346 THE 
DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Epiphyllum—continued. 
Fig. 370. FLOWER OF EPIPHYLLUM RUSSELLIANUM. 
E. Russellianum. This is easily distinguished from F. trun- 
catum by its smaller branchlets. A flower is shown in Fig. 370. 
E. R. Geertneri (Gertner’s). A synonym of ZL. Gertneri. 
E. truncatum. The following are additional varieties: 
-Bridgesii, tube violet, petals dark purple; eruentum, tube 
purplish-scarlet, petals bright scarlet ; tricolor, tube salmon-red, 
petals red, centre purplish. 
Varieties. The following varieties, in addition to those 
named in Vol. I., p. 517, may be named: Bripaxst, tube 
violet, petals dark purple: Crurntum, tube purplish- 
scarlet, petals bright scarlet. TR10oLOR, tube salmon-red ; 
petals red, centre purplish. 
EPIPHYLLUM (of Haworth). 
locactus (which see). 
EPIPREMNUM. Syn. Raphidophora. 
is at present the only species in cultivation. 
EPISCIA. Calyx free, deeply five-cleft or five-parted, 
the lobes or segments entire or rarely toothed; corolla 
having five rounded, spreading lobes. To the species 
described on p. 517, Vol. I., the following should be added. 
See also Centrosolenia. 
E. cupreata metallica (metallic). 
tint. Colombia, 1869. 
E. densa (dense). jl. pale straw-coloured; corolla nearly 2in. 
long, slightly decurved, hairy, the lobes very short; racemes 
crowded on the arrested nodes of the stem, very short. October. 
l. few, crowded, 6in. to 10in. long, ovate-oblong, cuneate, 
rounded, or nearly cordate at base, bright blood-red beneath ; 
petioles stout, din. to 4in. long. Stem short. Demerara, 1895. 
(B. M. 7481.) 
E. maculata (spotted).* jt corolla yellow, spotted with brown, 
2in. long, remarkable in having one of the corolla lobes folded 
inwards and forming a lid-like valve to the tube ; cymes axillary, 
rather dense, September. /. ovate, 3in. to 6in. long, more or 
less recurved, paler beneath. Stems fleshy, trailing. British 
Guiana, 1890. A beautiful stove plant.. (B. M. 7131.) 
E. punctata (dotted). The correct name of Drymonia punctata. 
E. tessellata (tessellated), The correct name of Centrosolenia 
bullata. 
A synonym of Phyl- 
E. mirabile 
fl. of an orange-scarlet 
E. Luciani (I. H. 1876, t. 236), E. pulchella, and E. splendens 
have also been introduced. 
EQUAL. Resembling something else in all respects 
or in length only ; regular; symmetrical. 
EQUINOCTIAL. A term applied horticulturally to 
flowers that open and close at regular, stated intervals. 
ERAGROSTIS. Spikelets few- or many-flowered, 
compressed; lower palea three-nerved, neither hairy 
nor woolly, the upper one remaining after the rest of 
the flower has fallen. Leaves and sheaths smooth or 
hairy. Culms often branched. This genus is allied to Poa, 
ERANTHEMUM. Flowers white, pink, red, or lilac, 
variously disposed; calyx deeply five-cleft, the segments 
short, narrow, sub-eqnal; corolla tube elongated, the limb 
spreading, five-partite; stamens two. Leaves entire, or 
rarely deeply toothed. ‘To the species described on p. 518, 
Vol. I., the following should be added. Others formerly 
classed hereunder are now referred to Chameran- 
themum, Dedalacanthus, Fittonia, and Thyrsa- 
canthus. 
E. albiflorum (white-flowered). 7. snow-white, oppositely 
fascicled ; corolla tin. long; spike (with the peduncle) 6in. to 
12in. long, erect. July. J. oval-oblong, shortly cuspidate, 
cuneate at base, sessile, 44in. to 54in. long, lined on both sides. 
Stems 3ft. high. Brazil. (B. M. 4225.) 
