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Erigeron continued. 



yellow; peduncles single-flowered; involucre hemispherical. 

 Summer and autumn, t. sessile, oblong, acute, entire, ciliated 

 at the margin, the rest glabrous, dark green, marked with 

 nerves, which commence near the base and run upwards, nearly 

 parallel with the midrib ; radical ones spathulate, tapering into 

 long slender stalks. Stem herbaceous, IJft. high, rounded, 

 striated, glabrous, erect, and branched upwards in a corymbose 

 manner. Western North America. Perennial. (B. M. 3606, 

 and B. R. 1577, under name of Stenactit tpeciota.) 



ERIXOSMA. See Leucoium. 



ERINUS (Erinos, a plant mentioned by Dioscorides). 

 OED. Scrophularinece. A very pretty tufted alpine plant, 

 suitable for growing (in dwarf positions) on well- drained 

 rockwork, amongst stony or gritty peat and loam, or on 

 brick walls, in which situations it is easily established 

 by sowing the seed in earthy holes and crevices. When 

 the plants are developed, the seeds become self-sown, 

 and the produce from these withstand the winter best. 

 It may also be propagated by division. 



E. alpinus (alpine).* ft. purple, alternate; racemes simple, 

 terminal, sub-corymbose. March to June. I. tufted, spathulate, 

 deeply serrated, hairy, h. bin. to 6in. Mountains of Western 

 Europe (naturalised here and there in Britain), 1739. (B. M. 

 310.) There is also a white-flowered variety. 



ERIOBOTRYA. Included under Photinia (which 



see). 



ERIOCALIA MAJOR. See Actinotus Helianthi. 

 ERIOCAULON (from erion, wool, and kaulos, a stem; 

 alluding to the woolly scapes of some species). Pipe- 

 wort. STNS. Randalia, Sphcerochloa, Symphachne. OBD. 

 Eriocaulonece. A genus of about a hundred species 

 of widely distributed aquatic or marsh plants. None 

 are in cultivation except in botanic gardens. The only 

 European representative of the genus is E. septangulare, 

 an inconspicuous plant, which, in the Old World, is only 

 found in lakes in Skye and the West of Ireland. 



ERIOCAULONE2E. A natural order of marsh 

 plants, having minute flowers and principally radical 

 leaves. They are, for the most part, natives of South 

 America. The typical genus is Eriocaulon. There are 

 eix genera and 325 species. 



ERIOCHILUS (from erion, wool, and cheilos, a lip ; 

 referring to the disk of the labellum or lip being 

 pubescent). OKD. Orchidece. A genus of five species 

 of pretty greenhouse terrestrial Orchids, from Australia. 

 They thrive in a compost of light turfy loam, peat, and 

 sand, in equal proportions, and may be increased by 

 division of the roots. 



E. autnmnalis (autumnal). ./?. pink, solitary, or two or three 

 rather distant ; labellum about half as long as the lateral sepals, 

 with an erect, concave, narrow claw. October. 1. radical, ovate, 

 acute, usually dying away before the time of flowering. A. 6in. 

 1823. A slender plant. Sra. Epipaetis eucuUata. (H. F. T. 

 120.) 



E. dilatatns (dilated), ft. resembling those of E. autumnali*, 

 one or two, rarely three ; lip much shorter, the claw erect, with 

 slightly prominent rounded lateral lobes. May. L linear-h 

 late, sessile, and stem-clasping, h. 6in. to 12in. 

 or two varieties of this species. 



This closely resembles 



The habit and 



foliage are the same, but the flowers are more numerous and 

 rather smaller. March. 

 E. scaber (rough), ft. pink one to three ; sepals and petals rather 

 shorter and broader than in E. autumnali*, but otherwise with 

 the same proportions; labellum claw distinctly produced into 

 small, erect, rounded lateral lobes. September. I radical, ovate 

 or cordate, usually persisting at the base of the flowering stem. 

 Closely allied to E. autumnalu. 



ERIOCNEMA (from erion, wool, and Tmeme, a leg; 

 alluding to the hairy stalks). OBD. Melastomacea. A 

 genus containing a couple of species of stove herbaceous 

 plants, natives of South Brazil. Flowers white, small, 

 few, in umbels at the end of a naked stalk. Leaves 

 oval, heart-shaped at the base, and clothed with rusty 

 hairs. For culture, see Bertolonia. 

 E, fulrum (reddiah-yellow). ft. pink. June. A. 6in. 1850. 



There are one 



E. multlfloms (many - flowered). This closely r 

 dilatatue, of which it is probably only a variety. T 

 foliage are the same, but the flowers are more m 



Eriocnema continued. 

 E. marmoratnm (marbled), ft. rose. 

 variegated, h. 4in. 1850. (L. & P. F. G. L 



ERIOCOMA. 



