194 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Eugenia uniflora. Linne. (E. Michelii, Lamarck.) 



From extra-tropical South- America extending* to the Antilles' 

 A tree of beautiful habit, with edible fruit of cherry-size. Dr- 

 Lorentz mentions also as a sub-tropical Argentine fruit- species 

 E. Mato (Grrisebach). Hieronymus adduces similarly E. ligus- 

 trina (Willdenow) and E. edulis (Bentham), the fruit of the latter 

 species being of apple-size. 



Eugenia Zeyheri, Harvey. 



South- Africa. A tree attaining about 20 feet in height. The 

 berries are of cherry-size and edible. The relative value of the 

 fruits of many Asiatic, African and American species of Eugenia 

 remains to be ascertained ; many of them doubtless furnish also 

 good timber, and all more or less essential oil. All such, even 

 tropical trees, should be tested in warm tracts of the temperate 

 zone, inasmuch as many of them endure a cooler clime, than is 

 generally supposed. 



Euonymus atropurpureus, Thunberg, 



The " Waahoo " of Eastern North-America. A tall shrub, the 

 bark of which is used in medicine, and from it the euoiiymin, an 

 oleo-resin as a cholagogue is prepared. To this species is closely 

 allied L. occidentalis (Nuttall) from Oregon and California. 



Euonymus Japonicus, Thunberg. 



Japan. This evergreen shrub can be used advantageously for 

 forming hedges ; it is easily multiplied by layers and requires 

 little care in cultivation. The wood of several species of Euonymus 

 affords superior coal for gunpowder. 



Eupatorium purpureum, Linne. 



Eastern North-America. " Queen of the Meadows." A peren- 

 nial herb, easily naturalized ; has come into medicinal use as a 

 powerful diuretic; so also E. perfoliatum, L., the " Thoroughwort " 

 or " Boneset " ; these with other species are also not unimportant 

 as honey-plants ; so of the same order in N. America species of 

 Actinomeris and Prenanthes. 



Eupatorium tinctorium, Grisebach. 



Paraguay. A shrub of remarkably prolific and vigorous growth 

 [E. H. Egerton], Competes almost with the indigo-plant for dye. 

 It can be stripped of its leaves four times a year without injury to 

 the plant. 



Eupatorium triplinerve, Vahl. (E. Ayapana, Ventenat). 



Central America. A perennial somewhat shrubby herb, possiby 

 hardy in the warmer parts of extra-tropical countries. It contains 

 eupatorin and much essential oil peculiar to the plant. It stands 



