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Engelhardtia spicata, Blume. 



The Spurions Walnut-tree of the mountains of Java, Burmah and 

 the Himalayas. It reaches a height of 200 feet. Wood pale-red, 

 hard and heavy, manufactured into the solid cart-wheels and large 

 troughs, which are in use throughout the Sunda-Islands (Brandis). 

 The bark is rich in tan-substance (Roxburgh). 



Eremophila longlfolia, F. v. Mueller. 



Desert-regions throughout Australia. In the hot season this tall 

 bush or small tree affords food to sheep in desert-tracts, when grass 

 and herbage fail (A. N. Grant). Sheep browse on many other species 

 of this highly ornamental genus. All resist drought and great 

 climatic heat. 



Eremurus aurantiacus, Baker. 



Afghanistan, 7,000 to 9,000 feet. The leaves of this liliaceous 

 plant form for two months in the year almost the sole vegetable, on 

 which the natives of Hariab depend; it is an agreeable food, crisp 

 and somewhat hard, but neither tough nor fibrous (Dr. Aitchison). 

 Likely to become valuable as a spring- vegetable. 



Erianthus fulvus, Kunth. 



Interior of Australia. A sweet perennial grass, of which cattle 

 are so fond, as to eat it closely down, and thus cause it to die out 

 (Bailey). Readily raised by re-dissemination. 



Erianthus Japonicus, Beauvois. 



Japan. Bears frosts of F. (Gorlie). Stems woody at the base, 

 reaching a height of 6 feet with spikes nearly a foot long. The 

 striped-leaved variety is particularly decorative. 



Eriochloa annulata, Kunth. 



In tropical and sub-tropical regions around the globe. Perennial. 

 Endures moderate cold in South-Queensland, and affords fodder all 

 the year round (Bailey). It resists drought, and is fattening and 

 much relished by stock (Dr. Curl). E. punctata (Hamilton) has a- 

 similarly wide range, and is of equal pastoral utility. 



Erodium cygnorum, Nees. 



Extra-tropical Australia. This herb yields a large amount of feed 

 even in the sandy desert-tracts of Central Australia, and is relished 

 by all kinds of pasture-animals. 



Eruca sativa, Lamarck. 



From Southern Europe to Central Asia, ascending the Himalayas 

 to 10,000 feet. An annual herb, not unimportant as an oil-plant; 

 much cultivated in some parts of Siberia for its seed (Dr. A. Regel). 



Ervum Lens, Linne. (Lens esculenta, Moench.) 



The Lentil. South-Europe, South- Western Asia. Cultivated up 

 to an elevation of 11,500 feet in India. Annual, affording in its seeds 



