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EURYOPS 



EUTERPE 



high. They are bloomed in the greenhouse or grown in 

 the open in mild climates. None seems to be regularly 

 in the trade. 



EUSCAPHIS (Greek, eu, handsome, and scaphis, 

 vessel; alluding to the shape and the handsome color 

 of the dehiscent capsule). Staphyleacese. Ornamental 

 woody plant grown for its handsome foliage and the 

 attractive fruits. 



Deciduous upright shrub or small tree, glabrous : Ivs. 

 opposite, odd-pinnate, stipulate: fls. in terminal upright 

 panicles, perfect; sepals, petals and stamens 5, all of 

 nearly equal length; ovary 2-3-celled, surrounded at 

 the base by an annular disk; styles 2-3, often connate: 

 fr. consisting of 1-3 spreading, leathery dehiscent pods, 

 each with 1-3 black seeds. -One species in Japan and 

 Cent. China. A handsome plant with large pinnate 

 Ivs., small whitish fls. in upright panicles followed by 

 attractive brownish red frs. disclosing shining black 

 seeds when opening. It grows in any good garden soil, 

 but is only half-hardy N. Prop, by seeds and green- 

 wood cuttings under glass. 



japonica, Dipp. (E. staphyleoldes, Sieb. & Zucc. 

 Sambiicus japdnica, Thunb.). Shrub, to 10 ft.: Ifts. 

 7-11, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, serrate, 1^-3 in. long, 

 each with 2 small stipules: fls. in broad many-fld. 

 panicles to 6 in. long: fr. consisting of 1-3 pods, %\n. 

 long, apiculate, each with 1-3 steel-blue seeds. May, 

 June; fr. Aug., Sept. Japan. S.Z. 67. S.I.F. 1:70. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



EUSTOMA (good mouth, alluding to the corolla). 

 Gentiandcese. Two or 3 N. American large-fld. glaucous 

 opposite-lvd. small herbs: fls. more or less paniculate, 

 single on the peduncles, 5-merous or rarely 6-merous; 

 calyx with narrow keeled lobes; corolla nearly campanu- 

 late, white, blue or purple, the lobes oblong or obovate, 

 usually erose; stamens attached on the corolla-throat; 

 ovary 1-celled; stigmas 2: caps, oval or oblong, many- 

 seeded. E. selenifolium, Salisb. (E. exaltdtum, Griseb.). 

 Annual, but in S. Calif, said to be perennial, 9-15 in. 

 erect: Ivs. oblong, glaucous-green: fls. light blue or pur- 

 ple, the corolla-lobes about or nearly 1 in. long, twice 

 exceeding the tube. Fla. to Calif. Offered in Calif. 



EUSTREPHUS (Greek, referring to the climbing 

 habit). Liliacese. One or two Australian plants, 

 botanically related to Lapageria, but much less showy; 

 in habit suggestive of smilax (Asparagus medeoloides). 

 Plants more or less woody at base, slender, branching, 

 tall-climbing: Ivs. alternate, sessile or short-petioled: 

 fls. 2 to many, in axillary fascicles; perianth-segms. 

 distinct and spreading; stamens 6. E. latifolius, R. 

 Br., is a tall and much-branched half-twining herb, 

 more or less woody at the base, bearing alternate, 

 stiff, linear-lanceolate, short-stalked Ivs. and small, 

 axillary, drooping light blue fls. with spreading, ciliate 

 perianth-segms. : fr. a dry berry: Ivs. 2-4 in. long, sharp- 

 pointed: fls less than 1 in. across. B.M. 1245. Of easy 

 cult., either in the glasshouse border or in pots. Very 

 useful for table decoration and for design work. 



L. H. B. 



EUTACTA: Araucana. 



EUTAXIA (from Greek words referring to the attrac- 

 tive appearance). Leguminbsse. Shrubs of Austral., 

 with golden or yellow papilionaceous fls., one of which 

 is offered for greenhouse cult.: Ivs. small, opposite, 

 simple and entire: fls. solitary or a few together, or 

 sometimes crowded at ends of branches; standard 

 orbicular, entire or nearly so, exceeding the other petals; 

 stamens free: pod ovate, 2-valved. Said to require 

 general treatment of Chorizema. E. myrtifdlia, R. Br. 

 Glabrous, 2-3 ft. : Ivs. obovate-oblong to linear, mostly 

 %in. or less long: fls. yellow with dark orange keel, 

 solitary or 2-4 together. B.M. 1274 (as Dillwynia). 

