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4. Erinus Fragrans. Leaves lanceolate, oblong, toothed ; 

 divisions of the border entire; stem simple; corollas tomen- 

 tose on the outside, of a dark colour, fragrant at night. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



5. Ei-inus Peruvianus. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, serrate. 

 Native of Peru ; said also to be found at the Cape. 



6. Erinus Maritimus. Leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 smooth ; divisions of the border cloven half way. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



7. Erinus Tristis. Leaves oblong, gashed, toothed ; divi- 

 sions of the border emarginate. The flowers are sweet, but 

 of a dull colour. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This, 

 and the five preceding species, require the protection of the 

 dry-stove, and may be increased by cuttings. 



8. Erinus Laciniatus. Leaves laciniate. See Buchnera 

 Americana, and Verbena Aubletia. This, together with the 

 ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth species, must 

 be placed in the bark-stove. The eleventh, being a shrubby 

 plant, will continue several years, but the others are annual. 

 They are propagated by seeds sown in pots filled with light 

 earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, where sometimes 

 they will come up in five or six weeks; but they frequently 

 do not vegetate till the following spring, especially when the 

 seeds have been kept long. When the plants are fit to re- 

 move, they should be each planted in a separate small pot 

 filled with light earth, not too rich with dung, and then 

 plunged into the bark-pit. When they have taken new root, 

 treat them as other plants from the same countries, by admit- 

 ting proper air when the weather is warm, and frequently 

 refreshing them with water; with this management, the an- 

 nual sorts will flower in July and August, and often ripen 

 their seeds in autumn, if brought forward early in the spring. 

 The shrubby sort must also frequently be refreshed with 

 water in winter, but not in large quantities, nor in very cold 

 weather : the plants will flower and perfect their seeds in the 

 second year. 



9. Erinus Tomentosus. Tomentose: stems procumbent; 

 flowers sessile, axillary. Stems trailing, about six inches long. 

 At the joints, just above the leaves, come out the flowers, 

 sitting very close to the stems; they are white, and are suc- 

 ceeded by round capsules. At a distance, this plant bears a 

 great resemblance to &a Cudweed. Native of Vera Cruz. 



10. Erinus Americanus. Stem erect; leaves lanceolate, 

 opposite ; flowers loosely spiked, terminating. Stem upright, 

 two feet high; towards the top, two smaller branches oppo- 

 site and erect ; these and the middle stalk are terminated by 

 loose spikes of purple flowers, succeeded by oval capsules. 

 Native of Vera Cruz. 



11. Erinus Frutescens. Stem upright, shrubby; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate, alternate; flowers axillary, single, 

 or two and three at a joint, sessile, white, succeeded by round 

 capsules. 



12. Erinus Verticillatus. Stem branching, trailing; leaves 

 ovate, serrate, smooth, opposite; flowers in whorls, sessile, 

 white, making but little appearance, and succeeded by round 

 capsules Native of Vera Cruz. 



13. Erinus Procumbens. Stems procumbent; leaves ovate, 

 smooth ; flowers solitary, axillaiy; peduncles longer; they are 

 bright yellow, on long slender peduncles, succeeded by oval 

 capsules. Native of Hispaniola. 



Eriocaulon; a genus of the class Triandria, order Trigy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth common, 

 globose-depressed, imbricate; scales lanceolate, equal, per- 

 manent. Corolla : universal uniform, convex ; proper three- 

 petalled; petals equal, lanceolate, obtuse, villose at the tip, 

 attenuated at the base, and connected into a style-shaped 



pedicel, which is hairy. Stamina* filamenta three, capillary, 

 sitting on the germen ; antheree oblong, versatile. Pistil: 

 germen slender, superior, under the stamina ; styles three, 

 capillary, short; stigmas simple. Pericarp: none; calix un- 

 changed. Seeds: solitary, crowned with the corolla. Re- 

 ceptacle: chaffs of the size and figure of the calicine scales, 

 one-flow,ered, very many. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : 

 common, an imbricate head. Petals : three, equal. Stamina : 

 upon the germen. The species are, 



1. Eriocaulon Trian gulare. Culm triangular; leaves ensi- 

 form ; heads ovate. Native of Brazil. 



2. Eriocaulon Quinquangulare. Culm quinquangular ; 

 leaves ensiform. Native of the East Indies. 



3. Eriocaulon Sexangulare. Culm hexangular ; leaves 

 ensiform. The leaflets surrounding the head, instead of an 

 universal calix. Native of the East Indies. 



4. Eriocaulon Setaceum. Culm hexangular ; leaves seta- 

 ceous. This is a small annual herb, tufted, and bent back in 

 a ring; heads terminating, small, oblong, subacute; flowers 

 aggregate, male and female in the same common, globular, 

 chaffy receptacle ; calix none. The male flowers have three 

 petals to the corolla, somewhat hirsute on the outside, and 

 six stamina ; the females have six petals, and resemble the 

 males ; they have a roundish three-cornered germen, and 

 three styles. The roots are dispersed in the water. Native 

 of the East Indies, and of Cochin-china. 



5. Eriocaulon Decangulare. Culm decangular; leaves en- 

 siform ; flowers in a head ; males in the disk, and females in 

 the circumference. Native of the swamps of North America. 



6. Eriocaulon Quadrangulare. Culm quadrangular ; leaves 

 ensiform ; head of flowers globular, truncate at the base. 

 This is an annual herb, with an upright, naked, four-cornered 

 culm, eight inches high ; leaves short, smooth, few ; head of 

 flowers whitish, flatfish at the base, with roundish scales, 

 attenuated at bottom, one-flowered, closed ; petals two, sub- 

 concave, blunt at the tip, toothed ; seeds three, ovate. 

 Common in every part of Cochin-china. 



7. Eriocaulon Septangulare. Stalk a span high, seven- 

 angled, solitary, upright, simple, naked, twisted; leaves two 

 inches long, sharp-pointed, with an internal net-work of cells ; 

 head of flowers terminal, solitary, variegated with dark pur- 

 ple and white; male flowers four-stamined. Found in lakes 

 in the isle of Skye, and in Galway in Ireland. 



Eriocephahis ; a genus of the class Syngenesia, order Po- 

 lygamia Necessaria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: com- 

 mon upright; scales ten, ovate, equal, converging, of which 

 the five exterior are keeled, the interior flat. Corolla : com- 

 pound, rayed ; corollules hermaphrodite, twice as many in 

 the disk; females five in the ray; proper of the hermaphro- 

 dite funnel-form; border five-cleft, patulous ; of the ray ligu- 

 late, obcordate, with three-lobed equal tips. Stamina: in 

 the hermaphrodites ; filamenta five, capillary, very short ; 

 antheree cylindric, tubular. Pistil: in the hermaphrodites; 

 germen very small, naked ; style simple ; stigma two-cleft, 

 sharp. In the females, germen ovate, naked ; style simple ; 

 stigma acuminate, inflex. Pericarp: none; calix scarcely 

 changed. Seed: to the hermaphrodites, none; females soli- 

 tary, obovate, naked. Receptacle : naked, flat, or else a down 

 of the calix in a double row is interspersed both between the 

 hermaphrodite and female floscules. Observe. A compressed 

 corpuscle adheres to the base of each calicine scale. ESSEN. 

 CHAR. Receptacle: subvillose. Down .-none. Calix: ten- 

 leaved, equal. In the ray five floscules. The species are, 



1. Eriocephalus Africanus ; Cluster-leaded Eriocephalus. 

 Leaves entire and divided ; flowers corymbed. This plant 

 has a shrubby stalk, from four to six feet high, putting out 



