ELEPHANTOPUS, EUPATORIUM. 387 



175. ELEPHANTOPUS. 49. 55. 



carolinia'nus (elephant-foot r. Au. 4), radical and cauline leaves oblong, nar- 

 rowed at the base, pilose on both sides ; stem erect, pilose, leafy. 2 f. S. 



101. EPIG^EA. 18. 51. 



re'pens (trailing arbutus. O. r. & w. Ap. ^ ), stem creeping; branches and peti- 

 oles very hirsute ; leaves cordate-ovate, entire ; corolla cylindric. 



81. EPILOBIUM. 17. 88. 



spica'tum (willow herb. O. p. Ju. 4), leaves scattered, lance-linear, veiny, gla- 

 brous ; flowers unequal ; stamens declined. 4 6 



132. EPIPHEGUS. 40. 35. 



virginia'nus (beech drops, cancer root. O. y. p. Ju. 4), stem very branching ; 

 flowers alternate, distant ; calyx short, cup-form, shorter than the capsule. 

 The whole plant is yellowish- white and of a naked appearance. 8 12 i. S. 

 Astringent. 



211. EQUISETUM. 55.5. 



hyema'le (scouring rush. E, Ju. 4), stems erect, very scabrous, bearing spikes at 

 the apex ; sheaths 2 coloured, withering at the base and apex ; teeth with ca- 

 ducous awns. 2 3 f. S. 



81. ERICA. 18. 51. 



Exotic 



pubes"cens (downy heath, r. M.) corolla linear, pubescent, with the limb erect; 

 capsule glabrous ; leaves fringed. 



172. ERIGERON. 49.55. 



belUdifo'lium (O. w-p. M 4), hairy, gray ; radical leaves obovate, sub-serrate ; 

 stem leaves remote, oblong-ovate, araplexicaul, entire ; stem 3-5 flowered ; 

 rays nearly twice as long as the hemispherical calyx. 12 18 i. S. 

 phiktdel"phicum (O, w-p. J. 4), pubescent; leaves wedge-oblong, sub-serrate; 

 cauline ones half-clasping ; ray florets capillary, as long as the disk ; stem 

 branched above, many flowered, 2 3 f. <S. 



155. ERODIUM. 14. 73. 



Exotic, 

 cico'nmm (stork-bill geranium. ), peduncled many flowered ; leaves pinnate ; 



leafets pinnatifid, toothed; petals oblong, obtuse; stem ascending. 

 cicuta'rium (hemlock geranium, p. Ap. ), peduncles many flowered; leaves 

 pinnate ; leafets sessile, pinnatifid, gashed ; corolla larger than the calyx ; 

 stem prostrate, hirsute. 



moscha'tum (musk geranium. ), peduncles many flowered; leaves pinnate; 

 leafets sub-petioled, oblong, gash-toothed ; petals equalling the calyx ; stem 

 procumbent. 



142. ERYSIMUM. 39. 63. 



ampWium (water radish. O. y. J. 4), silique (or rather sillicle) oblong ovate, 

 declined ; leaves lance oblong, pinnatifid or serrate , petals longer than the 

 calyx. Wet. 12 f. S. 



palus"tre (y. Ju. ), leaves lyrate pinnatifid; lobes confluent, unequally dentate, 

 smooth ; petals as long as the calyx ; siliques short turgid ; root spindle- 

 torm. 18i. S. 



61. ERYTHRONIUM. 11. 14. 



america'num* (dog tooth violet, adder's tongue. O. y. Ap. 4), leaves lance ova* 1 , 

 punctate ; petals oblong lanceolate, obtuse at the point ; inner ones 2 dentate 

 near the base; style clavate ; stigma entire, (stigmas 3.) 6 8 i. 



132. EUCHROMA. 40. 40. 



cocci nea (painted cup. O. y. & r. J. $ ), leaves alternate, linear, gash pinnatifid : 

 'divisions linear ; bracts dilated, generally 3 cleft, longer than the flowers ; 

 calyx 2 cleft, about equal to the corolla ; divisions retuse, emarginate. 

 Mowers yellow, with scarlet bracts. One variety, pollens, has yellow 

 bracts. 10 16 i. S. 



171. EUPATORIUM. 49. 55. 



Calyxes more than 5 flowered, 

 purpu'reum (purple thorough-wort, joe-pye. O. p. Au. 4), leaves in fours or 



* Called by some writers dens cam's. 



