erythrina-fIgus. 97 



declined; leaves lance-oblong, pinnatifid or serrate, petals longer than the 

 ;alyx. Wet. 1-2 f. 



palus"tre, (y. Ju. ©.) leaves lyrate pinnatifid; lobes confluent, unequally den- 

 tate, smooth; petals as long as the calyx; siliques short-turgid; root spin- 

 dle-form. 18 i. 

 ERYTHRINA. 16—10. {Legiiminosce..) [From e;-M//iros, blushing.] 



herha'cea, (r. M. 7]..) small leaves ternate; leafets rhomboidal, glabrous; 

 spikeS long, stem herbaceous, prickly. 2-4 f. 



ERYTHRONIUM. 6—1. (.LiliacecB.) [From ertUhros, red, on account of the colour cf its 

 juice.] 

 america'num, dens-canis, (dog-tooth violet, adder's tongue, y. Ap. 11-.) leaves 

 lance-oval, punctate; petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the point; inner 

 ones 2-dentate near the base ; style clavate; stigma entire; stigmas 3. 6-8 i. 

 albid"um, leaves elliptical-lanceolate, not punctate ; segments of the petals 

 linear-lanceolate obtuse, inner ones without dentures, sub-unguiculate; 

 style filiform ; stigma 3-cleft, lobes reflexed ; flowers white. Wet meadows. 

 Ap. May. Scape 6 inches high. 

 EUCHROMA. la— 2. (.ScrophularicB.) [From eu, fine, chroma, colour.] 

 cocci'nea, (painted cup, y. and r. J. (^.) leaves alternate, linear, gash-pinnati- 

 fid; divisions linear; bracts dilated, generally 3-cleft, longer than the flow- 

 ers; calyx 2-cleft, about equal to the corolla; divisions retuse, emarginate; 

 flowers yellow, with scarlet bracts. One variety, pallens, has yellow bracts, 

 10-16 i. 

 EUONYMUS. 5 — 1. {Rharr* [From eu, good, nomas, name.] 



america'nus, (burning sh, spindle-tree, r-y. J, b.) branches opposite, smooth, 

 square; leaves oppo ite, sub-sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate; peduncles 

 mostly 3-flowered, terete ; calyx small ; corolla 5-petalled ; fruit warty, 

 scarlet. Shady woods. 4-6 f. 

 atropurpu'reus, flowers dark purple ; f* ait bright red. 

 obova'tus, flowers green, tinged with purple. 

 EUPATORIUM. 17—1. {Corymbiferai.) [From its discoverer, Eupator, king of Pontus.] 

 purpu'reum, (purple thorough wort, joe-pye, p. Au. %.) leaves in fours or fives, 

 petioled, lance-ovate, serrate, rugose-veined, roughish; stem hollow. 4-6 f. 

 perfolia'tuni, (boneset, thoroughwort, w. Au. %.) leaves connate-perfoliate, 

 oblong-serrate, rugose, downy beneath ; stem villose. 2 f 



EUPHORBIA. 19—1. (.EuphorbicB.) [In honour of Euphorbus, physician to Juba, king of 

 Mauritania.] 

 hypericifo'lia, (spurge, Ju. 0.) smooth, branching, erect, spreading; branches 

 "divaricate; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, serrate; corymbs terminal; flow- 

 ers small. 

 corolla'ta, the 5-rayed umbel, dichotoraous ; floral leaves and those of the 

 stem oblong, obtuse ; inner segments of the involucre petaloid, obovate ;* 

 flowers conspicuous. 1-2 f. 

 Mhy'rus, the caper tree; umbel dichotomous. Ex. 



ojicina'rum, stem naked, many-angled. Afibrds the gum-resin imported from 

 Africa, under the naine of euphorbium. Ex. 

 EUPHRASIA. 13—2. {Pedicular es.} [From euphron, delightful, pjeasant to behold.] 

 officina'lis, (eye-bright, w-p. Ju. <g).) leaves ovate, obtusely toothed; lower di- 

 visions of the lip emarginate. 

 EVOLVULUS. 5—2. (Convolvula.) [From eroZiJO, to roll outward.] 

 argenie'us, (p. M. T2-) stem simple, erect; leaves oblong, acute, silky-tomen- 

 tose on both sides ; peduncles flowered, short. S. 

 EXACUM. 4—1. (GentiancB.) 

 pulchel"lum,{x. Au. ©.) corolla 4-cleft; calyx 4-parted; divisions subulate ; 

 panicle corymbed ; peduncles filiform. 



FAGUS. 19—12. {Amentacecz.) [From phago, to eat, its nuts being among the first fruits 

 eaten by man.] 

 ferrugin'ea, (red beech, y-w. M. Vi.') leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, pubes- 

 cent beneath, coarsely toothed, at fhebg.se obtuse, sub-cordate, oblique; 

 nuts, ovate, acutely 3-sided. 



