ERIOSTEMON 



BB. Li'S. 3-i times as long as broad. 



interm«diu8. Hook. Lvs. 9-18 lines long, elliptical, 

 abruptly pointed: petals lanceolate, white, but tipped 

 ■with pink outside in the bud like the rest: ovary placed 

 on a flat disk and not ringed at the base. Probably of 

 garden origin. Intermediati- lictwi-.n K. myoporoides 

 and buxifolitis. B.M. 4439. 



buzifdlius, Sm. Lvs. as in /.'. :,>'■ mi'^Uus, though 

 perhaps smaller: petals olmvaii-. wliitc, tipped pink: 

 ovarv sunk into a double disk of 2 rings. B.M. 4101.— 

 A', deymif/dmin, Seghers., R.B. 20:1)7, looks like a pro- 

 lific horticultural variety of this species. y7. M. 



ERdDITJM (Greek, a heron; alluding to the beaked 



fruit). Geraniiiceie. Heeok's Bill or Stork's Bill. 

 This genus contains a few Inw ijn.nini.', liardy herba- 

 ceous perennial plants, witli lin.Iv rut f.ili;i!je and fls. 

 suggesting our wild and hanly ( i. tmiiiuhi^, from which 

 they differ in having only .') iii-i.:ul.ji In ;u]tUer-bearing 

 stamens, the other 5 being ivduced Ui scales; also the 

 tails of the carpels hairy inside. The common Gera- 

 niums of our home windows and summer flower-beds 

 are the blended product of Pelnrqonlum zonale and 



ERTNGIUM 



545 



P.inqu 

 tinctly smaller tl 

 wild Pelargonium 

 Erodium and the 



stipuled, toothe 



front row of the 

 where they thrive 

 ny spots, and may 

 tion, being chiefly 

 m of bloom from June 



lad the 2 upper petals dis- 

 ir :; i.i-,vri- I. lies, as do the other 



I tij.' > I] f Good Hope, while 



-' IIII-. I .■ I iniiiiin, of which a few 

 i.iir liMily i)orders, have all ^ 

 - i'li'V al-so have small 



-. which are absent 

 II alidut 50 widely scat- 



Ill } ■ ; 1 1 1 \\ 1 1 at woody or tufted : 

 lU.-, ..!„; utien smaller than its 

 , lobed or dissected: fls. mostly 

 in umbels, of various shades, from crimson-pink to 

 purple, with darker blotches on the 2 upper petals and 

 the venation outlined in darker shades. 



These plants an- lii 

 hardy borders ami ■ 

 In a gritty loam. Tli 

 be trusted with a ■■ n- 

 valued for their steady 

 to August. Divided plants are chiefly sold here, but the 

 species are easily prop, by seeds. Of E. mosehatnm 

 only seeds are sold, and tliese are sown annually, the 

 species not being hardy. Xn- 1 nrid 1 nrr not native to 

 America, being essentially A ■: -i ' ■■' '' ltow wild in 

 California and to some ext.' idcs. Some 



Erodiuras can be grown in n ■. Imt not £. 



Maneseai-i, which is tin- -ii i j. • l;i. lu^', showiest 

 and best kind. 



1. cicutirium, L'H-Tii. Tnfi.d, lower and more slen- 

 der than No. 4. Ic-s -liiidiil:.!-. nft./n with coarse, soft, 

 short hairs: lvs. cldonL-, 1-2-inniiat.-; Ifts. small, nearly 

 sessile, the uppermost confluent, more sharply and 

 deeply cut and with narrower lobes : stipules small, 

 acute: sepals with 1 or 2 terminal bristles: filaments 

 not toothed. Mediterranean regions, Asia. Mn. 7, p. 127. 



2. macraddnium, L'Hi5rit. Remarkable for the great 

 length of the roots when twisting among rocks, and 

 strong odor of the foliage. Lvs. hairy, glandular.l ^-2 in. 

 long, oblong, pinnate; segments pinnatifid, rachis with 

 a toothed wing : fls. light purple, the 2 upper petals a 

 shade darker, and the spots nearly black. Pyrenees. 

 B.M. 5065. 



3. Hanesc&vi, Coss. Height 10-18 in. : lvs. attaining 

 6 in. long, 2H in. wide; segments alternate, ovate, short- 

 stalked, dentate, with sometimes a deeper cut : fls. at 

 best 2 in. across, strong rosy purple, the spots of the 

 upper petals only a shade or two darker. Pyrenees. 

 Gn. .55:1220.— Colors stronger and more uniform than 

 No. 3. 



4. moschitum. L'H^rit. Mostly stout and glandu- 

 lar: Ifts. large, short-stalked, ovate to elliptical, serrate, 

 broad-lobed : stipules large, rather obtuse : sepals not 

 terminated by bristles: filaments 2-toothed. Mediterra- 

 nean, Orient. ^ jj 



EBPfiTION. All referred to Viola. 



ER0CA (etymology in dispute ; probably from the 

 Latin to burn, in allusion to the hot seeds). Crueifera. 

 Perhaps half a dozen herbs of Eu. and W. Asia, annual 

 or biennial. Allied to Brassica : differs in the .shorter, 

 more turgid silique, with keeled valves ; style elon- 

 gated; seeds in two rows. E, sativa. Mill., Roquette or 

 Tira, is the only species cult, in this country. It is a 

 weedy, hispid annual, resembling a Mustard, 2-3 ft. 

 high, with lyrate-pinnatifld lvs. and creamy yellow fls. 

 See Roquette. £. H. B. 



EB'^NGIUM (a name used by Theophrastus for 

 some sort of thistle). Umbetliferce. Sea Holly. The 

 Sea Hollies are among the most bizarre of garden 

 plants, and are chiefly valued for tin- stci I blue or 

 purplish cast of their rigid stiin^. iniridy foliage and 

 teasel-like heads. They look liko tln-il.^. .md do not 

 suggest any relation to tlie uiuljelliferous family of 

 which the tl.ii '> ovi ' 



carrot are ; 



100 species 



All those d 



The Se:, 



fl<nvered 



The genus has perhaps 

 i's. The petals are white, 

 aula" 



I !'"j .inrer and strikiii!? to lie iisprt 



asel.oiMii;. II st restful and n:(tnr:d lioni.' pi.-- 



ture-, r '■, ' ■.i|ier place is the liardv Inn-.', r, li.e 

 natui I -r :dl sorts of curioiiv thiiiL- llrr,. 



they 1- i].i iiiiiir, rli.dh-nge one's curiosity and inrnvst. 

 There are two very distinct groups of them, one with 

 much-cut foliage, as shown in Fig. 776, the other the 



776. Eryngium amethystim 



Pandanns group." with long, undivided leaves. A 

 ery different list of species is cult, abroad, but the 

 lain " !• ■ '" I. re now, and a collection of kinds is 

 "t I' 11 massed groups of a single kind. 



lie' i-d in subtropical bedding. The 



ried -tern- r. tam their color, and are sometimes hung 



