356 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
EUDOLON. A synonym of Strumaria (which see). 
EUDOXIA. A synonym of Gentiana (which see). 
EUFRAGIA. Included under Bartsia (which see). 
EUGEISSONA (from eu, good, and geisson, the 
projecting part of a roof; in allusion to the purpose to 
which the leaves are said to be put). Orp. Palme. A genus 
embracing about half-a-dozen species of unarmed, tufted, 
monocarpic, spinous, stove Palms, all natives of the 
Malayan Archipelago, and allied to Plectocomia (which 
see for culture of the only species introduced). Flowers 
large, coriaceous, solitary or in twos or threes, the females 
the larger; spadix terminal, erect, thyrse-like, clothed 
below with flagelliferous leaf-sheaths. Leaves pinnatisect ; 
leaflets lanceolate ; rachis armed, not flagelliferous. 
E. tristis (sad). . lin. to ljin. long, terminal on the flexuous 
branches of the spadix ; bracts many, closely imbricated ; spadix 
4ft. to 6ft. long, the sheaths and spathes armed. J. 15ft. to 
20ft. long; leaflets many, 2ft. to 24ft. long, narrow-lanceolate, 
subulate, acuminate, the midrib bristly above ; petioles 7ft. to 
10ft. long, armed with flat, brown spines. Stems densely tufted, 
yery short, or wanting. Malay Peninsula and Penang. 
EUGENIA. Including Jossinia. Of the 700 species 
described, probably not more than 500 are distinct as such; 
they are found most plentifully in tropical and sub-tropical 
America and tropical Asia, and less copiously in Australia 
and Africa. Inflorescence centripetal or centrifugal. Leaves 
opposite, coriaceous or membranons, penniveined. To the 
species described on p. 538, Vol. I., the following should be 
added. Several of the alterations of nomenclature are 
based on the ‘Index Kewensis.”’ 
E. apiculata (apiculate). The correct name of Myrtus Lwna. 
E. caryophyllata (Clove-tree). The correct name of the plant 
deseribed on p. 274, Vol. L., as Caryophyllus aromaticus. 
E, Chequen (Chequen). The correct name of Myrtus Cheken. 
E. cotinifolia (Cotinus-leaved). The correct name of EF. orbicu- 
lata. SYN. Jossinia elliptica. 
E. fragrans (fragrant). The correct name of Myrtus fragrans. 
E. Garberi (Garber’s). #l. white, disposed in small, axillary 
clusters. /. ovate-oblong. Florida, 1889. A tree, attaining 50ft. 
to 60ft., and with a trunk 15ft. in diameter, in its native country. 
(G. & F. 1889, ii., p. 28, f. 87.) 
E. Guabiju (native name). . white, sweet-scented, solitary, 
axillary; corolla of four petals; stamens very numerous. 
Jr. Dlackish-blue, pruinose, edible, about tbe size of a Cherry. 
1, opposite, coriaceous, ovate, acute, with a black point, entire, 
dark green above, much paler beneath. Uruguay. A bushy 
shrub. (R. H. 1897, p. 304.) 
E. Jambolana (Jambolana). jl. numerous, sweet-scented ; 
panicles lateral below the leaves, rarely axillary and terminal. 
August. jr. purple, olive-shaped, varying in size from a pea to 
a@ pigeon’s egg. l. ovate or oblong, obtuse, 3in. to 6in. long, 
acuminate, smooth and shining. Tndia’ to Australia, 1796. A 
tree of considerable size. Syn. Syzygium Jambolanum. 
E. Luma (Luma). A synonym of E. apiculata. 
E. Michelli. The correct name is 2. unijlora. 
E. orbiculata. The correct name is EF. cotinifolia. 
E. Pimenta is synonymous with Piimenta oficinalis. 
E. uniflora (one-flowered). The correct name of E. Michelli, 
E. Korthalsiana and E. magnijica are rare in cultivation. 
EULALIA. When planted ont Enlalias make most 
effective lawn plants. The variegated kinds are best for 
pots, which may be kept in an unheated house. Spring 
is the time to divide the plants for purposes of increase. 
To the species and varieties described on p. 538, Vol. I., 
the following should be added: 
E. japonica (Japanese). 
stnensts, 
E. j. gracillima (very slender). This variety is distinguished 
from the type by its slender habit. 1888. 
E. j. §. univittata (one-striped). 7. long, gracefully bent, with 
a eee band along the centre. Japan, 1889. An ornamental 
variety. 
EULEUCUM. A synonym of Corema (which see). 
EULOPHIA. Syn. Orthochilus. This genus embraces 
nearly fifty species. To those described on pp. 538-9, 
Vol. I., the following should be added : 
E. bella (pretty). A synonym of Lissochilus milanjianus. 
E. bicolor (two-coloured), of Reichenbach. 
EB. Zeyheri. 
i. campestris (fieldoving). jl. many, sub-secund; sepals 
yellow or green, striped with pink, Jin. to Zin. long; petals 
The correct name is Miscanthus 
A synonym of 
Eulophia—continued. 
narrower ; lip as long as the sepals, the mid-lobe usually purple; 
scape 6in. to 18in. long, stout or slender, springing from a 
deformed tuber. Plains of India. 
