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Eomecon (From eoos Eastern and Mekon)

(from eoos, Eastern, and Mekon, a Poppy; so called because of its systematic position close to the Poppies, and its native country in Eastern Asia). ORD. Papaveraceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a beautiful, half-hardy, perennial herb. It thrives in any fairly good soil, and may be increased by division.

E. chionantha (snowy-flowered). fl. terminal, 2in. in diameter, on slender pedicels; sepals combined into a boat-shaped spathe; petals pure white, nearly orbicular, concave, spreading; stamens yellow, numerous; scapes 1ft. or more high, reddish, subpaniculately branched above. Spring. l. radical, long-petiolate, 3in. to 6in. long, broadly cordiform, concave, the margins broadly sinuated; petioles 6in. to 8in. long. China, 1885. (B. M. 6871.)