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EPIMEDIUM (from epi, upon, akin to, and Median, 

 a plant, said to grow in Media ; a name from Dioscorides, 

 retained by Linnaeus). Barrenwort. OBD. Berberidece. 

 Ornamental hardy herbaceous perennials, with creeping 

 perennial trunks, and annual stems. Flowers various- 

 coloured. Leaves stalked, compound ; leaflets awnedly- 

 serrated. They form admirable plants for rockwork, and 

 will thrive in a compost of fresh loam and peat, in 

 equal proportions. Propagated by divisions of the root, 

 which should be made during July or August. 



FIG. 714. EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM. 



compose 



ES 



714. (Sy. En. B. 52.) 



. a. mbrtun (red). A synonym of E. rubrum 





The dwkespcie 

 CR M 3448 ) 



the genus. SYN. Acera 



There are several other garden forms, more or less distinct. 



allied to E. pinnatum. (B. M. 6509.) 

 . pinnatum (pinnate).* ft. bright yellow ; ruccme lax, simple, 



Epimedium continued. 



6in. long, twelve to twenty-flowered; peduncles about 6in. in 

 length. Summer. 1. radical, 1ft to lift, long, tripinnate ; leaf- 

 lets stalked, ovate-acute, serrated, k. Bin. to 2ft. Persia, 1848. 



lets stalked, orate-acute, serrated 

 A handsome strong-growing species. 



.s' 



ole lin or 2in below its apex ; outer sepals greyish, 

 s TdecWuousI inner sepals Wht crimson oblong-lanceolate 

 very convex on the back, spreading horizontally when the flower 



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pinwn in habit, but is more robust. 



(B. M. 5671.) 



EPIPACTIS (Epipaktis, a plant of Dioscorides ; from 

 epipegnuo, to coagulate ; referring to its effect on milk). 

 Helleborine. OBD. Orchidea. A genus ot eight species c 

 very pretty hardy Orchids, natives of Europe and Russian 

 Asia except the extreme north. Flowers purple, brown, 

 or white rarely tinged with red, in a loose raceme; 

 perianth spreading; petals ' shorter than the sepals, but 

 otherwise similar; lip free from the column thick and 

 concave at the base, the terminal portion broad and petal- 

 like with two protuberances at the base. Stem leafy. 

 They are of easy culture in shady woods, in friable loam 

 mixed with chalk, and form excellent subject* for natural- 

 ising in artificial bogs, or in moist peaty spots. Increased 

 by divisions. The two following species represent the 

 genus in Britain. 



i 



^ofbiculfr' o^te orblon P , embracing the stem. 



EPIPETALOUS. Growing on petals. 

 EPIPHLffiUM. The layer of bark immediately 

 below the epidermis. 

 EPIPHORA. A synonym of Polystachya (whio 



see). 



EPIPHYLLOUS. Growing upon a leaf. 



EPIPHYLLUM (from epi, upon, and phyllon, a leaf ; 

 the flow* ant ^om the flat branches which appear 

 like leaves). OBD. Cacte*. A genus of three species 

 of verT handsome, branched, slender, climbing stove sub- 

 shrub? all natives of Brazil. Flowers solitary, usually 



