Elæagnus

( Bot.) The typical genus of the ord. Elæagnacre. They are trees or shrubs cultivated for their silvery foliage. E. argent a, the silver-leaved Oleaster, is a beautiful shrub, with reddish branches, IMG:content-0747.png:[blocks in formation] Elæoden'dron, n . [Gr. elaia , olive-tree, and dendron , tree. ( Bot .) A genus of plants, order Cel as traceæ. Elæ'olite, n. [Fr. eléolithe , from Gr. elaion , olive-oil, and lithos , a stone.] ( Min .) A ma ive variety of nephaline. Elagabalus, or HELIO GAB ALUS, a Roman emperor, B. at Emesa, 204 A. D. His real name was Varius Avitus Ba i an us, but having, when a mere child, been appointed high-priest of the Syro-Phœnician sun-god Elagabal, he a umed the name of that deity. Soon after the death of his cousin Car a call a, E. was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers, in opposition to the legitimate soverein, Macrinus, who had become obnoxious to the troops from the severity of his discipline. The rivals met in battle at Antioch in 218 A. D. Macrinus was defeated, and E. quietly a umed the purple. His reign, which lasted rather more than three years and nine months, was infamous for the nearly unparalleled debaucheries of every kind in which he indulged. He was murdered in an insurrection of the Prætorians in 222 A. D., and was succeeded by his son, Alexander Severus. Elah, a valley in which David slew Goliath. - The son and succe or of Baasha, king of Israel, B. c. 926. After reigning two years, he was slain, while intoxicated, by Zimri, one of his officers, who succeeded him as king. Elaid'ic Acid, n. (Chem.) An acid derived from elaidine and pota a.