymes 
many-flowered, disposed in a terminal, loosely corymbose 
panicle or sessile at the nodes. Leaves opposite, entire, 
coriaceous. Two species are in cultivation, but have not 
yet flowered in this country. They thrive in a rich loam, 
and require plenty of root room. The branches should 
be allowed to spread close to the glass, in as light a 
position in the stove as possible. 
F, papuana (Papuan). /l. salver-shaped, disposed in corymbose 
panicles. 7. lanceolate, bullate. Java, 1884. 
F. splendida (splendid). jl. large, in a terminal, corymbose 
panicle; calyx segments eight to ten lines long ; corolla tube 
above lin. long, the lobes flat, nearly jin. long. J. ovate, acu- 
minate, rounded or cordate at the base, 6in. to nearly 12in, long, 
prominently penniveined ; petioles lin. to 2in. long. Queensland. 
A tall, woody climber. 
FEDIA. To the species described on p. 4, Vol. I1., the 
following variety should now be added: 
F. Cornucopiz floribunda plena (abundantly double- 
flowered). A handsome, tufted variety, producing its pretty, 
reddish-pink, double flowers in such profusion as to almost 
entirely hide the leaves. 1886. (R. G. 1218.) 
FICUS. The number of species, according to speci- 
mens in herbaria, is upwards of 600; they are found in 
the warmer regions of the globe. To those described on 
pp. 11-12, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
F. Cannoni (Cannon’s). The correct name of the plant described 
on p. 117, Vol. L., as Artocarpus Cannoni. 
F. Cavroni (Cavron’s). J. shortly petiolate, cuneate-oboyate, 
obtuse, 14ft. long, 9in. broad, dark green with a yellowish-white 
midrib above, rusty beneath. Brazil, 1887. Stove shrub, 
F, elastica variegata (variegated). J. variegated with various 
shades of creamy-white and yellow. A beautiful form. 
FORSYTHIA. A couple of species, natives of China 
and Japan, compose this genus. 
F. intermedia (intermediate). A hybrid between F. suspensa 
and F, viridissima. 
FRAXINUS. F. eacelsior is the only British repre- 
sentative of this genus. To the species and varieties 
described on pp. 23-4, Vol. II., the following should now 
be added: 
F. americana foliis argenteo-marginatis (silvery-margined 
leaved). An ornamental form, having the leaflets bordered with 
pale yellowish (or rosy in a young state). 1886. 
F. turkestanica (Turkestan). J. pinnate; leaflets five, dark 
green, cuspidate, coarsely toothed. Buds reddish. Bark dark 
green, smooth, Turkestan, 1887. 
FRITILLARIA. Inclading Rhinopetalum, &e. This 
genus is distributed over North temperate regions. To 
the species described on pp. 27-9, Vol. II., the following 
should now be added : 
F. armena fusco-lutea (fuscous-yellow). jl. bright yellow 
inside, tinged coppery-brown outside, solitary, drooping, gin. 
long. J. four to six, about 2in. long. 4h. 5in. to 6in. Smyrna, 
1887. 
F. bucharica (Buchara). //l. white, greenish or purplish at base ; 
perianth segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 
or rarely lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; raceme terminal, few 
or many-flowered. J. usually all alternate, ovate or lanceolate, 
the upper ones narrower. Stem erect, flexuous, 6in. to 18in. high. 
Buchara, 1884. (R. G. 1171.) 
F. contorta (twisted). fl. nodding, l}in. to 2in. long; perianth 
segments united (thus differing from all the other species). 
l. three or four, distant, lanceolate, somewhat fleshy. Origin 
unknown. 1886. 
F. discolor (discoloured). fl. nine to twelve, light yellow, with 
a slight suspicion of green, 14in. to 2in. across; segments oblong- 
lanceolate, slightly reflexed; throat marked with a blood-red 
ring ; bracts numerous. /. erect, sessile, sub-amplexicaul, broadly 
lanceolate, glaucous, fleshy, about Sin. long and lin. broad, with 
a tinge of red up the midrib on the under-side. h. 10in. 1888. 
