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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 



Euphorbia continued. 



are well worthy a place in the wild garden, and in the margins of 

 shrubberies. 



The following is a list of species sometimes grown in company 

 with succulent plants : abyssinica, anacantha, antiguorum, aphylla, 

 canariensis, capensis, Caput-Medusce, erosa, globosa, (jrandicornis, 

 grandidens, hystrix, imbricata, mammularis, mauritanica, nerii- 

 folia, oficinarum, pendula, resinifera, scolopendria, serpens, tguar- 

 rosa, trigona, xylophylloides. 



EUFHORBIACEJE. A very large order of trees, 

 shrubs, or herbs, usually abounding in milky juice. The 

 species are found in all except Arctic climates. Flowers 

 one-sexual, bracteate or involucrate, sometimes achlamy- 

 deous. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple, often stipulate. 

 Well-known genera are: Euphorbia, Jatropha, Ricinus, 

 and Phyllanthus. There are about 200 genera and 3000 

 species. 



EUPHRASIA (from euphraino, to delight; plants 

 supposed to cure blindness). Eyebright. OBD. Scrophu- 

 larineoe. Dwarf herbs. Flowers white, yellow, or purple, 

 in dense, secnnd, or interrupted bracteate spikes. Leaves 

 opposite, toothed or cut. About twenty species belong to 

 this genus, but none are of sufficient horticultural value 

 to merit mention here. 



EUFODIUM. See Marattia. 



EUPOM ATI A ( from eu, well, and poma, a lid >' 

 calyptra covering the flower before expansion, in the 

 manner of an extinguisher). OBD. Anonacece. This ex- 

 clusively Australian genus contains a couple of species 

 of fine greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Peduncles short, 

 one-flowered, terminal or lateral. Leaves 

 alternate, entire, shortly petiolate. They 

 thrive in a compost of sandy peat and 

 fibry loam. Cuttings of ripened shoots 

 will root in sandy soil, if placed under 

 a hand glass. 



E. Bennettil (Bennett's). A. solitary, termi- 

 nal, on a short peduncle above the last leaf, 



when fully expanded rather more than lin. in 



diameter. I. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, or 



acute, Sin. to 5in. long, narrowed at the base 



into a short petiole, which is again enlarged 



at the base, and shortly decurrent on the 



stem, leaving oblique raised lines when they 



fall off. h. 1ft. to 2ft. (B. M. 4848, under 



name of E. laurina.) 

 E. laurina (Laurel-like), fl. greenish-yellow ; 



peduncles one-flowered, axillary. I. oblong, 



coriaceous, h. 4ft. 1824. 



EURYA (from eurys, large; wrongly 

 applied to the flowers, which are com- 

 paratively small). STN. Geeria. OBD. 

 Ternstrdmiaceai. Above thirty forms be- 

 longing to this genus have been described, 

 but probably not more than ten or a 

 dozen are specifically distinct, the rest 

 being merely varieties, mostly of E. jo- 

 ponica. They are very ornamental half- 

 hardy or greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 with axillary pedicels. All are natives 

 of Japan, China, the Indian Archipelago, 

 &c. Euryas are of easy culture, in peat 

 or leaf soil. Cuttings, made from the 

 ends of the young shoots, root freely in 

 sandy soil, in a gentle heat. When rooted, insert 

 them in small pots, in either peaty or loamy soil, and 

 again place in heat, where they can have the benefit of 

 a good syringing, to encourage quick growth, and get 

 them well established. The variegated form given below 

 is one of the most useful plants for conservatory, hall, 

 or corridor decoration, especially during winter. 

 E. japonica (Japanese). /. greenish-white, generally in 



of from three to six. I. very variable, in the type ovate, 



ated. Japan. A half-hardy evergreen shrub. 

 E. j. latifolia variegata (variegated broad-leaved).* /. white, 

 11 on axillary fascicled peduncles. I. variegated with pale 

 . glabrous, entire, oblong-fc 



EUR YALE (mythological: Euryale, one of the 

 Gorgons, represented with fierce thorny locks; in allusion 

 to the thorny nature of the plant). OED. Nymphacece. 

 An annual stove aquatic. Before the introduction of the 

 Victoria Water-lily, the Euryale was the noblest aquatic 

 plant in cultivation. Its leaves are circular in form, 

 about 2ft. in diameter, with prominent spiny veins on the 

 rich purple under side, the upper side being olive-green, 

 puckered and spiny. For cultivation, see stove species of 

 Nymphsea. 



E. ferox (fierce).* A. deep violet; petioles and calyces covered 

 with stiff prickles. September. I. large, peltate. East Indies, 

 1809. Reproduces itself freely by means of seeds, which ripen on 

 the plant and germinate at once, if not kept dry. (B. M. 1447.) 



EURYBIA. See Olearia. 



EURYCLES (from eurys, broad, and kleio, to close 

 up ; referring to form of flower, the cup of which is fre- 

 quently imperfect). STN. Proiphys. OBD. Amaryllidece. 

 Handsome, bulbous plants, allied to Pancratium. E. am- 

 boinensis requires stove treatment ; the second, and only 

 other, species thrives in a warm greenhouse. After growth 

 is completed, water should be withheld for a few weeks, 

 so that the bulbs may ripen and rest. 



E. amboinensis (Amboyna). /. white, produced in a many- 

 flowered umbel, supported by a stout scape ; perianth with a 

 cylindrical tube and regular limb of equal segments ; stigma 

 simple ; corona not one-fourth as long as the perianth lobes. 

 March. 1. very broad, cordate, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Amboyna, 1759. 

 SYNS. E. australasica, Pancratium amboinense (B. M. 1419), and 

 P. australasica. 



E. australasica (Australian). A synonym of E. amboinensis. 



clusters 

 attenu- 



jellow, glabrous, entire, ol 

 in, 1871. 



Jiig-lanceol.te, obtusely-acuminate. 



FIG. 742. EURYCLES CUNNINGHAMI. 



E. Cunningham! (Cunningham's).* Brisbane Lily. fl. white ; 

 umbels less crowded than in E. amboinensis ; stigma three 

 lobed ; corona two-thirds as long as the perianth lobes. I. ovate, 

 not cordate. A. 1ft. Queensland. See Fig. 742. (B. M. 3399.) 



EURYGANIA (from eurys, wide, and ganos, bright- 

 ness ; Eurygania was a wife of CEdipus) . ORD. Vacci- 

 niaceae. A genus of about a dozen species of ornamental 

 greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with pendent branches, 

 allied to Tliitaaudia (which see for cultivation). All 

 are natives of the Andes of South America. 

 E. ovata (ovate). /. in very spreading, shortly peduncled, axillary 



corymbs, 4in. to 5in. across ; calyx deep red ; corolla urn-shaped, 



red ; mouth whitish. July. I. ovate-acute, serrulate, lin. to Hin. 



long. Stem stout ; branches long, rambling, cylindric, green. 1878. 



