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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
EUPITHECIA RECTANGULATA. Sce Green 
Pug Moth. 
EUPTERYX PICTA. See Potato—Insect Pests. 
EUPYRENA. A synonym of Timonius (which see). 
EURHOTIA. A synonym of Cephaelis (which see). 
EUROTIA (from ewros, ewrotos, mould ; the long, slender 
hairs on the bracts resemble mould overgrowing the plant). 
Syns. Ceratospermum (of Persoon), Guldenstedtia, Krasche- 
ninnikova. ORD. Chenopodiaceer, A small genus (three 
species) of small, hardy shrubs or herbs, natives of Western 
and Central Asia, North-west America, &c., closely allied 
to Grayia (which see for culture). Flowers minute; males 
densely spicate at the tips of the branchlets; females 
axillary. Fruit compressed. Leaves small, alternate or 
fascicled, obtuse, entire, with recurved margins. Only one 
of the species calls for description here. 
E. lanata (woolly). fr. reddish; calyx (when fruiting) woolly- 
tomentose. 7, narrow-linear, whitish-grey. Western North 
America, 1894. An erect shrub, with thickly-felted twigs. 
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 be added : 
E. vitiensis (Fiji). f. 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. A form of E. japonica. 
E. Jacquemartii (R. H. 1869, p. 369), a Japanese species, has 
also been grown in Continental gardens. 
EURYALE. Anvneslea (of Roxburgh) is synonymous 
with this monotypic genus. Berries 2in. to 4in. in 
diameter; seeds varying in size from a Pea to a Cherry, 
much eaten in India when roasted. 
EURYANDRA. A synonym of Tetracera (which 
see). 
EURYANGIUM. Included under Ferula (which 
see). 
EURYBIOPSIS. A synonym of Vittadinia (which 
see). 
EURYCLES. Only the two species described on 
p. 542, Vol. I., are included in this genus. Flowers white, 
many in an umbel; stamens inserted at the throat of the 
tube, shorter than the sub-eqnal, ascending segments; 
filaments bordered in the lower half, united into a more or 
less distinct cup. Leaves broad, petiolate, with lax, 
arcuated main veins. Bulb tunicated. 
E. sylvestris (wood-loving). The correct name of E. amboin- 
ensis. 
EURYGANIA, Flowers rather large, disposed in 
axillary racemes or corymbs, rarely solitary, nodding or 
pendulous ; calyx five-lobed or five-toothed; corolla terete, 
tubular, or conico-tubular, the limb contracted, five-lobed. 
Leaves alternate, thickly coriaceous, persistent, shortly 
petiolate, entire or obscurely serrated. 
EURYOPS (from euryops, having large eyes; in 
allusion to the conspicuons flowers of some of the species). 
Orv. Composite. A genus embracing about twenty-seven 
species of mostly greenhouse or half-hardy, shrubby plants, 
allied to Othonna; one is found in Arabia and Abyssinia, 
and the rest are South African. Flower-heads yellow, 
heterogamons, radiate ; pappus in many series, caducous, 
formed of rough bristles ; disk florets tubular, five-toothed, 
perfect. Leaves alternate, often clustered, entire, incised, 
or pinnatisect. For culture, see Othonna. : 
E. abrotanifolius (Southernwood-leaved), _l.-heads on terminal 
peduncles three or four times longer than the leaves. January 
to March. J. lin. to 2in. long, densely crowded, pinnati-partite ; 
lobes mostly alternate, distant, entire, linear-filiform, spreading 
or recurved. h. 2ft. to 3ft. South Africa. A strong bush. 
SYN. Othonna abrotanifolia (B. R. 108; L. B. C. 1698), — 
E. pectinatus (comb like). The correct name of Othonna 
pectinata. : 
E. virgineus (virgin-like). (/.-heads the size of peas; peduncles 
luin. long. October. JU. sessile, crowded, 4in. long, flat, cuneate, 
sharply and deeply three- to five-toothed. Branches long, 
slender, kh. lft. to 2ft. South Africa, 1821, Syn. Othonna 
flabellifolia (L. B. C. 728). 
EURYTHALIA. A synonym of Gentiana (which 
see). 
EUSIPHO. A synonym of Cyrtanthus (which see). 
_ EUSTEPHIA (from eu, well, and sfephos, a crown; 
in allusion to the circle of stamens), Orp. Amaryllidex. 
A monotypic genus. The species, EH. coccinea, is the 
plant described on p. 89, Vol. III., as Phedranassa rubro- 
viridis, 
EUSTOMA. Syn. Urananthus (in part). Corolla tube 
short, broadly campanulate, deeply five- or six-cleft, the 
lobes oblong or obovate, twisted; stamens five or six. 
E. ip (Silene-leaved). The correct name of EF. eralt- 
atum,. 
EUSTREPHUS BROWNII. A 
E. latifolius. 
EUSTYLIS. A synonym of Nemastylis (which 
see). 
EUTACTA. Included under Araucaria (which see). 
EUTAXIA. Flowers axillary, solitary or in groups 
of two to four, often crowded at the tips of the branches. 
E. empetrifolia is the correct name of Sclerothamnus 
microphyllus. 
EUTERPE. In addition to the species described on 
p. 543, Vol. I., EB. speciosa, E. stenophylla, and E. sylvestris 
are grown in the Kew Collection, but are not generally 
cultivated in English gardens. 
synonym of 
E. montana, The correct name is Prestoea montana. 
EUTHAMIA. Included nnder Solidago (which see), 
the correct name of E. graminifolia being S. lanceolata. 
Sa cor A synonym of Bouteloua (which 
see). 
EUXENIA. A synonym of Podanthus (which see), 
the correct name of FE. grata being P. ovatifolius. 
EUXOLUS. Included under Amarantus (which 
see). 
EVALLARIA. A 
(which see). 
EVANSIA. Included under Iris (which see), 
EVEA. A synonym of Cephaelis (which see), 
EVERGREEN. A term applied to certain subjects 
whose foliage does not decay in winter, or that remains 
in an Evergreen condition until the new foliage is 
developed. 
Ge ee FLOWER. See also Gnapha- 
ium. 
EVESHAM MOTH. This name is sometimes used 
for the Winter Moth (Cheimatobia brumata). Itis, however, 
an inappropriate one for so widespread a pest, and one quite 
as abundant elsewhere as in the particular locality suggested 
by the name Evesham. 
EVODIA (from evodia, sweet scent; in allusion to the 
odour of the leaves). Including Tetradium. ORD. 
Rutacee. A genus embracing about twenty-two species of 
unarmed, stove, evergreen trees or shrubs, natives of 
tropical Asia, the Pacific and East African Islands, and 
Australia. Flowers small, in panicled, axillary cymes, 
unisexual; sepals four or five, imbricated ; petals four or 
five, sessile; stamens four or five. Leaves opposite, 
simple, one- to three-foliolate, or impari-pinnate, quite 
entire. E. triphylla has been introduced, but is probably 
lost to cultivation. 
E. fraxinifolia (Ash-leaved). 
trichotomum. 
EVODIA (of Gertner). 
(which see). 
EVOLVULUS. Syns. Cladostyles, Meriana. This 
genus includes about seventy species, mostly American. 
About a dozen have been introduced, but most of them are 
lost to cultivation. 
EVOSMUS, or EUOSMUS (of Nuttall). 
under Lindera (which see). 
EXACUM. LE. macranthum is a form of E. zeylan- 
icum. EE, viscosum is now classed under Ixanthus 
(which see). 
synonym of Polygonatum 
The correct name of Tetradium 
A synonym of Ravensara 
Included 
