erythrorchis

[Pref. erythr (o), and Eng., ., orchis.] Bot.: A genus of Orchids, tribe Arethuseæ, family Vanillide. Erythrorchis scandens has slender stems one hundred feet long, and runs like a creeper over Ov trees in wet jungles in the Eastern peninsula and the adjacent islands. ě-rỹth-rõşe, s. [ERYTHROSIS.] Chem.: The name given by Garot to the yellow or orange-colored substance obtained by treating rhubarb with nitric acid, which, however, he allows to be a mixture. It di olves in alkalis, forming red solutions which produce very deep stains. [RHUBARB.] ě-ryth-ro-si-dër-ite, s. [Pref. erythro-, and Eng.siderite.] Min.: Scacchi's name for a hydrated chloride of pota ium and iron, 2KCl+FeCl3+2HO. Prismatic in crystallization. Soluble in water. Found embedded in volcanic bombs inclosed in Vesuvian lava of April, 1872, and was probably formed by sublimation during that eruption. ( Thomas Davies , F.G.S.) ě-rý-thrō-şis, s. [From Gr. erythros =red.] Med.: Plethora. ( Dunglison. ) ě-ryth-ro-spěr'-mě-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. erythro sperm (um), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] Bot . A tribe of Flacourtiacese. The styles are several, the fruit ultimately splits.