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Eulopliia continued. 



E. euglossa (pretty -lipped). /., sepals and petals green, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal, spreading 

 segments semi-ovate, acute, greenish-yellow 



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lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal, spreading ; lip trifld ; latenil 

 segments semi-ovate, acute, greenish-yellow ; middle segment 

 semi-oblong, acute, somewhat crisp, white, with some radiating 



purple streaks on the base; spur clavate, green. I. cuneate- 

 oblong, acute, 1ft. long. Old Calabar, 1866. A rather curious 

 lant, requiring plenty of heat to flower it successfully. (B. M. 



plant, 



E. gnineensis (Guinea), fl. whitish-pink; lip membranous, 

 complete ; spur ascending. May to November. I. lanceolate, 

 nerved, h. 1ft. Sierra Leone, 1822. 



E. HelleUorlna (Helleborine). See Habenaria Helleborina. 



E. macrostacbya (large-spiked), fl. shortly pedicellate, lin. in 



Eunomia continued. 



contains a couple of species (both natives of the moun- 

 tainous regions of Asia Minor) of very pretty little 

 half-hardy evergreen sub-shrubs, admirably adapted for 

 rockwork. Increased by cuttings, placed under a glass, 

 in summer; or by seeds, sown in a similar situation, in 

 spring. 



E. oppositifolia (opposite-leaved), fi. white ; racemes ten or 

 twelve-flowered, terminal. June. L opposite, almost orbicular, 

 entire, smooth. Stem decumbent, branched, h. bin. to 12in. 

 1827. 



EUONYMUS (Euonomon, the name given to this 

 plant by Theophrastus, from eu, good, and onoma, a 



FIG . 740^LAu!TpONiCA ZEBR..NA, .owing Foliage, and Fully-expanded and Young Inflorescence, 





*, n eqSal, a oblong, bluntly pointed, 



conical. Pseudo-bulbs roundish-ovate 2m. to 

 several narrow grassy leaves. Ceylon, 18oo. 



name) Spindle-tree. OBD. Celastrineas. A genus of 

 interesting hardy or half-hardy, deciduous or evergreen, 

 trees or shrubs. Flowers small, often greenisn or p 

 plish; peduncles axillary. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 entire, or serrate. Branches terete. They are of very 

 easy culture in any ordinary garden soil, and form 

 cellent subjects for low, close fences, or shrubber 

 The species with variegated leaves are well suited as 

 edgings to large beds. Propagated readily by cuttings, 

 about Sin. in length, of the last season's growth ; t 

 should be inserted in a fine compost of loam and IIOO, 

 in early autumn. 



