EL.EIS 



ELAPHOGLOSSUM 



1107 



guineensis, Jacq. OIL PALM. Sts. stout, 20-30 ft., 

 coarsely ana deeply ringed: Ivs. 10-15 ft.; petiole 

 spiny-serrate; Ifts. 50-60, linear-lanceolate, acute, the 

 same color above and below. F.S. 14:1492. From an 

 early stage in growth, this is one of the most ornamental 

 palms. Until it reaches several feet in height, it is a 

 slow grower, consequently, one does not see much of it, 

 except in collections. It does best in a warm tempera- 

 ture, although it will thrive in an intermediate house. 

 Seeds are always obtainable from several of the large 

 European houses. It is but little grown as a commercial 

 palm, as young plants do not show their full character. 

 Given same treatment as Areca lutescens, will grow 

 well. This treatment includes night temperature of 

 65 and plenty of water. JARED G. SMITH. 



N. TAYLOR.! 



ELffiOCARPUS (Greek, olive-fruit}. Elxocarpacese; 

 formerly included in Tilidcese. Tropical trees, with 

 showy flowers, in their juvenile stages also sometimes 

 cultivated under glass. 



Leaves simple, usually alternate; to 50 and 60 ft. 

 high or some of them practically shrubs in cult.: fls. 

 perfect or polygamous, in axillary racemes; sepals dis- 

 tinct, 4 or 5; petals 4 or 5, cut or fringed (rarely entire), 

 attached about a thickened torus; stamens many 

 (rarely 8-12), with long-awned anthers opening by a 

 slit at the apex; ovary 2-5-celled: fr. a drupe, with a 

 large and bony stone, sometimes 1-celled by abortion. 

 Perhaps 100 species, in the Old World tropics. They 

 are little known in cult, but are sometimes mentioned 

 in greenhouse lists. The pulp of the fr. in some species 

 is said to be edible; and the interesting sculptured 

 stones of some kinds (as of the bead-tree of In.dia, E. 

 Ganitrus, Roxbg.) are used for beads, heads of orna- 

 mented pins, and other decorations. They propagate 

 by ripened shoots with the Ivs. left on, and also by 

 seeds when obtainable. 



grandiflorus, J. Smith. A much-branched shrub, 

 about 7 ft. high under glass: Ivs. considerably clustered 

 at the ends of branches, 3-6 in. long, broadly lanceolate; 

 petiole J^-l in. long, with a few distant saw-teeth, or 

 more or less round-toothed -or wavy-margined: sepals 

 5, red outside, white inside; petals 5, white .or pale 

 yellow, silky outside, fringed. Java. B.M. 4680 (as 

 Monocera grandiftora). F.S. 8: 817. J.F. 4:339. Lvs. 

 rather leathery, dark green above, paler beneath. 

 Warmhouse. Prop, by cuttings of nearly ripened 

 wood. 



cyaneus, Sims (E. reticulatus, Smith). Under glass 

 a shrub, but in the wild a small tree and sometimes 

 reaching 60 ft., glabrous: Ivs. elliptic-oblong, or lance- 

 oblong, acuminate, prominently reticulate: fls. cream- 

 white, fringed, in loose racemes that are shorter than 

 the Ivs.; stamens many: drupe globular or nearly so, 

 blue (whence the specific name). Austral. B.M. 1737. 

 B.R. 657. G.C. III. 36:272; 51:393. G.M. 55:423. 

 G. 34:389. Gn. 77, p. 301. L. H. B.f 



EUOC6CCA: Aleuriies c&rdata. 



EUEODENDRON (Greek for olive tree, from the 

 resemblance of the fruit). Celastrdcese. Tropical 

 shrubs or small trees, some kinds of which are grown 

 in the juvenile state under glass for the interesting 

 foliage. 



