. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. EICHHORNIA EL^AGNUS 525 A. Leaf-stalks inflated: inner peHantli-segments not serrated. specidsa, Kunth (E. crdssipes, Solms. Pontederia crdsslpes. Mart.). Fig. 755. Lvs. in tufts, all con- stricted at the middle, bladder-like below, sheathed, many-nerved : scape 1 ft. long, with wavy-margined sheaths at and abo
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. EICHHORNIA EL^AGNUS 525 A. Leaf-stalks inflated: inner peHantli-segments not serrated. specidsa, Kunth (E. crdssipes, Solms. Pontederia crdsslpes. Mart.). Fig. 755. Lvs. in tufts, all con- stricted at the middle, bladder-like below, sheathed, many-nerved : scape 1 ft. long, with wavy-margined sheaths at and above the middle: fls. about 8 in a loose spike, pale violet, G-lobed, the upper lobe larger and hav- ing a large patch of blue, with an oblong or pear-shaped spot of bright yellow in the middle: stamens 3 long and 3 short, all curved upwards towards the tip. Braz. 2932, erroneously, as Pontederia aziirea. 34: 14. 5:511. Var. major, Hort., has rosy lilac flowers. Var. aurea, Hort., has yellowish flowers. AA. Leaf-stalks not inflated: inner perianth-segments heautifuUy serrate. aztlrea, Kunth. Lvs. on long or short not-inflated petioles, very variable in size and shape: scape often as stout as the leaf-stalk, gradually dilated into a hooded spathe: fls. scattered or crowded in pairs along a stout, hairy, sessile rachis ; perianth bright pale blue, hairy outside, inner segments beautifully toothed, the upper a trifle larger, with a heart-shaped spot of yellow, which is margined with white. Braz. 6487. H. 25:17. 34:20. 1890 plant will be- come 5 or 6 ft. across in one season. Wm. Tkicker and W. M. ELiSAGNUS (ancient Greek name, meaning a kind of willow; from elaios, olive). Elceagnkcem. Shrubs or small trees: lvs. alternate, deciduous or persistent, en- tire or nearly so, clothed more or less with silvery or brownish scales: fls. axillary, solitary or in clusters, apetalous ; perianth companulate or tubular, 4-lobed; stamens 4, included, on
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