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foliage is noticed, then water again to freshen them up. 

 Keep this treatment up for a month, that is alternately 

 drying and watering. The temperature may be low- 

 ered 5 during this resting-period. Start the plants by 

 giving them a thorough soaking of water, and raise the 

 temperature again to not less than 65 by night. The 

 fl.-sts. will soon appear, and they may be watered with 

 manure water, as advised for Dipladenia, until they 

 begin to open, when it should be withheld until they 

 have finished flowering. When the fl.-sts. have all 

 been removed, a new set of lys. will be meanwhile 

 pushing up, and they may be again fed as advised above, 

 until they are fully developed; and again treat them 

 in every way as before. All the insect pests are liable 

 to thrive on Eucharis, and the plants may be 

 fumigated as advised for other greenhouse plants. 

 Red-spider may be kept down by the syringe. (George 

 F. Stewart.) 



Mastersii, Baker. Bulb globose, often smaller: 

 If.-blade 8-9 in. long and 4-5 in. broad, oblong, rounded 

 at the base, exceeding the petiole: scape 1 ft. high, 

 bearing 2 nearly sessile fls. (2^-3 in. across) in the 

 umbel, the perianth-segms. ovate and spreading and 

 shorter than in E. grandiflora; tube slightly curved, 2 

 in. long; cup forming a shallow frilled or notched collar. 

 B.M. 6831. G.C. II. 24:721. G.Z. 31, p. 217. Pos- 

 sibly a hybrid of E. grandiflora and E. Sanderi. 



Candida, Planch. Fig. 1432 d. Bulb globose, bearing 

 stolons 2 in. diam.: If.-blade 9-15 in. long, 4-5 in. 

 broad at the middle, oblong, gradually narrowed both 

 ways, about as long as petiole: scape somewhat flat- 

 tened, glaucous, \-\Yi ft. high, bearing 6-10 short- 

 pedicelled fls. in an umbel; segms. oblong, acute, more 

 or less reflexed; tube 1^-2 in. long, curved; winged 

 yellow filaments projecting, united at the base only. 

 F.S.8:788. G. 6:5; 15:289. J.H. III. 61:443. G.Z. 

 21, p. 194. Smaller-fld. than E. grandiflora. 



Sanderi, Baker. Fig. 1432 b. Bulb ovoid, 1-2 in. 

 diam.: If.-blade 10-12 in. long and 5-6 in. broad, 

 oblong, cordate at base, twice longer than petiole: 

 scape terete, 1 ft., bearing 2-3 nearly sessile fls.; segms. 

 ovate, 1 in. or more long; tube curved, 2 in. long; 

 yellowish cup, very narrow, like a collar or rim, and 

 bearing the short, curved filaments on its edge. B.M. 

 6676. G.C. II. 19:349. G. 6:277. J.H. III. 52:9. 

 G.Z. 28, p. 145. By some thought to be a hybrid of 

 E. grandiflora and E. Candida. Var. multiflora, Baker. 

 Fls. smaller, 4-6, striped green. B.M. 6831. 



subedentata, Benth. (Calliphruria subedentata, 

 Baker). Fig. 1432 a. Bulb ovoid, 1}^ in. diam.: If.- 

 blade 6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, oblong, triangular at 

 base, about as long as the channeled petiole: scape 

 slender, 1 ft.; fls. 6-8 on pedicels 1 in. or less long; 

 tube 1 in. long, funnel-shaped above; segms. oblong, 

 ascending, 1 in. long; cup wanting or represented only 

 by obscure teeth on the filaments. B.M. 6289. I.H. 

 28:415. A small-fld. species. 



E. BakeriAna, N. E. Br. Has the perianth of E. grandiflora 

 and stamens of E. Candida: fls. 4-6 in the umbel, 2^ in. across, 

 pure white; tube not enlarging emphatically at the top; cup pro- 

 jecting from the bases of the segms., not toothed: Ivs. 4 or 5, elliptic, 

 10-18 in. long, very dark green and closely striate: scape 12-18 in. 

 B.M. 7144. G.C. III. 7:417; 12:209. E. burfordnsis, Hort. Sup- 

 posed hybrid between E. Mastersii and E. Stevensii: fls. bell- 

 ehaped, over 3 in. across, about 2 in. long. E. Elmet&na, Sander. 

 Hybrid of E. Sanderi and E. grandiflora. Easier to grow than E. 

 Sanderi. G.C. III. 26:345. E. Lthmannii, Regel. Tls. about 4 

 in an umbel, \ 1 A in. across, the spreading corona with 12 long, 

 narrow teeth, the perianth-segms. spreading or reflexed: Ivs. 2, 

 elliptic-oblong. Gt. 38:1300. E. Ldwii, Baker. Robust: fls. 4 in. 

 across, the spreading outer segms. 1 in. wide and the 3 inner ones 

 incurved: Ivs. larger than those of E. Candida, long-stalked. Per- 

 haps a natural hybrid of E. grandiflora and E. Sanderi. G.C. III. 

