AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 



519 



Eranthis continued. 



January to March. I. deeply divided ; involucre of three deeply- 

 cut leaves. JLSa. to Sin. Western Europe, 1596. See Fig. 717. 

 (Sy. F.n. B. ^o.) 



Flo. 717. 



i (Siberian).* 

 March and April. A. Sin. 



*. .yellow ; sepals five, oval, petal-like. 

 Siberia, 1826. 



(said to be the native Peruvian name). 

 OBD. Phytoloccacece. A hardy evergreen creeper, with 

 stalked, alternate, entire, sub-coriaceous leaves, adhering 

 to walls, &c., like Ivy. 

 E. spicata (spicate).* Jl. purplish, in dense sessile racemes. I. 



roundish-ovate. Chili, 1840. An excellent plant for covering 



walls. (G. C. n. s., ix.,p. 653.) 



EREMXA (from eremos, solitary ; in reference to the 

 seeds being solitary in the cells). OBD. Ericaceae. A 

 genus of about ten species of diffusely-branched, Heath- 

 like, greenhouse evergreen shrubs, natives of South 

 Africa. For cultivation, see Erica. 

 E. Totta (Hottentot). Jl. red, glomerate ; corolla nrceolar, with a 



small four-lobed limb. June. I. spreading, hispid from bristles. 



A. 2ft 1810. 



EREMOSTACHYS (from eremos, deserted, and 

 stachys, a spike ; alluding to the flowers growing in sparse 

 verticillate spikes). OBD. Labiates. Very pretty hardy 

 perennials. All are natives of Western and Central Asia. 

 Upper lip of corolla elongated, galeate, somewhat com- 

 pressed, attenuated at the base. Leaves pinnate or 

 pinnatifid. They are of very easy culture in a light rich 

 soil, and may be increased by division or seed. There are 

 about twenty-seven species in this genus, but that given 

 below is perhaps the only one in cultivation. 

 E. laoinlata (cut-leaved). Jl. yellow ; whorls ten to twenty-flowered, 

 upper ones approximate. July. L pinnatisect ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate or linear, deeply pinnatifld ; radical ones 6in. 

 long. Stems nearly simple. A. 1ft to IJft Levant 1731. 

 (B. R. 1845, 52.) 



EREMURUS (from eremos, solitary, and oura, a tail ; 

 referring to the flower-spike). OBD. Liliaceos. A genus 

 of about eighteen species of very pretty, hardy herba- 

 ceous, large, Hyacinth-like perennials, extending from 

 Asiatic Russia to Hindostan. Scape naked, terminating 

 in an elongated raceme of yellow or white flowers; 

 perianth segments narrow, spreading. Leaves radical, 

 linear. They are of easy culture, in moderately good 

 garden soil. Increased by divisions. 



E. himalaicns (Himalayan).* JL white, star-shaped ; scape lift, 

 to 2ft. in height, bearing a densely packed racem ' 

 shaped, acute, glabrous, entire, about lit in length. 



ensely packed raceme, i. strap- 

 , , - , about 1ft in length. Himalaya, 



188L (G. C. n. s. f xvi. 49.) 

 E. Korolkowl (Korolkow-s) is a rare and handsome specie*, from 



Central Asia, growing from 3ft to 4ft. high, and bearing immense 



spikes of bright rose flowers. 

 E OlRSB (Olga's). A. white, star-shaped, with projecting 



stamens; disposed in a long dense raceme^ Summer /. tufted, 



linear, scabrous, recurved. Turkestan, 188L (B. G. 1048.) 

 B. robustna (robust).' Jl. peach-coloured, disposed in an elongated 



racne on a naked scape, from 8ft. to 9ft in height /. 



formed, 4in. wide, and from 21ft to 3ft long. Turkes 



estan, 1874. 



(B. M. 6726 ; R, G. 769.) 



E spcctabilis (howy). rf- sulphur-coloured ; raceme elongated, 

 sub-cylindrical, many-flowered ; perianth divided to the very 

 base/with six ovate-elliptical, spreading, sulphur-colouwd sepals. 



inned. 



.-_.-.. ^J ; anthers oblong. 



L radical, linear-ligulate, glaucous-green si 

 and m ob*^rely ke-lS, sheathing at SseT k. 



Siberia, 1800 



ke*tmnicn(Turkestan)i Jt. reddish-brown ; perianth sec- 

 s margined with white; stamens much ex*ert*d racem* 

 longlnd dense, borne on a tall scape Tbroa'dST 



Turkestan. 188L (R G. 997.) 



