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/:. trunca'td (cut-off). July. South Europe. 1820. 



Vuleria'na ( Valerian- leaved}. July. Siberia. 



1818. 



villo'sa (shaggy). 2. June. Hungary. 1820. 



EUPHO'RIA. See NEPHE'LIUM. 



EUPHRA'SIA. Eyebright. (From eitphrai- 

 ?<>, to delight ; fabled to cure blindness. 

 Nat. ord., Figworts [Scrophulariacese], 

 Linn., \A-Didynamia 2-Anyiospermia. 

 Allied to Bartsia.) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds, in March or April, in 

 the open border. 

 E. alpi'na (alpine). 1. Purple. July. Europe. 1827. 



linifo'lia, (flax-leaved), jj. Purple. August. 



France. 1826. 



lu'tea (yellow). 14. Purple. August. South 



Europe. Ibl6. 



EUPOMA'TIA. (From eu, well, and 

 poma, a lid ; the calyptra covering the 

 unexpanded flower like an extinguisher. 

 Nat. ord., Anonads [Anonaceae]. Linn., 

 12-Icosandria 3-Polyyynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Seeds in a slight 

 hotbed, in spring ; cuttings of ripened shoots in 

 sand, under a bell-glass , sandy peat and fibry 

 loam. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 



. lauri'na (laurel-like). 4. 

 N, Holland. 1824. 



Greenish-yellow. 



EU'KYA. (From eurys, large ; referring 

 to the flowers. Nat. ord., Theads [Tern- 

 stromiacese]. Linn., 23-Polygamia 1- 

 Moncecia. Allied to Freziera.) 



Greenhouse evergreens. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in early autumn or spring, in sandy peat, 

 with a glass over them ; peat and loam, both 

 fibry, with a portion of silver-sand. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 

 E. Chine'nsis (Chinese). 2. White. June. 



China. 1823. 

 -r- multiflo'ra (many- flowered). 2. White. Ne- 



paul. 1823. 



EURY'ALE. (The name of one of Ovid's 

 Gorgons, whose heads he fabled to be 

 covered with vipers instead of hair; re- 

 ferring to the fierce aspect of the plant 

 in flower. Nat. ord., Waterlilies [Nymphae- 

 aceae]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Victoria regia.) 



The leaves of Euryale in the East Indies vie 

 with those of Victoria ; but its flowers are incon- 

 spicuous. The seeds are eatable. Stove aquatic. 

 Seeds and divisions ; loamy soil, in a tub set in 

 water, and kept at a high temperature. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 S.fe'rox (fierce). Red. August. India. 1809. 



EURY'BIA. (From euribies, wide-spread- 

 ing ; referring to the roots. Nat., ord., 

 Composites [Asteracere]. Linn., 19-Synye- 

 ncsia %-Superflua. Allied to Aster.) 



All the greenhouse species are from New Hol- 

 land. Division of the plant in spring, like an au- 

 tumn Aster j common, soil, Usual greenhouse tem- 

 perature* 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 E. corymlo'sa (corymbed). 2. White. July. N. 



Amer. 1765. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 E, aculea'ta (prickly -leaved). 2. White. March. 



1818. 

 ~ argophy'lla (white-leaved). 10. White. March. 



1804* 



chryso'trichd (golden-haired). 2. 



erube'scens (blushing). 3. Red. May. 



glutinu'sa (clammy). Pale violet. 



lyra'ta (\yiK-leaned). 3. White. September. 



N.S.Wales. 1812. 



myrsinoi'des (myrsine-like). 3. Pale purple. 



May. N. Holland. 1835. 



EU'RYCLES. (From eurys, broad, and 

 Idas, a branch ; referring to the broad 

 leaves or branch-like footstalks. Nat. ord., 

 Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceae]. Linn., 6- 

 Hexandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to Ca- 

 lostemma.) 



Store bulbs, requiring rest in winter. Seeds, 

 but chiefly offsets; light, sandy loam, and a little 

 vegetable-mould, or very rotten cow-dung ; wa- 

 tered and heat given when growing, drier and 

 cooler when resting. Summer temp., 55 to 80 ; 

 winter, 45 to 55. 



E. Amboine'nsis (Amboyna). 2; White. May. 

 Amboyna. 175Q. 



Australa'sica (Australasian). 1. White. May. 



N. Holland. 1821. 



EURY'COMA. (From eurys^ large, and 

 kome, a head of hair; in reference to 

 fringe-like hairs on the ovary. Nat. ord., 

 Connarads [Connaracesej. Linn., 5-Pe/i- 

 tandria 1-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen. For culture see CO'NNARCS. 

 E. longifo'lia (long-leaved). 20. Purple. Su- 

 matra. 1826. 



ERYTHA'UA. See G-ENTIA'NA. 



EUSTE'GIA, (From eu, good, and steye, 

 a covering; referring to the bractes. 

 Nat. ord., Spurgcivorts [Euphorbiacefu]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria 2-Digynia. Allied to 

 Peplonia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen trailer. Cuttings in sandy 

 soil, and by trailing runners ; peat and loam. 

 Winter temp., 38 to 45. 



E. hasta'ta (halbert-teawed). 1. White. July. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 18)6. 



EUSTO'MA. (From eusfoma, a beautiful 

 mouth ; referring to the opening of the 

 flower. Nat. OTd.^Gentianworfs [Gentiana- 

 ccac]. Linn., 5-Pentandria I-Monoyynia. 

 Allied to Leianthus.) 



Seeds sown in a slight hotbed in March, and 

 transplanted into the border in May, and some in 

 the end of April. E- exalta'tum by division, and 

 cool greenhouse treatment. 



E. exalta'tum (tall). 2. Purple. July. Mexico. 

 1804. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



Russellia'num (Russell's). Purple. August. 



Texas. 1835. Hardy biennial. 



silenifo'lia (silene-leaved). 1. White. July. 



Isle of Providence. 1804. Hardy annual. 