 13:539. J.H. III. 28:111; 43:276. Gn.W. 10:7. E. Sttvensii, 

 N. E. Br. Free-flowering: fls. 3-3 J^ in. across, about 7 in the umbel, 

 pure white with yellow on the outside of the cup or corona: Ivs. 

 12-14 in. long: very like E. Sanderi, and a garden hybrid of that 

 speoies and E. Candida. J.H. III. 30:253. Gn. 46:128. G.C. III. 



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EUCHL^NA (Greek eu, well, chlaina, covering). 

 Graminese. Annual or perennial grasses, with stout 

 stems, broad blades and monoecious inflorescence, 

 occasionally grown in the South for forage and some- 

 times for ornament. 



Staminate infl. in a tassel at the top, the pistillate 

 in small ears in the axils of the Ivs.; spikelets 1-fld.; 

 pistillate spike slender, the several joints producing 

 1-seeded frs. trapezoidal in shape, the surface smooth 

 and hard. The aspect is that of Indian corn (Zea) 

 from which it differs in having free slender-jointed pis- 

 tillate spikes that are not united into a cob. Only 

 one species is generally recognized, but there are 

 probably others, all Mexican or Cent. American. 



mexicana, Schrad. (E. luxurians, Dur. & Aschers. 

 Reana luxurians, Dur.). TEOSINTE. Annual: sts. 

 strongly cespitose, decumbent and spreading at base, 

 erect above, 5-10 ft. or even more, leafy. Dept. 

 Agric., Div. Agrost. 20: 11. Occasionally cult, for 

 forage in the Gulf states. The seed rarely matures 

 north of S. Fla. See Cyclo. Amer. Agric., Vol. II, pp. 

 638-9. A. S. HITCHCOCK. 



EUCNIDE (Greek-made word, referring to the sharp 

 nettle-like hairs). Loasacese. Several N. American 

 annual or biennial herbs, by some authors referred to 

 Mentzelia. Plants with stinging hairs: Ivs. alternate 

 or the lower ones opposite, cordate or ovate, more or 

 less lobed: fls. yellow or white; calyx-tube oblong, the 

 limb persistent, 5-lobed; petals 5, united at the base and 

 inserted on the throat of the calyx; stamens numerous, 

 the filaments filiform; ovary 1-loculed, bearing a 5- 

 cleft style. E. bartonioides, Zucc. (Mentzelia bar- 

 tonioides, Benth. and Hook.), is sometimes cult. It is a 

 pretty summer-flowering annual, thriving in warm gar- 

 den soil. Sts. about 1 ft., somewhat succulent, more or 

 less decumbent, hispid-hairy: Ivs. alternate, petioled, 

 broad-ovate and toothed-lobed : fls. large, on long 

 pedicels, opening in sunshine, the petals ovate-pointed, 

 the numerous yellow hair-like stamens projecting and 

 brush-like. Mex., New Mex., and Texas. B.M. 4491 

 (as Microsperma bartonioides). Gt. 5:320. L, jj_ 3. 



EUCODONIA is referred to Achimenes. E. Eheren- 

 bergii, Hanst.=^4.. landta, Hanst (See p. 208, Vol. I). 

 It is offered abroad. E. megelioides, }Hort.=Eucodon6p- 

 sis nagelicndes, Van Houtte, being a hybrid between 

 Eucodonia Ehrenbergii and Nsegelia zebrina splendens. 

 Fls. single on the summits of the peduncles, declined, 

 rose-purple. F.S. 16:1608. Var. lilacinella, Van 

 Houtte, has large fls. white at the throat and striped 

 and pointed with purple, and lilac-marbled on the 

 limb. F.S. 18:1858-9. 



EUCOMIS (Greek, beautiful hair or topknot). Lilia- 

 ce%. Cape bulbs, half-hardy, producing radical rosettes 

 of long leaves and a strong peduncle or scape bearing 

 a raceme of greenish or whitish flowers more or less 

 tinged with color, the cluster crowned or topped with 

 a coma of leafy bracts (it is from this coma or crest 

 that the generic name is taken). 



Bulb tunicated: peduncle simple: Ivs. lorate or 

 oblong, often tinged or spotted with purple: fls. reg- 

 ular, 6-parted, rotate; stamens 6; ovary broad and 

 short; style cylindrical and stigma capitate: caps. 3- 

 valved. Species about 12, African, nearly all from S. 

 Afr. Prop, by offsets. The bulbs may remain in the 

 open if in a warm place and well protected; some of 

 them stand considerable frost, and bloom in spring. 

 Of easy cult. Let the bulbs remain where planted. In 

 the N. treated as glasshouse plants. 



A. Scape club-shaped. 



regia, Ait. Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam.: Ivs. 6-8, 

 obtuse, not undulate toward the edge, to 1J^ ft. long 

 and 3-4 in. broad: scape 3-6 in. long, bearing a dense 



