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FLORA AND SYLVA 
bearing loose heads of purple flowers during 
summer. Mexico. Syns. E. cariescens, or 
cubense. 
E. glabratum. — A shrubby Mexican species 
with slender erect stems, small oval leaves of 
thick texture, and white or pale pink flowers 
in tapering clusters. Syns. E. elegans, or lati- 
folium. 
E. glandulosum. — A Mexican plant grown 
in American gardens for its white flowers, of 
spreading habit, with hairy branches inclined 
to trail at the base, wedge-shaped leaves, and 
flowers in close heads like those of Ageratum. 
E. glechonophylliim. — A woody evergreen of 
3 feet or more, with downy stems, acute-oval 
leaves of soft texture and toothed edges, and 
loose clusters of about 30 white or flesh-pink 
flowers, opening from June to late autumn. 
This kind will bloom in the first year, if sown 
early and treated as an Ageratum. Sown later 
it may be used as a greenhouse perennial, 
flowering under glass in late autumn and early 
winter. Chili. Sometimes known as the 
Mint-flowered Eupatorium. 
E. Haagea?2um. — An erect shrubby green- 
house kind from South America, with oval 
tapering leaves coarsely toothed, and small 
white flowers in loose clusters. 
E. ianthinum. — A handsome hothouse plant 
shown in our coloured plate. It is a shrubby, 
sparsely-branched kind, with stout stems and 
large soft leaves, its violet-blue flowers opening 
in winter or early spring and keeping their 
beauty for many weeks. Its needs are rich 
soil, good drainage, and a winter temperature 
of about 60 degrees; drought, or too low a 
temperature, causes the leaves to fall. After 
flowering, the plants should be kept dry and 
cool as a rest before cutting back and repot- 
ting. A well-flowered plant is one of the 
handsomest of winter shrubs. Mexico. 1849. 
A variety with larger leaves, known 2Li panam- 
f/zj-^", bears looser flower-heads of deeper colour. 
There is also a form, marmorata, with leaves 
finely blotched and variegated. Syns. Hebe- 
clinium^ or Conoclimum ianthinum. 
E. japonicum. — A perennial coming very 
near our Hemp Agrimony, but with stems 
shorter and more branched, and white flowers 
opening later as a good succession until frost. 
Though hardy in the south, it needs protec- 
tion in cold districts or a reserve under glass. 
Formosa and Japan. 
E. Kirilowii. — A hardy perennial from North 
China, with downy stems of 2 to 3 feet, lance- 
shaped deeply-toothed leaves of soft texture, 
arranged in whorls, and heads of white flowers 
in autumn. Syn. E. Lindleyanum. 
E. macrophyllum. — An old hothouse plant 
from tropical America, now scarce in gardens. 
It is too vigorous for small houses, with stout 
hairy stems of 4 or 5 feet and large rounded 
leaves upon long stalks and drawn out to a 
pointed tip. Their surface is deeply veined 
and of velvet softness, glistening with a red- 
dish-purple sheen of beautiful effect. Flowers 
of reddish-lilac in a vast spreading head, com- 
ing in late autumn and winter. Syn. Hebe- 
clinium macrophyllum. Culture as for others of 
the hothouse section. 
E. micranthum. — One of the shrubby green- 
house section and a plant of many names of 
which E. Weinmannianum is perhaps the best 
known. A graceful and sweet-smelling plant 
bearing a profusion of white flowers from 
October until winter has well begun and one 
of the most useful of autumn bloomers. It is 
a strong grower, needing more space than 
other kinds for its erect willow-like shoots 
clothed with deep-green oval leaves. It is 
sometimes grown very prettily as a wall shrub 
in the open air of the south-west of England, 
or under glass in colder parts, being easily 
pruned back when too large. Under glass 
! however it is best in pots and more easily 
regulated by " stopping " or a cool tempera- 
ture ; if moved to a warmer house when com- 
ing into beauty, the flowers gain in purity 
and fragrance. The feathery white clusters 
are pretty arranged with scarlet Salvias or 
other bright blossoms, lasting well in water 
and drooping gracefully upon long light stalks. 
Mexico. There are two prettily variegated 
forms of fairly strong growth ; that known 
as tricolor is a striking plant with leaves mar- 
bled in yellow, white, and rose colour. Syns. 
E. arboreum., or ligustrinum. 
E. Morrisii. — A stout evergreen shrub of 
rapid growth, reaching 6 to 8 feet in two or 
three seasons but easily kept low if desired. 
The long lithe flower-shoots take a graceful 
droop under the large thrice-branched clus- 
ters of white or pale pink flowers, freely pro- 
duced in autumn and again in spring. The 
woody stems are of a warm red-brown colour 
and the leaves smooth and glossy, elliptic in 
