Eurygania
(from eurys, wide, and ganos, brightness; Eurygania was a wife of Cedipus). ORD. Vacciniaceae. A genus of about a dozen species of ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with pendent branches, allied to Thibaudia (which see for cultivation). All are natives of the Andes of South America. E. ovata (ovate). fl. in very spreading, shortly peduncled, axillary corymbs, 4in. to 5in. across; calyx deep red; corolla urn-shaped, red; mouth whitish. July. l. ovate-acute, serrulate, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. Stem stout; branches long, rambling, cylindric, green. 1878.