ENDIVE 



EPACRIS 



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In variations of formof leaves. The standard variety 

 thrown in America is called Green Curled. In Eurdpean 

 catalogues we tind a number of varieties listed and de- 

 scribed. Among tliem Moss Curled, Rouen, and Broad- 

 leaved are the most popuLar. rp Gkeinek 



ENEMIES. This word is found increasingly useful 

 to include the work of Insects and Diseases, which see. 

 Also consult ^Spraying and Tools. 



ENKIANTHUS (Greek words, referring to shape of 

 the Andromeda-like tiowers). Also written bJnkijan- 

 thus. ±Jricdceie. A genus of 5 species of shrubs, allied 

 to our familiar Andromeda, Zenobia and Pieris (the 

 last of which it most resembles in habit), and dis- 

 tinguished from these genera by the obtuse anthers, 2- 

 horned at the top on the back, and long pores: seeds 

 ^ 3-5-wiDged. China, Japan and Himalayas. A\ Japonicus 

 is very showy in autumn, with its brilliant yellow foli- 

 age more or less marked with red, and its strongly con- 

 trasting black berries. In early spring it iiears numer- 

 ous umbels of Andromeda-like Us. Pot-grown plants 

 are obtained through dealers in Japanese plants. The 

 species is hardy as far north as Washingtoji, I). C., and 

 perhaps farther. Enkianthus is a genus of glabrdus 

 shrubs: branchlets somewhat whorled: buds furnished 

 with deciduous bracts: Ivs. stalked, leathery and ever- 

 green or membranous and deciduous, entire or minutely 

 toothed: fls. in terminal umbels, white, rosy or scarlet, 

 drooping or merely nodding; calj^x small, 5-cut; crolla 

 urceolate or broadly bell-shaped, w^ith 5 spreading or 

 reflexed lobes; stamens 10: ovary 5-celled. Four kinds 

 are grown abroad under glass. Equal parts of loam and 

 peat, and careful potting, are advised. Prop, by cuttings 

 of ripe wood, inserted under glass in spring without 

 heat; also, by layering out of doors. 



Jap6iiicU8, Hook. Lvs. crowded at the ends of l.iranch- 

 lets, l^i-2 in. long, short-stalked, obovate when young, 

 ovate when older, acute, serrulate, deciduous: tls. droop- 

 ing, pure white; pedicels 8 lines long, glabrous; corolla 

 globose, with 5 sacs at the base, a contracted mouth, and 

 5 small, revolute lobes: capsule narrow, erect. Japan. 

 B.M. 5822. R.H. 1877, p. 467. G.C. III. 21:357. 



E. campanuldtus , Nicholson. Fls. axillary, droopine, in 

 short racemes, dark red throughout, without sacs at the base; 

 pedicels sometimes minutely haii-y,*J-9 Hues long ; corolla 4 

 lines across, with 5 erect lobes. In the forests of Japan some- 

 times 30 ft. high. Has brilliant foliage. Northern Jap. B.M. 

 7059.— £. Himalaicus, Hook. L%'s. L'-3 in. long, niirrower above 

 the middle and more tapering tliim in E. Japonicus, and acuter 

 at the base, pubescent beneath when young: fls. drooping, 6-1-t 

 in an umbel; pedicels hairy: corolla dull yellowish red, streaked 

 I'rigliterned, without sacs at the base, and erect lobes. B.M. 

 0400. R. H. 1888, p. 512. The bright red petioles and leaf-mar- 

 gins are possessed to a lesser degree in the next species, but 

 tills has yellowish pedicels and the next species red ones.— 

 hj. quinqueflbrus, Lowe. Lvs. longer petioled than in the rest, 

 MVftl. and more abruptly pointed; ealj^x colored like the corolla 

 instead of green, as in the other kinds: fls. drooping, scarlet, 

 -iometimes white at tips, with 5 sacs, wliich are shorter than in 

 E. Japonicus. R.H. 1819:-221. B.M. 1049. G.C. HI. 21:357. BR. 

 11:884-5. The buds are particularly interesting. -^y -^i 



ENTADA (a Malabar name). Leguminbsce. A genus 

 of 13 species of tropical, woody, spineless climbers, with 

 bipinnate lvs. White tls., in spike-like racemes. One 

 kind has lately been introduced from the West Indies to 

 the southern states. It makes a quick growth. Petals 

 free or slightly cohering, valvate : stamens 10, free, ex- 

 serted: anthers crowned with a deciduous small gland: 

 ovary many-ovuled. The lvs. often beartendrils. Some 

 of the species yield "Sea Beans" (G. F. 7:503). 



polystichya, DC. At length tendril-bearing: pinnae 

 in 4-6 pairs: Ifts. in 6-8 pairs, oblong, rounded at apex; 

 racemes in terminal panicles: pod oblong, straightish. 

 Trop. Amer. 



ENTELfiA (Greek, complete; the stamens all fertile, 

 a distinguishing feature). Tllictcece. Perhaps 3 species 

 of trees from New Zealand and Tahiti. The following is 

 said to be an extremely fa.st grower in S. Calif., and is 

 cult, abroad under glass, but, from the picture cited, it 

 seems not worth the space in northern greenhouses. 