 R.B. 26 : 13. Var. floribunda is listed. 



EUTERPE (mythological name). Palmacese, tribe 

 Arecese. Slender erect spineless palms, with solitary 

 or fasciculate ringed caudices, and grown chiefly for 

 their graceful habit and feathery pinnate foliage. 



Leaves terminal, equally pinnatisect; segms. nar- 

 rowly linear-lanceolate, long, and gradually acuminate 

 or ensiform, membranaceous, plicate, the thickened 

 margins recurved at the base; rachis and petiole 3- 

 sided toward the base, convex on the back, concave 

 above; petiole elongated; sheath very long, cylindrical, 

 entire: spadix paniculately branched: rachis elongated: 

 branches slender, gradually shortening above, usually 

 scaly, thick at the base, erect-spreading in fl. : spathes 2, 

 coriaceous or membranaceous, lanceolate, the lower one 

 shorter, split at the apex, dorsally 2-keeled, the upper 

 one symmetrical, split down the ventral side: bracts 

 bordering the furrows; bractlets ovate-acute: fls. 

 small, white, sessile in the furrows of the spadix: fr. 

 like a pea, purple. Species about 8. Trop. Amer. and 

 W. Indies. G.C. II. 24:586. 



Three species of Euterpe are commonly found in 

 cultivation, namely: E. edulis, E. montana and E. 

 oleracea. These are found under varying conditions in 

 Central and South America and the West Indies, and 

 all three species are valuable as food-producers to the 

 natives of those countries. E. edulis grows in great 

 quantities in the lowlands of Brazil, where it is known 

 as the assai palm, owing to the fact that its seeds are 

 macerated in water, and by this means is produced a 

 beverage known as assai. E. oleracea is the well-known 

 cabbage palm of the West Indies, growing in the low- 

 lands near the coast, while E. montana is the mountain 

 cabbage palm, and is frequently found at considerable 

 altitudes in the same islands, and consequently does not 

 attain the great dimensions of E. oleracea. The euter- 

 pes do not present any special cultural difficulties, 

 being free-rooting and rapid-growing palms; a night 

 temperature of 65 F., and abundant moisture are 

 among their chief requirements. A good turfy loam, 

 with the addition of about one-fifth of stable manure 

 while in the compost heap, provides a suitable soil. 

 From their habit of forming a tall slender stem with- 

 out suckering from the base, the euterpes are liable to 

 become rather leggy specimens. When under culti- 

 vation, and for trade purposes, it is advisable to group 

 three or four of the young plants together, thus pro- 

 ducing a more bushy specimen. White scale is one of 

 the worst pests to which these palms are subject, and 

 soon ruins the foliage unless care is taken. Seeds germi- 

 nate in a few weeks if sown in a warm greenhouse, and 

 the young plants make better progress when moderately 

 shaded. (W. H. Taplin.) 



ed&lis, Mart. PARA PALM. ASSAI PALM. St. 60-90 ft. 

 high, 8 in. thick, flexuous: Ivs. 10-15, spreading; the Ifts. 

 often pendulous; sheaths 3-4^ ft.; petiole 1^ ft.; 

 blade 6-9 ft.; segms. linear, spreading, deflexed, 60-80 

 on each side, densely crowded, 28-36 in. long, Jf1 in. 

 wide: spadix about 2-3 ft. long, bearing numerous rather 

 inconspicuous fls. Brazil. 



oleracea, Mart. CABBAGE PALM. St. 60-100 ft., 

 scarcely 1 ft. diam. at base, attenuate above, flexuous: 

 Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-6 ft. long, the apex more or 

 less deflexed; segms. pendent, linear - lanceolate, the 

 upper 2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, many-nerved. Brazil. See 

 Oreodoxa. 



montana, R. Graham. St. 10 ft. high, swollen at the 

 base, ringed: Ivs. 9 ft. long, elliptical-obovate; segms. 

 lanceolate, entire, glabrous, alternate; petiole 2 ft. 

 long, scaly beneath, unarmed; rachis plano-convex 

 below, subtriangular toward the apex: spadices several 

 on the trunk at one time, axillary, much branched; fls. 

 numerous, white. Grenada. B.M. 3874. Intro, into 

 Botanic Garden at Edinburgh in 1815. 



JARED G. SMITH. 



N. TAYLOR.f 



