ERYTHRONIUM 



Var. albifldrum, Hort. (E. gigitnfeum, vnr.albindrum. 

 Hort. H.grandifldrum, var. aibiflorum, Hook.). This 

 differs from rar. Watsoni onlv in being pure white, 

 with a delicate greenish cast. B.M. 5714. F.S. 20:211.. 

 G.C. III. 3:550; 15:021. 



BB. Style not divided. 



citrintun, Wats. Lvs. mottled: stem 1-3-fld.: petals 

 broad, strongly recurved, light yellow, orange at center, 

 the tips becoming pink. 



Hfindersonii, Wats. Lvs. mottled in dark brown : 

 petals strongly recurved, pale purple, with a very dark 

 purple, almost black, center. G.F, 1:317. G.C. III. 

 3:053; 15:623. B.M. 7017. 



purpuriscens, Wats. Lvs. not mottled but shaded in 

 dark iiit-TiiIlif tints: small, spreading fls. crowded in a 

 r:ir, HI,-, li^lit viUow (almost white), center orange, be- 

 conihi- i.uii.li-h.-The smallest of our Erythroniums. 

 Pr..iiurly au ciliaue. 



H6we'llii, Wats. Lvs. mottled: scape 1-3-fld. : fls. pale 

 yellow with orange b.ase, becoming pinkish. — Of the 

 Pacihc coast Erythroniums, this alone is destitute of 

 the ear-shaped appendages at inner base of petal. 



Carl PrRDV. 



ERYTHR6XYHJM (Greek, «f? wood: true of some 

 species). LiHitcete. Vorx. The Cocoa plant, the lvs. of 

 which are of vast imriortam'p in nii-diciiM-. i-:in l>p ltcpwu 



rarely cult, undt-i- u ■ - i i ' .ini.' 



slender branches, ciii t1i- ■ \' [• hk i i; ~ -i v, 1iv!i i i. lvs. 



are borne. Below the Iv 



year, which is reddish, 



fls. a quarter of an inch across 



tion of the small scales that 1 



which are colored like the bark. Tlir in^ii'. r ini-ry ..f 



theCoeabeingstilluncertain, itism >■' : , ,, , ,,,,,^ 



of description to take as the type th. ' i;!..m1 



form, which happens to be a Peru\ i; ; .i.a liy 



Lamarck Erythroxj/ljim Coca, aud linun .i m .lii Lut:ciii- 

 cal Magazine 1894, plate 7334. The lvs. of this form are 

 about "2V^in. long, oblong-Obovate, tapering toa short 

 stalk, rounded at the apes, the midrib extending beyond 

 into a short, sharp point. 



Cocoa is grown commercially on a large scale through- 

 out South America. Peru produces fifteen million 

 pounds of the dried leaf every year, Bolivia half as 

 much, and the rest of South America very much more. 

 The lvs. are chewed to prevent hunger and fatigue. 

 Dr. H. H. Rusby, of New York, in the Therapeutic 

 Gazette, says, "The effects of Cocaine as a nerve stimu- 

 lus applied to intellectual and emotional activity are 



:Ii,,w,..Ml,.f the [.ri-cedillg 

 rs of 3-5 yellow 5-lobed 

 spring from the protec- 



tions of liK"-" '■ -^1 ■' I' "■•'. !• II- \v:i^t.- diiriiiL' <-xer- 



and trav.l. I ^ I ' ■ • ' ;i.' lia- ii.i MiiipLi-ting 



or nourisliihL' [•"■•. - r v, ii:i'i ■, • r, hikI its cs^nitial a''tion 

 is enfeebling. Every attempt made to support by it 

 athletic competition has resulted in failure or even 

 disaster." Cocaine is an excellent anaesthetic, and is 

 particularly useful in operations on the eye. Coca 

 should not be confused with Cocoa and Cacao, which 

 are discussed under Theobroma. The literature of 

 Coca, from every point of view down to the year 1889, is 

 reviewed in the Kew bulletin for that year. \y, jj, 



ESCALLONIA (Escallon was a Spanish traveler in 

 S. Amer. ). SuxifragitcecB. About 40 South American 

 evergreen shrubs or trees, with scattered entire or ser- 

 rate, ovate or lanceolate lvs , viscid branches, strong- 

 odorous fls. in terminal racemes or panicles: petals 5, 

 linear-spatulate ; stamens 5 ; anthers ovate-oblong ; 

 style simple, the stigma capitate aud 2-3-lobed: ovary 

 2-3-loculed. A few species have been introduced in the 

 S., chiefly in S. Calif. They are of easy culture; rapid 

 growers. Some of them will no doubt prove half hardy 

 as far north as Washington. Spring and summer. 



Uonte-vid^nsis, DC. (E. floribilnda, Hort.). Nearly 

 erect bush, branches cylindrical : lvs. 2-4 in. long, elliptic 

 or linear-oblong, obtuse or nearly so, narrowed into a 

 distinct petiole, minutely dentate : fls. white, }4 in. 



ESCHSCHOLZIA 



across, in a large, terminal panicle-like cyme 

 0404. B.R. 17:1407. 

 pulvenil^nta, Pers. i A'. ri:rl,rir,„<i . DC. I. 



549 



.Mast 



virg4ta, Pers. {E. IVni> 

 var. PhUippidna, Engl.). Half-hardy shrub south of 

 Washington, with rod-like light brown branches : lvs. 

 nearly sessile, not glandular nor odorous, linear or 

 oblon'g-spatulate, serrate : fls. white, small, in dense 

 racemes terminating the branchlets. 



Organtasis, Gardn. Half hardy S., 2-5 ft., branches 

 red and angled: lvs. elliptic or oblong, crowded, serrate, 

 glossy : lis. pink, in close, terminal clusters. B.M. 4274. 

 -Excellent. 



rilbra, Pers. Twiggy shrub, glandular-pubescent: lvs. 

 rather small, obovate-lanceolate, sharp-toothed : fls. 

 long-tubular, red, in short, terminal clusters. B.M. 2890 

 L. H. B. 



ESCHSCHOLZIA (J. F. Eschscholz, of Kotzebue's 

 scientific expedition). Papaveracete. About a dozen 

 low, pale or glaucotis herbs, anntial or perennial, with 

 dissected, altr-mnf.- Iv--,. rm.) InvL-i'. slmwv vellow or 

 whitish fls.: -!■;■!- _' •.'■■■'- 4: .u,u«-u~ nnnierous; 

 stigmas 4-i'.: . ■ _ -.; -l.ml.r iik.' a silique, 



1-loculed. Til- . :. \ ■ ^1 1 'Alii-h 1^ liushed off 



over the bud a- tl;i p. t il — •■ I'aial | v,.,. , I, -tail at the left 

 in Pig. 780). The torus or rec.-ptacle (from which the 

 capsule arises) is prominentlv widened or dilated. 

 Monogr. in Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1 :90-92. Commonly 

 spelled Eschscholtzia. 



Eschscholzia Cahfornica (XK) 



Calif6rmca, Cham. California Poppy. Fig. 780. 

 Perennial, but cult, as an annual, 10-20 in. high, form- 

 ing mats: lvs. petioled and divided into linear parts: 