 Lvs. 5-nerved, stellate-pubescent: lis. white, in terminal 



cymes; sepals 4-5; petals 4-5; stamens numerous, free: 

 ovary 4-b-celled; cells many-ovuled: style simple. 



arbor^scens, R.Br. Attaining 30 ft.: the heart-shaped 

 outline of the leaf broken on each side, about two-thirds 

 of the way toward the tip, by a projection /yiu. longer 

 nearly as long as the tip of the leaf: lvs. 6 in. long, 4 in. 

 wide, doubly serrate. New Zeal. B.M. 2480. — Int. by 

 Franceschi. 



ENTEROLOBIUM (meaning not obvious). Legii- 

 minds<x. Six species of tropical trees, of which 2 have 

 been introduced into S. Calif. Unarmed: lvs. bipinnate: 

 tls. green-ish, in large heads or clusters; corolla 5- 

 toothed; stamens any number up to 10, purple or white. 



A. Pod hent hack in a comphfe circle. 

 cyclocdrpum, Griseb. Pinnae in 4-9 pairs: Ifts. in 

 20-30 pairs, unequal-sided, oblong, pointed. Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Venezuela. 



AA. Pod forming half or tivo-thirds of a circle. 

 Timboiiva, Mart. "A truly magnificent tree, with 

 shining bark and spreading head, sure to become popu- 

 lar in the South. Hardy at Naples, Itixly."— Franceschi. 



EOMfiCON (Greek, eastern poppy). Papaverctcece. 

 A rare, hardy herbaceous perennial jdant with white 

 fls., destined to no great popularity, but interesting to 

 lovers of hardy borders. Hooker writes: "A beautiful 

 monotypic genus, intermediate between Stylophorum 

 and Sanguinaria, differing from both in the scapose 

 habit, racemose fls. and sepals confluent in a mem- 

 branous, boat-shaped spathe, and further from Stylo- 

 phorum in the form of the lvs. and color of the fls., and 

 from Sanijuinaria in the'four petals and elongate style." 

 The plant is hardy with Woolson at Passaic, N. J. 



chion^ntha, Hance. Rootstock creeping, ascending, 

 fall of yellow sap: lvs. all from the root ; stalks twice 

 as long as the blades; blades 3-Gin. long, heart-shaped, 

 concave, broadly sinuate, rounded at the apex, bright 

 pale green above, almost glaucous beneath: scape 1 ft. 

 high, reddish: fls. 2 in. across, white; petals 4. Spring. 

 China, not Japan. B.M. 6871, "w. ji. 



EOPfiPON. See Trichosanthes. 



fiPACRIS (Greek-made name, upon the summit ; 

 referring to their habitat). MJpacHdt(ce/F. Al»out 25-30 

 heath-like shrubs of Australia, New Zealand, etc., of 

 which half a dozen or less are gro\\'n as cool green- 

 house pot-plants. Lvs. small and entire, usually sharp- 

 pointed, sessile or short-.stalked, scattered or sub-oppo- 

 site: fls. small and axillary, short-stalked, the flowering 

 stems being elongated leafy spikes. The fls. are regu- 

 lar and perfect ; calyx bracteate ; corolla tubular, 5- 

 toothed, white or shades of purple and red ; stamens 

 5: ovary 5-loculed, ripening into either a fleshy or cap- 

 sular fruit. Distinguished from Ericas by the bracteate 

 or scaly calyx, and the anthers opening by slits rather 

 than pores. In the Old World, Epacrises are prized by 

 those who grow heaths, and many good varieties are 

 known. They bloom in early spring or late winter. The 

 varieties of -£-'. impressamaj he flowered for Christmas; 

 perhaps others may be so treated. A carnation house, 

 50°-55°, suits them well. There are double-fld. forms. 

 The most important to the horticulturist are: 



inipr6S3a, Labill. Three ft., erect, twiggy, downy:' 

 lvs. horizontal or deflexed, narrow-lanceolate and sharp: 

 fls. rather large (often % in. long), tubular, pendent, on 

 very short stalks, red or white. B.M. 3407. There are 

 many forms: var. parvillbra, Lindl., B.R. 25:19; U. 

 canipannldta, Lodd., with broader fls., L. B.C. 20:1925; 

 £. renvflora, Grab., B.M. 3243; A'- i;(i'd//,9, Lodd., 

 snow white, L.B.C. 19:1821, B.R. 18:1531; £. varidb- 

 ilis, Lodd., blush, L.B.C. 19:181G; longiiI6ra, Cav. 

 {U. minidta, Lindl. -£7. grandiflora , Willd.). Stems 

 woolly, straggling : lvs. ovate-pointed or cordate- 

 pointed, sessile or nearly so, raany-xsrved: fls. long 

 (nearly 1 in.), red at base and whitb at the limb, cylin- 

 drical.' B.M. 982. B.R. 31 :5. -Handsome. Var. spl6n- 

 dens, Hort., has brighter colors. 



acuminata, Benth. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, clasping, 

 ascending: fls. small, red, the corolla tube not much 

 exceeding the calyx. 



