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ETJPTfiLEA (Creek e well handsone and p ele 

 eln T lol drlc le Ornamental hrub or sma 1 

 trees, with alternate long-petioled, simple hs and 

 small fls appearing before the foliage resembling some 

 what the alder in habit and f liage Three species fiom 

 HimalajastoE isia of whi h the half hardy Japanese 

 species IS sometimes cultivated it prefers somewhat 

 moist situ itions and is j i jp by seeds or by giaftmg on 

 their own loots 



polygama bieb & Zucc Shrub or small tiee to 20 

 ft hs lung petioled usuallj riundish oviti cus] i 

 date coaisely and irie^ularh dentate sli^hth pul es 

 cent on the veins beneath 2— t in 1 nj tls in siu ill a\ 

 illary, peduiicled chisteis p h ,;am us liu-ci u ajeti 

 lous stamens and carpels numerous tr iLnsistingrf 

 man\ small wmged nutlets, similar to the elm fis Ja 

 pan, China S Z 72 ^.lfred Rehder 



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Teni /I V la 



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simpl his 



ters 1 I I i 1 s 15 



or less (in h iil i me 1 t tl 1 t tl i Ua 



ovary usually 3 locule 1 The Eun is aic ilhi 1 to 

 Camellias and le luiie much the s imt tieatiiicnt They 

 are giown f r f 1 i tl i th l i 1 Dtm md an 



interme 1ft I 1 Prop by 



cuttm„ II I ts E Ja- 



p6nica II the common 



species 1 

 (known m tl 

 the best gUssl 

 in shape, usu 1 

 toothed or not 1 

 with white fl 

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 hs vaiiable 



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EUR'fALE (mythological name), ^^mplue()< 

 species, the Indo-Chinese representative of 

 Meyiu, from which it ditters in having all the 

 fertile (in Victoria the inner ones are sterile) and in the 

 very small flower, and in other technical characters. E. 

 fSrox, Salisb., is the species. The Ivs. are 1-4 ft. across, 

 circular, purple and spiny-ribbed beneath, dark green 

 and uneven above: fls. small, prickly outside, the calyx 

 reddish inside and the 20-30 purple petals shorter than 

 the calyx lobes; stamens numerous : fr. a small, many- 



EUTERPE 565 



seeded, globular berry, bearing the remains of the calyx 

 on its top ; seeds eilible. B.M. 1447. Long cult, in 

 China. Treated as an annual. Has attracted little at- 

 tention since the introduction of Victoria. As far north 

 as Philadelphia it is hardy, sowing itself every season. 

 It is ferociously spiny. 



E. Amazdnica, Poepp.. still advertised in catalogues, is Vic- 

 toria Begia. L. H. B. and Wm. Thicker. 



EUEt'CLES (Greek-made name, of no particular ap- 

 plication). Aiiiiir/iHi'I,)'':<r. Two south hemisphere 

 bulbous plants, alli- (1 xn Hyiiienocallis and Pancratium. 

 Perianth-tulie e\ iin.liir:il, the segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late and neaily ei jiial ; stamens inserted in the throat of 

 the tube: Ivs. bruud and stalked, with prominent curv- 

 ing veins and interlocking veinlets : fls, white, in um- 

 bels. Cf. Baker, Amaryllidefe, p. 130. E. sylv^stris, 

 Salisb. (H. Amboininsis, Loud.). Brisbane Lily. 

 Scapes 1-2 ft., bearing an umbel of 10-40 handsome, 

 creamy white fls. (2 in. across), Ivs. rcuml > >.r>i;ni , w ith 

 a very short, blunt point. B.M. 14l:i. ," m 



Amboinense. B.'R. 9:715, as Pancrati it j: i -// , 



Lindl. R.H. 1879, p. 456; p. 457 as /■: I /',.,- .-,, 

 Loud. Malaya, Philippines, N. Australia, urow in cool- 

 house, as for Pancratiums. l. h. B. 



EITSCAFHIS (Greek, cm and scaphis, vessel; alluding 

 to the shape and the handsome color of the dehiscent 

 capsule). Celastrdce(e. Ornamental shrub, with rather 

 large pinnate, opposite Ivs., small whitish fls. and at- 

 tractive brownish red frs. in erect panicles, with shin- 

 ing black seeds. Monotypic genus allied to Staphylea, 

 but with upright panicles and the capsules divided to 

 the base into 3 dehiscent, leathery pods. It grows in 

 almost any good garden soil, but is only half-hardy 

 North. Prop, by seeds and greenwood cuttings under 

 glass. 



staphyleoldes, Sieb. & Zucc. (E. Japonica, Dipp.). 

 Shrub, to 10 ft.: Ifts. 7-11, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 serrate, 1^2-3 in. long, each with 2 small stipules: fls. 

 perfect, 5-merous. small, in many-fld. panicles: fr. con- 

 sisting of 1-3 pods, each with 1-2 seeds. May, June. 

 Jap. S.Z. 67. Alfred Rehder. 



EUSTRfiPHUS (Greek, referring to the climbing 

 habit). LUiAcetf. One or two Australian plants, bo- 

 tanically related to L.apageria. but much less showy. 

 Inhabit, suggestive of smilax [Aspnnitius medeoloides). 

 E. latifdlius, R. Br., is a tall, half-twining, branchy 

 herb, more or less woody at the base, bearing alternate, 

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

 illary, drooping light blue fls. with spreading, ciliate 

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

 sharp-pointed: fls. less than 1 in. across. B.M. 1245. 

 Of easy culture, either in the glasshouse border or in 

 pots. Very useful for table decoration and for design 

 work. L. H. B. 



EUTACTA. Found under Araucaria. 



EUT£EPE (mythological name). Palmdcet, tribe 

 Ai-he'e. Slender, cim t, s]. unless p.iliiis, with solitary 

 or fasciculate, riu..'. .1 1 I i niii il [i II\ 



pinnatisect; segnn nt I 



and gradually acui 1 1 1 1 i - . 



plicate, the thickm I n 



rachis and petiole . -.el. .1 i • . ii.l H n 



the b.ick, concave abo\ e , petiulu tlon i \ 



long, c} lindrical, entire : spadi\ pain i 1 



rachis elongated: branches slendei - 

 lug above, usually scaly, thick at the I i i i 



ing in fl.: spathes 2, coriaceous oi i i mi us. 



lanceolate, the lower one the shorter s|.Iit itih. i|i\. 

 dorsally 2-keeled, the upperone symnn ti i [i ^i lit .1. nn 

 the ventral side: bracts bordering thi- liiirn\s , in u t- 

 lets ovate-acute: fls. small, white, sessile in the turrows 

 of the spadix : fr. like a pea, purple. Species about 8. 

 Trop. Amer. and W. Indies. 



fiduUs, Mast. Para Palm. Assai Palm. Stem, 60-90 

 ft. high, 8 in. thick, flexuous: Ivs. spreading; sheaths 

 3-4Kft.; petiole li^ ft.; blade 6-9 ft.; segments linear, 

 spreading, deflexed, 60-80 on each side, densely crowded, 

 28-36 in. long, %-l in. wide. Brazil. 



