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declined; leaves lance-oblong, pinnatifid or serrate, petals longer than the 
calyx. Wet. 1-2 f. 
pains"Ire. (y. Jn. #.) leaves lyrate pinnatifid; lobes confluent, unequally den¬ 
tate, smooth; petals as long as the calyx; siliques short-turgid; root spin- 
dle-lonn. 18 i. 
ERYTHRINA. 16—10. ( Leguminosce .) [From eruthros, blushing.] 
herbaJcea , (r. M. fi|~) small leaves ternate; leafets rhomboidal, glabrous; 
spikes long, stem herbaceous, prickly. 2-4 f. 
ERYTHRONIUM. 6—1. ( Liliacece .) [From eruthros, red, on account of the colour of its 
juice.] 
america'num , dens-canis. (dog-tooth violet, adder’s tongue, y. Ap. %.) leaves 
lance-oval, punctate; petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the point; inner 
ones 2-dentate near the - base ; style clavate; stigma entire; stigmas 3. 6-8i. 
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. ( Scrophularice .) [From en, fine, chroma , colour.] 
cocci'nea , (painted cup, y. and r. J. J\) leaves alternate, linear, gash-pinnati- 
fid; divisions linear; bracts dilated, generally 3-cleft, longer thaiYthe 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. ( Rhamni .) [From ew, good, nomos, name.] 
america'nus , (burning bush, spindle-tree, r-y. J. T7.) branches opposite, smooth, 
square; leaves opposite, 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; fruit bright red. 
obova'tus, flowers green, tinged with purple. 
EUPATORIUM. 17—1. ( Corymbiferce .) [From its discoverer, Eupator, king of Fontus.] 
purpu'reum , (purple thorough wort, joe-pye, p. Au. 2J-.) leaves in fours or fives, 
petioled, lance-ovate, serrate, rugose-veined, roughish; stem hollow. 4-6 f. 
perfolia' turn, (boneset, thoroughwort, w. Au. %.) leaves connate-perfoliate, 
oblong-serrate, rugose, downy beneath ; stem villose. 2 f. 
EUPHORBIA. 19—1. {Euphorbia.) [In honour of Euphorbus, physician to Juba, king of 
Mauritania.] 
hypericifo'lia, (spurge, Ju. <v>.) smooth, branching, erect, spreading; branches 
divaricate; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, serrate; corymbs terminal; flow¬ 
ers small. 
corolla'ta, 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. 
lathy'rus, the caper tree; umbel dichotomous. Ex. 
ojjicina'rum , stem naked, many-angled. Affords the gum-resin imported from 
Africa, underfhe name of euphorbium. Ex. 
EUPHRASIA. 13—2. {Pediculares.) [From euphron, delightful, pleasant to behold.] 
ojjicina'lis. (eye-bright, w-p. Ju. %.) leaves ovate,obtusely toothed; lower di¬ 
visions of the lip emarginate. 
EVOLVULUS. 5—2. {Convolvula.) [From evolvo, to roll outward.] 
argente'us ) (p. M. I7.) stem simple, erect; leaves oblong, acute, silky-tomen- 
tose on both sides ; peduncles flowered, short. S, 
EXACUM. 4—1. {Gentiance.) < 
pulchel"lum, { r. Au. <v).) corolla 4-cleft; calyx 4-parted; divisions subulate; 
panicle c.orymbed ; peduncles filiform. 
FAGUS. 19—12. {Amentacece.) [From phago , to eat, its nuts being among the first fruits 
eaten by man.] 
ferrugin'ea ) (red beech, y-w. M. I7.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, pubes¬ 
cent beneath, coarsely toothed, at the base obtuse, sub-cordate, oblique; 
nuts, ovate, acutely 3-sided. 
