EUPHORBIA 



Rebut, a Madagascar species near E. lophogona, Lam. E. glo- 

 bbsa, Sims. B.M. 'J624. E. glunierdta, Hort. E. helicothele, 

 Lem.=E. Nivulia, Buch. E. imbricata,V&\\\. E, Lemairedna, 

 Boiss. Like E. grandicornis, but spines much shorter. E. 

 lophogona. Lam. Peculiar club-shaped stem, with large leaves 

 above and cristate stipules. Madagascar. E. macroglypha, 

 Lem. E. mamillaris, Linn. E. Montieri, Hort. E.pentdgona, 

 Haw. E.piscatbria, Ait. E.pyrifblia, Lam., near lophogona. 



E. serpiformis, Boiss. =E. scopiformis. E. squarrbsa. Haw. 



F. stapeliceformis, Hort. E. tetrdgona, Haw. E. tithymaloldes , 

 Linn. = Pedilanthus tithymaloides. E. trigona, Haw. E. 

 tuberculdta, Jacq. E. xylophylloldes , Brongn. 



Shrubby or tree-like forms: E. balsamifera, Ait. E. Berthe- 

 Ibti, Bolle. E. colletioldes , Benth. E. laurifblla, Lam. E. 

 mellifera, Ait.E. mlsera, Benth. E. plumerioldes , Teysman. 

 E.punicea, Swartz. G.C. II. 15:529. E. resinifera?E. sco- 

 lopendria, Don. 



Herbaceous forms: E. Aleppica, Linn. E. Charucias, Linn. 

 E. Chamtesyce, Linn. E. falcdta, L*iim.E.geniculdta,Orteg. 

 E. helioscbpia, Linn. E. Ipecacudnhce, Linn. Plant of east 

 U. S. coast region, root furnishing one of the officinal U. S. 

 drugs. E. Lagdscce, Spreng. E. Pardlias, Linn. E. pildsa, 

 Linn. E. pilulifera. Linn. E. spinbsa, Linn. 



Others not well known: E. Amelia, Hort. E. aphylla, 

 Brouss. E. articuldta, Hort.E. aurelia, Hort.=E. Amelia? 

 E. cdput-odordta, Hort. E. Cdput-Simice, Hort.E. Cassytha 

 pendula, Hort. E. colubrlna, Hort. E. Codperi, Hort. E. 

 dmtdta, Hort.E. de Smetidna, Hort. E. erecta, Hort.E. 

 fimbridta, Hort. E. fundlis, Hort. E. gardenicefblia, Hort. 

 E. grdcilis, Hort.E. Hoiilletidna, Hort. E. Houlleti, Hort. 

 E. Krdusii, Hort.=E. Kraussiana?=E. erubescens, E. Mey. 

 E.longifblia, Hort.E. Mdngador, Hort.=E. Mogador, Hort.? 

 E. Mauritania, L.E. Morini, Hort. E. obtitsa, Hort. E. 

 ornithopus, Jacq. E. Pavoensis, Hort. E. pulchra, Hort. E. 

 Pulletidna, Hort. E.Eebuti, Hort. E. Richardi, Hort.= E. 

 Richardiana. E. Sahariensis, Rort.E. San Salvador, Hort. 

 E, serpentaria, Hort. E. viperlna, Hort. E. Waltonensis, 



J. B. S. NORTON. 



EUPTELEA (Greek eu, well, handsome, and ptelea, 

 elm). Trochodendrdcece. Ornamental shrubs or small 

 trees, with alternate, long-petioled, simple Ivs. and 

 small fls. appearing before the foliage, resembling some- 

 what the alder in habit and foliage. Three species from 

 Himalayas to E. Asia, of which the half hardy Japanese 

 species is sometimes cultivated ; it prefers somewhat 

 moist situations and is prop, by seeds or by grafting on 

 their own roots. 



polyandra. Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub or small tree, to 20 

 ft. : Ivs. long-petioled, usually roundish ovate, cuspi- 

 date, coarsely and irregularly dentate, slightly pubes- 

 cent on the veins beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. in small, ax- 

 illary, peduncled clusters, polygamous-dioecious, apeta- 

 lous ; stamens and carpels numerous : fr. consisting of 

 many small winged nutlets, similar to the elm frs. Ja- 

 pan, China. S.Z. 72. ALFRED REHDER. 



