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declined; leaves lance-oblong, pinnatifid or serrate, petals longer than the 
calyx. Wet. 1-2 f. 
palus^tre, (y. Ju, ©.) leaves lyrate pinnatifid ; lobes confluent, unequally den- 
late, smooth; petals as long as the calyx; siliques short-turgid; root spin- 
dle-form. 18 i. 
ERYTHRINA. 16 — 10. (LeguminoscB.) [From erM^Aros, blushing.] 
herba'cea, (r. M. %.) small leaves ternate; leafets rhomboidal, glabrous; 
spikes long, stem herbaceous, prickly. 2-4 f. 
KRYTHRONIUM. 6—1. (.LiliacecB.) [From eruthros, red, on account of the colour of its 
, juice.] 
america'num, dens-canis, (dog-tooth violet, adder's tongue, y. Ap. %.) leave.s 
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. 13—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. {Rhmf"* [From eu, good, nomos, name.] 
america'nus, (burning ' sh, spindle-tree, r-y. J. T7.) branches opposite, smooth, 
square; leaves oppo ite, sub-sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate; peduncles 
mostly 3-flowered, terete ; calyx smail ; corolla 5-petalled ; fruit warty, 
scarlet. Shady woods. 4-6 f. 
atropmpu'reus, flowers dark purple ; fr .lit bright red. 
obova'tus, flowers green, tinged with purple. 
EUPATORIUM. 17—1. (CorymbifercB.) [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. 
perfoUa^tum,, (boneset, thoroughwort, w. Au. %.) leaves connate-perfoliate, 
oblong-serrate, rugose, downy beneath ; stem villose. 2 f. 
EUPHORBIA. 19—1. (Euphorbics.') [In honour of Euphorbus, physician to Juba, king of 
Mauritania.] 
hypericifo'lia, (spurge, Ju. #.) smooth, branching, erect, spreading; branches 
divaricate; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, serrate; corymbs terminal; flow- 
ers small. 
corolWta, the 5-rayed umbel, dichotomous ; floral leaves and those of the 
stem oblong, obtuse ; inner segments of the involucre petaloid, obovate ; 
flowers conspicuous. 1-2 f, 
Za-^A^Vti5, the caper tree; umbel dichotomous. Ex. 
offi.cina'rum, stem naked, many-angled. Atfords the gum-resin imported from 
Africa, under the name of euphorbium. Ex. 
EUPHRASIA. 13—2. {Pedicular es.) [From euphron, delightful, pleasant to behold.] 
officina'lis, (eye-bright, w-p. Ju. 0.) leaves ovate, obtusely toothed; lower di- 
visions of the lip emarginate. 
EVOLVULUS. 5—2. {Convolvula.) [From e-poZ^jo, to roll outward.] 
argente'us, (p. M. Yi.) stem simple, erect; leaves oblong, acute, silky-tomen- 
tose on both sides ; peduncles flowered, short. ^S. 
EXACUM. 4—1. {Geniianoi.) 
pulcheV^lum, {y. Au. ©.) corolla 4-cleft; calyx 4-parted; divisions subulate ; 
panicle corymbed ; peduncles filiform. 
FAGUS. 19—12. (AmentacecB.) [From phago,. to eat, its nuts being among the first fruits 
eaten by man.] 
ferrugin'ea, (red beech, y-w. M. T^.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, pubes- 
cent beneath, coarsely toothed, at the base obtuse, sub-cordate, oblique ; 
nuts, ovate, acutely 3-sided. 
