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ERIOBOTRYA 



the under surface rusty-tomentose : f'r. a pear-shaped 

 yellow pome (Fig. 775), with large seeds and an agree- 

 able acid flavor. B.R. 5:365. A.G. 12:19.-The Loquat 

 is native to China and Japan, but is much planted in the 

 Gulf states and westward. It blooms from Aug. until 

 the approach of winter, and ripens its clustered fr. in 

 very early spring. The fruit is often seen in northern 

 markets. It is a profuse bearer in congenial climates. 



775. Loquat (X%). 



Loquat is an excellent decorative plant, either as an 

 evergreen lawn tree south of Charleston, or as a pot- 

 plant in the North. Grown from seeds, it is a most satis- 

 factory conservatory subject, resisting uncongenial con- 

 ditions. L. H. B. 



EEIOCNEMA. Consult Bertolonia. 



EKIODENDRON (Greek, woolly tree; alluding to the 

 woolly fiber inside the fruit, called "ceibo" and "pochote" 

 by the Mexicans, and used by them for stuffing pillows). 

 Malvaceae. Ten species of tropical trees, thorny or not: 

 Ivs. digitate; leaflets 3-7,entire: fls. solitary or clustered, 

 large or medium-sized, rosy or whitish; petals oblong, 

 pubescent or woolly ; column of stamens with 5 branches 

 at the top, each bearing 2-3 anthers. E. occidentals, 

 G. Don, is cult, by Franceschi, Santa Barbara, Calif., 

 as Ceiba occidentalis. 



ERlOGONUM (Greek, woolly joints). Polygonacece. 

 About 100 species, chiefly northwest American herbs, 

 tufted subshrubs] or slender annuals, mostly densely 

 woolly: Ivs. crowded at the base of the stem, alternate, 

 entire. E, comp6situm, Doug]., perhaps the best known, 

 has countless minute 6-lobed neutral colored fls., dull 

 white to rosy, borne in compound umbels 5-6 in. deep and 

 broad. The following have been advertised, but are 

 practically unknown in our gardens: E. campanulatum, 

 compdsitum, flavum, heracleoides , incanum, tnicrotlie- 

 cum var. effusum, niveum, nudum, ovalifolium, splice- 

 rocephalum, thymoldes, umbellatum. These kinds have 

 been advertised by D. M. Andrews, Boulder, Colo., E. 

 Gillett, South wich, Mass., and F. H. Horsford, Charlotte, 

 Vt. Consult American manuals and floras, and Proc. 

 Am. Acad., vols. 8, 12 and 14. Should these attain any 

 garden importance they may be reviewed in an annual 

 continuation of this work. Species are usually found on 

 calcareous soils. ^y -^ 



ERlOPHORUM (wool-bearing, from the Greek; allud- 

 ing to the heads of fruit). Cyperacece. Perennial rush- 

 like plants, growing in swales: fls. in dense heads, the 

 bristles very numerous and often becoming greatly elon- 

 gated in fruit. None of them is known in cult. , but the 

 following have been offered by collectors: E. alpinum, 

 Linn. ; E. cyperlnum,l^\rm. ; E.lineatum,Benth.& Hook. ; 

 E. polystachyon, Linn.; E. vaginatum, Linn.; E. Vir- 

 ginicum, Linn. All these are wild in the northern states. 

 Useful for bog gardens. Avoid late fall planting. 



ERIOSTEMON 



ERIOPITfLLUM (Greek, woolly-leaved). Compdsitce 

 Perhaps a dozen species, all from western N. Amer. 

 One kind cult, in a few hardy borders is a low, tufted, 

 herbaceous perennial, with much divided Ivs., covered 

 with wool beneath (each stem bearing about 5), and 8- 

 rayed, yellow heads, 2 in. across, borne in a loosely fork- 

 ing fashion on peduncles 3-7 in. long. The genus was 

 included in Bahia by Bentham and Hooker, but is now 

 kept distinct largely because of the permanently erect 

 involucral bracts: seeds mostly 4-angled, and pappus of 

 nerveless and mostly pointless, colorless portions. 



caespitosum, Dougl. (Actinella lanata, Pursh, not 

 Nutt. Bahia lanata DC.), described above, has been 

 advertised by E. Gillett. B.R. 14:1167 is badly drawn as 

 to involucre and pappus. 



ERlOPSIS (Greek, like Eria, an orchid of the Epi- 

 dendrum tribe, which it resembles when not in flower). 

 Orchidacece. Five Peruvian orchids of the Vanda tribe 

 allied to Acacallis and Warrea. Lvs. plicate; racemes 

 2 or 3, basal : fls. open, small, maxillaria-like, together: 

 lip 3-lobed, the lateral lobes broad and erect. Cool 

 house orchids, requiring the treatment of Cattleya. 



biloba, Lindl. Pseudobulbs 3 inches long: Ivs. lan- 

 ceolate: fls. 1 in. across; sepals and petals yellow, with 

 orange-red margins; labellum yellow spotted with 

 brown. Colombia. B.R. 33:18. 



rutidobulbon, Hook. Stouter in habit than the above : 

 pseudobulbs wrinkled, dark colored: racemes drooping: 

 sepals and petals orange-yellow, with deeper colored 

 margins; labellum white, with purple spots. Antioquia, 

 in exposed positions on the stems of palms. Peru. B.M. 

 4437. 



Helenas, Kranzlin. Said to be "the finest in this small 

 and rare genus. It differs greatly in habit from the 

 other members ; the bulbs somewhat resemble those of 

 Epidendrum Brassavolce, but are much stronger, and 

 bear three long, coriaceous, dark, glossy, green leaves. 

 The flowers are twice as large as those of E. biloba, and 

 are borne on tall, arching scapes. The sepals and petals 

 are orange-colored, margined with purple, the lip simi- 

 lar, but with a yellow blotch, spotted with purple at the 

 base." Sander & Co., 1899. OAKES AMES. 



ERIOSTEMON (Greek, woolly stamens). Rutacece. 

 Coolhouse evergreen shrubs from Australia, with starry, 

 5-petaled fls. an inch wide, of white or blush pink. 

 Practically unknown in America, but abroad considered 

 amongst the finest of hard-wooded winter or spring- 

 blooming Australian plants. The nurserymen mostly 

 graft them on stocks of Correa, an allied genus, which 

 has tubular fls. instead of free petals. Lvs. alternate, 

 entire, glandular-dotted : stamens 8-10, free, shorter 

 than the petals; anthers pointed. Much care is needed 

 to produce well-trained specimens. With the growth of 

 wealth in America, more of the Australian hard -wooded 

 plants will be grown by skilled gardeners in our finer 

 establishments. The following kinds can be imported 

 from Europe. 



A. Foliage linear or narrowly lanceolate. 

 B. Lvs. linear. 



scaber, Paxt. Lvs. covered with minute roughnesses: 

 petals white, tipped pink. P.M. 13:127. 



BB. Lvs. narrowly lanceolate. 



linifdlius, Seghers. Lvs. broadest at middle, tapering 

 both ways. R.B. 20:97. Probably an old garden form 

 of some well-known species. 



AA. Foliage conspicuously wider. 

 B. Lvs. 10-12 times as long as broad. 



C. Apex abruptly pointed. 



myoporoides, DC. Lvs. widest at the middle, tapering 

 evenly both ways: petals white, glandular on the back. 

 B.M. 3180. 



cc. Apex blunt. 



salicifdlius, Sm. This willow-leaved species has per- 

 haps the handsomest foliage. Lvs. widest above the 

 middle, tapering more gradually to the base than to the 

 apex: petals bright, soft pink. B.M. 2854. 