EtTEYA (Greek for large, but of no application). 

 Ternstrcemidcece. Perhaps 20 shrubs of southern Asia 

 and Malaya, with small dioecious fls., berry-like frs., and 

 simple, glabrous evergreen Ivs. : fls. in axillary clus- 

 ters, or rarely solitary; petals and sepals 5; stamens 15 

 or less (rarely only 5), joined to the base of the corolla: 

 ovary usually 3-loculed. The Euryas are allied to 

 Camellias, and require much the same treatment. They 

 are grown for foliage rather than for fls. Demand an 

 intermediate temperature and a peaty soil. Prop, by 

 cuttings taken from the tips of growing shoots. E. Ja- 

 pdnica, Thunb. (E. Sieboldii, Hort.), is the common 

 species, and is very variable. The variegated form of it 

 (known in the trade as E. latifdlia variegata) is one of 

 the best glasshouse decorative pot shrubs: Ivs. variable 

 in shape, usually ovate -acuminate and irregularly 

 toothed or notched, short-petioled, irregularly blotched 

 with white : fls. greenish white, in small, axillary clus- 

 ters. Japan. V.M.23:5. L. H. B. 



EUEt" ALE (mythological name). 2f~ymph(edce(e. One 

 species, the Indo-Chinese representative of Victoria 

 Regia, from which it differs in having all the stamens 

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

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

 fdrox, 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 



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seeded, globular berry, bearing the remains of the calyx 

 on its top ; seeds edible. 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. Amazonica, Poepp., still advertised in catalogues, is Vic- 

 L. H. B. and WM. THICKER. 



EURtCLES (Greek-made name, of no particular ap- 

 plication). Amaryllidacece. Two south hemisphere 

 bulbous plants, allied to Hymenocallis and Pancratium. 

 Perianth-tube cylindrical, the segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late and nearly equal ; stamens inserted in the throat of 

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

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

 bels. Cf. Baker, Amaryllidese, p. 130. E, sylv6stris, 

 Salisb. (E. Amboinensis, Loud.). BRISBANE LILY. 

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

 creamy white fls. (2 in. across), Ivs. round-cordate, with 

 a very short, blunt point. B.M. 1419, as Pancratium 

 Amboinense. B.R. 9:715, as Pancratium Australasicum 

 Lindl. R.H. 1879, p. 456; p. 457 as E. Australasica, 

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

 house, as for Pancratiums. L H B 



EUSCAPHIS (Greek, eu and scaphis, vessel; alluding 

 to the shape and the handsome color of the dehiscent 

 capsule). Celastrdcece. 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. 



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

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

 serrate, l%-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). Liliacew. One or two Australian plants, bo- 

 tanically related to Lapageria, but much less showy. 

 Inhabit, suggestive of smilax (Asparagus 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. 



ETJTACTA. Found under Araucaria. 



EUTERPE (mythological name). Palmdcece, tribe 

 Arecece. Slender, erect, spineless palms, with solitary 

 or fasciculate, ringed caudices. Lvs. terminal, equally 

 pinnatisect; segments narrowly linear-lanceolate, long, 

 and gradually acuminate or ensiform, membranaceous, 

 plicate, the thickened margins recurved at the base; 

 rachis and petiole 3-sided toward the base, convex on 

 the back, concave above ; petiole elongated ; sheath very 

 long, cylindrical, entire: spadix paniculately branched: 

 rachis elongated: branches slender, gradually shorten- 

 ing above, usually scaly, thick at the base, erect-spread- 

 ing in fl. : spathes 2, coriaceous or membranaceous, 

 lanceolate, the lower one the shorter, split at the apex, 

 dorsally 2-keeled, the upper one symmetrical, split down 

 the ventral side : bracts bordering the furrows ; bract- 

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

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

 Trop. Amer. and W. Indies. 



6dulis, Mast. PARA PALM. ASSAI PALM. Stem, 60-90 

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

 3-4% ft. ; petiole 1% ft. ; blade 6-9 ft. ; segments linear, 

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

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



