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Entada polyphylla. 
Family Mimosaceae; a perennial vine; from Fajardo. 
Erechtites hieracifolia. ACHICORIA DE CABRA (GOAT’S CHICORY). 
An herbaceous erect annual composite, 50 centimeters high; grows in pastures. 
(Stahl, 5: 150.) 
Erigeron bellioides. BELLOoRITA. 
An herbaceous annual composite, 12 centimeters high; found in stony moist 
places. (Stahl, 5: 119.) 
Erigeron canadensis. PAscuETa. 
An herbaceous erect annual, 50 centimeters high; growsin pastures. (Stahl 5: 
158. ) 
Erigeron rivularis. PASCUETA AMARILLA. 
Described as FE. canadensis, for which it was at first mistaken. (Stahl, 5: 121.) 
Erigeron spathulatus. CHIRIVITA. 
An herbaceous annual, 30 centimeters high; found in dry pastures. (Stahl 5: 
120.) 
Eriobotrya japonica. Loquat. NisPERO. 
“The loquat is planted along the roadsides on many of the estates in the Wynaad 
and elsewhere, and coffee appears to thrive well under it; but, so far as I am aware, 
the wood is not of any value, which at once places it at a disadvantage in com- 
peting with the jack. The loquat yields a pleasant fruit, in size and appearance 
much like the yellow plum.’’—Hull. 
Eriodendron anfractuosum. See Ceiba pentandra. 
Erithalis fruticosa. I[AYAJABIco. 
Family Rubiaceae; a shrub 3 to 4 meters high. found on the beaches and cliffs 
near the sea. (Stahl, 5: 61.) 
Ernodea de playa. See Ernodea litoralis. 
Ernodea litoralis. ERNODEA DE PLAYA. 
A decumbent rubiaceous shrub; from Cabo Rojo. (Stahl, 5: 83.) 
Eryngium foetidum. CULANTRO DEL MONTE. 
An ill-smelling umbelliferous herb, 1 foot (30 centimeters) in height, found near 
cultivated places. ‘* Fit weed,”’ as this plant is called: in Jamaica, is reputed to 
have curative value in cases of snake bite, epileptic fits, etc. Specimens were col- 
lected along the military road beyond Rio Piedras; used in that locality for season- 
ing food. (Stahl, 4: 196.) 
Erythrina corallodendron. PINON ESPINOSO. 
A leguminous tree or shrub, 5 meters high, growing on limestone hills. Used 
for hedges in Jamaica, where it is called the ‘‘red bean tree.’’ (Stahl, 3: 89.) 
Erythrina glauca. Bucaao. 
A leguminous tree, 10 meters high, found near rivers. (Stahl, 3: 88.) 
Erythrina micropteryx. BucarRE. 
Also known as ‘‘ palo de boyo.”’ A leguminous tree of 15 to 20 meters beset 
with short, conical spines; flowers red. Cultivated as a shade tree for coffee and 
reported from numerous localities in Porto Rico. Itisanative of the lower Andes 
of Peru. (Urban, Symb. 1: 327.) 
_Erythrina umbrosa. BucarE. MADRE DE CACAO. 
Also called ‘‘ bois immortelle’’ and ‘‘madre de cacao’ in South America. 
Captain Hansard claims to have introduced seed of this species from Trinidad, 
but considered the seedlings the same as the tree already common in Porto Rico 
and now supposed to be EH. micropteryx. This species is said to be the most 
popular shade tree for the cacao plantations of the mainland, and is reported by 