E. borneénse (Borneo). _//l. crowded round the rachis, forming a 
conical] inflorescence ; calyx 4in. long ; corolla white, with a faint 
tinge of lemon, the tube lin. long, cylindric, the limb lin. in 
diameter, obscurely two-lipped, quite flat; spike 4in. to 6in. long; 
peduncle stout, erect. 7. 4in. to 6in. long, shortly petiolate, 
ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, rounded or acute at base, 
glabrous, studded with raphides. Borneo, 1882, A nearly 
glabrous shrub. (B. M. 6701.) 
E. hypocrateriforme (salver-shaped). 7. red, opproxtmaling 
corolla tube 1sin. long, the limb nearly salver-shaped ; spike 
terminal, 2in. to 3in. long; bracts bristly. J. ovate, attenuated 
at both ends, 14in. long, highly glabrous. Branches glabrous, 
ears tetragonal. estern tropical Africa, 1879. (B. M. 
E. indicum (Indian). According to C. B. Clarke, in the “ Flora 
of British India” (iv. 497) this is the correct name of Thyrsa- 
canthus indicus. SYN. Asystasia Thyrsacantha. 
E. palatiferum (palate-bearing). A synonym of F. cinna- 
barinum. (B. M. 5957, right-hand figure.) 
E. Parishii (Parish’s). The correct name of Z. crenulatum 
grandijlorwm (B. M. 5440). 
E. roseum (rosy). jl. of Bee deep rose-colour; corolla tube 
fin. long, the limb small; spike slender, terminal. J. ovate, 
acute, 4in, long, 2sin. broad, deep green above, with scattered 
golden powdering, blush-pink beneath; petioles 2in. long. 
Amazons, 1874. . H., 1876, t. 235.) 
E. velutinum (velvety). (fl. of a deep rose-pink, in long spikes ; 
tube slender, curved, lin. long. J. deep velvety olive-green, 
bullate. 1886. A distinct and pretty shrub. 
E. verbenaceum (Verbena-like), jl. white, opposite ; corolla 
tube twice as long as the calyx; spike terminal, simple or 
trifid. J. oblong, cuneate-attenuated at base, decurrent into the 
petioles, silvery-lined on both sides, glabrous. Stem lft. to 2ft. 
high, Bahia, 1862. 
In addition to the above species, the following garden plants 
may be named: eboracense, flowers white; marmoratum (R. G. 
t. 536, f. 2); nigrescens, leaves blackish-purple; and nigrum, 
leaves purplish (I. H. n.s., t. 404). 
ERANTHIS. UE. cilicica is a comparatively recent 
introduction to commerce, and eyen now is far from being 
abundant. From the well-known H. hyemalis it chiefly 
differs in being deeper as to colour, later in flowering, and 
in not being so pretty as to “‘collar.”’ Nor is it so robust 
of constitution. For all that it should be included in the 
early spring garden. 
ERCILLA. Syns. Apodostachys, Bridgesia.  This- 
genus, which is closely allied to ay lac now embraces 
two species, natives of Pern and Chili. Leaves alternate, 
petiolate, thickly coriaceous. 
For planting in dry soils, EZ. spicata is well adapted. 
Cuttings of young shoots root freely if taken off in July and 
inserted Be light soil on a warm border, and covered with a 
hand-light. 
ERECTO-PATENT. In a position intermediate 
between erect and spreading. 
EREMZZA (from eremos, solitary ; in allusion to the 
solitary style, or female organ). ORD. Myrtaceex. A small 
genus (five species) of greenhouse, bushy shrubs, closely 
allied to Calothamnus; they are restricted to Western 
Australia. Flowers sessile, solitary or few, surrounded by 
imbricated bracts. Leaves alternate, flat and Heath-like. 
G. fimbriata and G. pilosa (Syn. G. ericifolia) have been 
introduced, but it is doubtful if they are now in 
cultivation. 
EREMOPHILA (from eremos, solitary, and phileo, to 
love; in allusion to the plants being found in deserts). ORD. 
Myoporinee. A genus embracing nearly forty species 
of stoye shrubs or trees, all Australian. A few of the 
species haye been introduced, and two are described on 
p. 497, Vol. III., under Stenochilus, which modern 
authorities class under Lremophila. 