(from erion, wool; the leaves of some of tht 

 species are downy). STK. Pinalia. Including Porjuw (of 

 Lindley). OBD. Orchidea. A genus of about 120 specie* 

 of stove epiphytal Orchids, natives of India, South China, 

 and the Malay Archipelago. They are allied to Stanhopea. 

 Flowers solitary or racemose, lateral or apparently ter- 

 minal on the leafy stems or pseudo-bulbs ; column short 

 produced at the base in a foot. Leaves variable. Few of 

 the species are grown, being generally more curious th^ n 

 pretty. For culture, tee Stanhopea. 

 tclavlcauli (club-stemmed). JL white ; lip bordered with pink. 



E. convallarioide* (Convallaria-like). JL white, 

 dense, oblong, drooping, on thort peduncles. August 



dX Jl. solitary, *in. to Jin. 

 long ; posterior sepal ovate, acute, white, or tinged with rose 

 lateral sepals obliquely ovate, acute, equalling the posterior sepal. 

 produced below and adnate to the column, forming an ex- 



tinguisher-like, obtuse or retuse, slightly curved, greenish-tipped 

 spur ; lateral petals oblong or ohltiyaohte. nearly equalling the 

 sepals, white or faint blush ; labellutn narrowed below into a 



ing the 



claw, with three suUprominent,"papilloae,"iongitudiiial 

 ridges, more or less orange below, and on the median line, trans- 

 versely blotched with rose-purple above. Birma, 187L A very 

 remarkable leafless species. (B. M. 5910.) 



Z. floribunda (bundle-flowered), rt. white, or tinged with red, 

 small, but very numerous, in pendulous racemes, not unfrequently 

 Sin. to lOin. long. Summer. I. lanceolate-acuminate. Stems 

 fleshy, rather flexuous, terete. Singapore. Borneo, 1842. (a B. 



(Nutmeg-bulbed). JL white, medium sire. 



sweet-scented ; racemes erect, shorter than the leaves ; bracts 

 about as long as the pedicel, oblong, acuminate, white, reflexed; 

 labellum forming a spur at its union with the produced base of 

 the column, three-lobed ; disk bearing two orange-coloured ** 

 September. 1. two, lanceolate-spathnlate. Fgeudo-bulb* aggre- 

 gated, oblong, green ; the old bulbs remain, and partake 

 of the shape of nutmegs (whence the specific name). Mou 

 1863. (B. M 5415.) 

 !. obeaa (fatX JL white, scarcely tinged with pale pink, very 

 much resembling those of Dendrobium^ racemes arising from the 



! pseudo-bulbs, Sin. to 4in. long ; labellum oblong, obscurely 

 three-lobed. February. L two, terminal. Pseudo-bulbs oblong. 

 oval, tapering at each end, 2in. to Sin. long and lin. broad fa (fit 

 thickest part Malayan Peninsnla, 1863. (B. M. 5391.) 

 . stellate (star-bearing). JL yellowish-red. stellate, in a long 

 curved raceme, 1ft to l|ft long, fragrant ; perianth pale yellow- 

 hiBtunliN. tfrmilnf; 



green ; sepah and f iihrti Mrij 



lip lanceolate, Umslobad. almost parallel with the col 



April. 1. two. broadly-lanceolate, marked with five longitudinal 

 ribs. A. 2ft Java OX 1837. A very desirable plant (RM. 



. 3605.) 



(clothed). Jl. reddish-brown without white within, 

 ; racemes long, pendulous, flexuous. I. coriaceous, 

 Indian Archipelago. 1869. Sr*. Dtndrobiu* ve- 

 titvm. (B. M. 5807.) 



ERIANTHTJS (from erion, wool, and anthot, a 

 flower ; referring to the tuft of hairs at the base of each 

 spikelet). STN. Pptdum. OBD. Qraminea. This genus 

 comprises about a doxen species of hardy and half-hardy 

 grasses, found in most warm regions. 



E. Ravenna (Ravenna)' is a very handsome and stately hardy 

 grass, from South Europe. Its foliage forms dense tufti in a light 

 soil ; the flowering stems sometimes attain a height of from 5ft 

 to 6ift, but these are only produced in very warm summers. It 

 is an excellent plant for the sub-tropical garden. 



(Erica, of Pliny, is altered from Enikt of 

 Theophrastus ; there is probably no ground for the ordinary 

 derivation from erico, or ereiko, to break). Heath. OBD. 

 Ericafeac. A very extensive genus (about 400 species) of 

 greenhouse or hardy evergreen, branching, wiry shrub*, 

 natives, for the most part, of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers usually nodding, axillary or terminal, fascicled or 

 racemose -. pedicels two to three-bracteate ; corolla persistent, 

 with a fonr-lobed limb ; stamens eight. Leave* opposite, 