May. L beautifully 

 Z?.) 



See Montanoa. 



ERIODENDRON (from erion, wool, and dendron, 

 a tree ; alluding to the capsule being filled with a fine 

 woolly substance). OBD. Malvaceae. A genus of about 

 eight species of very fine stove evergreen trees, with 

 spongy wood. One species is found in the Old World; 

 the rest are tropical American. Flowers large, singly 

 or in clusters from the sides or tops of the branches. 

 Leaves palmate. They thrive best in a rich loamy soil; 

 and should be raised from seeds, sown in a sandy soil, 

 in heat 



E. antVaetnoswn (curled). . clothed with silky wool on 

 the outside and yellowish on the inside. I., leaflet* five, seven, 

 or eight, entire, or serrulated above, lanceolate, cuspidate. 

 Trunk usually prickly. A. 100ft West Indies, 1739. 



(Caribean). 

 with a delightful, but 



ft, conspicuous, _ 

 at fragrance, either solitary or 



two or three together in a short kind of panicle, for the most 

 part axillary towards the ends of the branches ; petals five, of 



a pale primrose or cream colour 

 their base of a 

 their middle. 



e or cream colour, with the part a lit 

 deep purplish -red, spreading m streaks 

 I. palmate, deciduous ; leaflets from five 



little above 

 towards 

 to seven. 



oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth and shining above, opaque 

 and paler, with a faint bluish tinge beneath ; midrib yellow, pro- 

 minent West Indies. Plant smooth, except the flower. An 

 extremely elegant, but at the same time curious-looking, high tree. 



E. leiantherum (smooth-flowered), ft. white, sub-terminal and 

 lateral at the tops of the branches, large, woolly on the out- 

 side. I., leaflets five to seven, ovate, cuspidate, quite entire. 

 A. 70ft Brazil, 18ia 



ERIOGONUM (from erion, wool, and gonu, a joint; 

 joints of the stems downy). OBD. Polygonacea. A genus 

 of rather pretty summer-flowering hardy annuals and 

 herbaceous or somewhat woody perennials. There are 

 about 100 species, natives of North-western America. 

 Flowers perfect, involncrate ; stamens nine, upon the base 

 of the perianth. Leaves radical, alternate or verticillate, 

 entire, without stipules. They thrive in a loamy-peat 

 soil, and may be increased by division or seed. 



E. eom 

 I. stal 



positum (compound), ft. dull white or rose-coloured; 

 ked, densely tomentose beneath, greener above, oblong- 

 ovate, cordate at base ; peduncles erect, stout, bin. to 18in. high, 



nearly glabrous. Perennial. (B. R. 1774.) 



E. corymbosnm (corymbose), ft. white to deep rose, rarely 

 yellow. J. ovate to oblong-lanceolate; umbel stiff, broadly 

 cymose ; involucres mostly sessile. A. 1ft Perennial. 



E. stellatnm (starred). /. yellow, frequently hi loose com- 

 pound umbels. I. two or three, arising from the scape, exactly 

 resembling those of Static* oUtfolia, slightly downy, and 

 only so beneath. A. 6in. to 12in. Interior of North-west America. 

 (H. F. B. A. iL 177.) 



E. umbeUatum (umbellate), ft. yellow. 1. obovate to oblong. 

 spathulate or oblanceolate, more or less tomentose, lll|Hifanj 

 beneath. A. 3in. to 12inT 



ERIOFHORUM (from erion, wool, and phoreo, to 

 bear; heads cottony). Cotton Grass. Including Tricho- 

 phorum. OBD. Cyperacece. A genus (confined to North 

 temperate and Arctic regions) of about a dozen species of 

 pretty bog plants, closely allied to Scirpus, but differing 

 from it in that the hypogynoua bristles, as the flowering 

 advances, protrude to a great length beyond the spikelets, 

 forming silky-cottony tufts, whence the common name. 

 They can be naturalised with great success by the margins 

 of ponds, &o., or in the boggy spots of the wild garden. 



E. alplnnm (alpine). This plant resembles Scirput eeetmtotut, 

 with the exception of having long bristles. Northern hemisphere 

 (probably now extinct in Britain). 



E. vasflnatum (sheathed), ft., spikelet solitary, terminal, ovoid, 

 six to eight lines long, deep olive-green ; hypogynous bristles 

 numerous to each flower, forming cottony tufta, nearly globular. 

 Stems tufted, 1ft high, or more, covered at the base with a 

 few loose ragged sheaths, one of which bears linear, almost 

 subulate leaves. Northern hemisphere (Britain, but especially 

 abundant in Scotland and Ireland). 



ERIOPHYLLT7M (from erion, wool, and phyllon, a 

 leaf; woolly-leaved). OBD. Compotita. A genus of 

 about a dozen species of mostly flooooce herbs, rarely 