Leaves simple, entire or crenate, opposite or alter- 

 nate, thickish, frequently evergreen: fls. inconspicuous, 

 greenish or white, in axillary or lateral clusters; calyx 

 usually 4-5-parted; petals 4-5, and exceeding the 

 calyx; stamens 4-5, inserted under the edge of the 

 thick disk; ovary single, mostly 3-celled; style very 

 short: fr. a small fleshy or nearly dry drupe. Species 

 probably upward of 40, in Afr., India to Austral., and 

 somewhat in S. Amer. Very closely allied to Cassine, a 

 South African genus. 



oriental e, Jacq. A graceful and handsome plant: the 

 mature Ivs. are very different from the juvenile Ivs., 

 being obovate, obtuse, crenate, cuneate at base, and 

 2-3 in. long, and the slender graceful young Ivs. pass 

 into them by gradual transition : fls. less than ^in. 

 across in close axillary cymes which are shorter than 

 the Ivs.; pedicels equaling or surpassing the corolla; 

 calyx deeply lobed ; petals yellow-green : drupe size of 

 olive, oblong. Madagascar, Mauritius. The plant 

 holds its lower foliage well, or throws out new foliage 

 to take the place of that which drops. It thrives in 

 either an intermediate or a warmhouse. Prop, by sin- 

 gle eye cuttings in small pots, kept rather warm. It 

 has been said that Aralia Chabrieri of gardens belongs 

 to this species (although of a Different family), but 

 this is apparently an error. See Polyscias for a discus- 

 sion of this plant. 



australe, Vent. Intro, into S. Calif, from Austral., 

 and prized for its holly-like foliage. In its native habitat 

 it is a tree 30-40 ft. high, producing useful close- 

 grained wood: Ivs. mostly opposite, ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, nearly or quite obtuse, entire or open- 

 crenate, coriaceous, very reticulate beneath: fls. with 

 parts hi 4's: drupe about f^in. long, red, ovoid or 

 globular. ,. H. B. 



ELAPHOGLOSSUM (Greek, serpent tongue). Poly- 

 podidcese. A large group of tropical ferns, with creep- 

 ing rootstocks and simple leaves. 



The sporangia cover the entire under surface of the 

 fertile leaves which are usually much smaller than the 

 Sterile ones. Nearly all the species are free-veined but 

 a few have netted venation. There are 

 80-100 species in the tropics of both 

 hemispheres. They were formerly included 

 under Acrostichum. All require warm- 

 house treatment, an abundance of water 

 at the roots, and an open porous compost. 



confprme, 7. 

 crinitum, 9. 



flaccid urn, 8. 

 gorgoneum, 11. 



INDEX. 



hirtum, 2. 

 muscosum, 3. 

 petiolatum, 4. 

 pilosum, 5. 



reticulatum, 10. 

 simplex, 6. 

 villosum, 1. 



A. Veins all free. 

 B. Surface of Ivs. densely scaly 



throughout. 

 c. Texture thin, flaccid. 



1. villdsum, J. Smith. Fig. 1386. 

 Sterile blades 6-9 in. long; fertile 

 Ivs. scarcely more than half as large, 

 both with abundant slender, dark 

 brown scales. Mex. and W. Indies. 

 Dwarf, variable. 



cc. Texture thick, leathery. 



2. hirtum, C. Chr. (Acrdstichum 

 squanidsum, Swartz). Sterile blades 

 6-12 in. long, the fertile narrower, 

 on longer sts., both surfaces matted 



with bright reddish brown linear 

 ' ' KIL& or lanceolate scales. Tropics of 



both hemispheres. 



-^e-^c- -' r^rrr^ 3. muscdsum, Moore. Sterile 

 1386. Elaphoglossum blades 6-12 in. long, fertile much 

 villosum. (x^) shorter; upper surface slightly 

 scaly, the lower densely matted 

 with ovate, rusty scales. Tropics of both hemispheres. 

 S. 1:211 (as Acrostichum). Very distinct in habit, and 

 an interesting greenhouse species. 



BB. Surface of Ivs. slightly scaly. 

 4. petiolatum, Urban ( ACT dstichum viscdsum, Swartz). 

 Sterile blades 6-12 in. long, narrowed gradually at 

 the base; the fertile shorter, on longer stalks; texture 