E. carinata (keeled). A synonym of E. virens. 
E. congoénsis (Congo). A synonym of EF. guineénsis. 
EE. defiexa (deflexed), jl. 2in. across, disposed in a lax raceme; 
sepals and petals purple and lilac ; lip fringed with white ; scape 
aft. high. Jd. lanceolate, about 1ft. long. Natal, 1895. 
E. explanata (made plain). #. purple and yellowish, spreading, 
Zin. to Zin. across; lip sessile, somewhat panduriform; spur 
broadly conical; scape 4in. to 8in. long, ten- to twelve-flowered. 
7. very young at the flowering period, surrounded at base by 
broad sheaths. Nepal. 
E. gigantea (gigantic). A synonym of Lissochilus giganteus. 
E. guineensis purpurata (purple).* /. 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. Ledienii (Ledien’s). jl. pale brownish-green, with two pale 
purple blotches on the sides of the lip; sepals and petals 
nearly sin. long; raceme lax, 3in. to 6in. long; scape Sin. to 15in. 
long. 7¢. oblong-lanceolate, 6in. to l5in. long. Pseudo-bulbs 
ljin. or more jong. Tropical Africa, 1888. Syn. E. maculata 
(R. G. 1888, t.. 1285). 
E. Mackaiana (Mackay’s). <A 
Mackayi. 
E. Mackenii (MacKen’s). This resembles E. Ledienii, but has 
broader leaves and flower segments. Natal, 1892. 
E. maculata (spotted). A synonym of E. Ledienii. 
E. megistophylia (largest-leaved). #. 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. 7. more 
than lft. long and Yin. broad, petiolate, cuneate-oblong, acute. 
Comoro Islands, 1885. A striking species. (R. H. 1887, p. 87.) 
E. monophylia (one-leaved). This resembles HE. Ledienii, but 
the leaves are of a peculiar grey, suffused with a coppery tint, 
and with a few olive-green spots arranged in irregular transverse 
bands. 
E. nuda (naked). ji. rosy-lilac, green, or purple, rather large; 
sepals lin. long, linear-oblong; petals many-nerved; raceme 
elongated, many-flowered ; scape stout, lft. to 3ft. long. 7. 10in. 
to 14in. long, elliptic-lanceolate. Tuber large. Tropical Hima- 
laya, 1891. 
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 
many-flowered, equalling the leaves. /. oblong-lanceolate. Isle of 
Bourbon, 1884. he typical plant is not in cultivation. 
E. Saundersiana (W. Wilson Saunders’). 7. green, the petals 
and lip having a few broad, black lines, the centre of the sepals 
black ; lip Sin. to 6in. long, four-lobed ; racemes 4in. to 6in. long, 
many-flowered ; scapes erect, lft. to 2ft. high. Jl. petiolate, 
elliptic-oblong, Sin. to Qin. long. Pseudo-bulbs two-leaved. 
Tropical Africa, before 1864. (R. X. O. ii., t. 173.) 
E. seripta (marked). #7. green, brown, and yellow, rather 
showy; sepals and petals ea oblates lip three-parted ; spur 
very short ; scape radical, branched. J/. linear-lorate, somewhat 
distichous. Stem fleshy, oblong. Madagascar, &c., 1872. 
E. streptopetala (twisted-petaled). A synonym of Lissochilus 
streptopetalus. 
E. Wendlandiana (Wendland’s). fl. disposed in a raceme 
l6in. long; sepals pale green, linear; petals white; lip green, 
with faleate lateral lobes. J. three or four at the summit of the 
pseudo-bulbs, 2ft. long, lanceolate, acute. Pseudo-bulbs 2sin. 
long. Madagascar, 1897. 
E. Zeyheri (Zeyher’s). jl. pale golden-yellow, with dark purple 
side-lobes and base to the lip, crowded at the top of the scape; 
sepals lin. long. April. 7. as long as the scape, narrow- 
lanceolate, acuminate. h. lft. to 14ft. Natal, &e. (B. M. 7330.) 
Syn. E. bico'or (of Reichenbach). 
Several other species are in cultivation in botanical establish- 
ments, but they have little decorative value. 
EULOPHIELLA (a diminutive of Eulophia). Orp. 
Orchidex. A small genus (two species) of stove Orchids, 
allied to Cyrtopodium, from which wey differ in habit, and. 
in the absence of a mentum, the perianth being hemispherical 
and equally rounded at base ; they are natives of Madagascar. 
For culture, see Cyrtopodium. 
BE. Elizabethw, of which such great things were expected 
on its introduction, has proved somewhat disappoint- 
ing. The more recently introduced E. Peetersiana is a 
remarkable Orchid, resembling to a very great extent the 
members of the genus Lissochilus. These plants require a 
hot, moist position in the stoye house, but the creeping 
nature of the rhizome renders them somewhat difficult 
synonym of Zuygopetalum 
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