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EA-GRASS. See EAR-GRASS and EE-GRASS. 
EAR-Bosps. The Fuchsia (Ilton). See Ear- 
DROPS. 
EAR-DROPS. (1) A common name in Somer- 
set and Devon for the Fuchsia. 
(2) Dicentra spectabilis ; see BLEEDING HEART 
and CHINAMAN’S BREECHES. 
EAR-GRASS. Young grass; the annual or 
biennial grasses sown upon arable land. Mr. 
Elworthy considered it should be “‘ year-grass, 
4.e., annual. Rev. W. P. Williams defines it as 
‘‘orass after mowing.’ See EE-GRASS. 
EAarRLty MusHrRoom. Miss Ella Ford, of Mel- 
plash, Dorset, gives me this as a local name for 
the Buttez-bur, Petasites ovatus. 
EARLY ROSE. Several young people at Oak- 
hill give me this as a local name for the Primrose, 
Primula vulgaris. See First Ross. 
EAR-RINGS. The Fuchsia (Axbridge). See 
EXAR-DROPS. 
EARTH GALL. Common Centaury, Centaurium 
umbellatum, the leaves of which are intensely 
bitter, but possess valuable tonic properties. See 
GALL OF THE HEARTH. 
EartH Nut. The general English oame for 
the Common Hog-nut, Conopodium majus. 
EARTH SMOKE. An old Englisk name given 
to several species of Fumitory, Fumaria, 
(particularly to F. officinalis), which in 
France bear the equivalent name of Fumeterre. 
The English and most of the continental names 
of the plant, as well as the scientific name, indicate 
its connection with smoke ; some say because it 
covers the earth like smoke; others because it 
affects the eyes like smoke; but probably the 
true reason is that given by the Rev. C. A. Johns, 
who says the name was given because the smoke 
of this plant was said by the ancient exor:ists 
to have the power of expelling evil spirits. 
Earwic. Mr. H. A. Bending, of Shoscombe. 
gives me this as a local name for the Lesser 
Convolvulus or Field Bindweed, Convolvulus 
arvensis. 
EASTER BELL. Rev. Hilderic Friend gives this 
as a Devonshire name for the Greater Stitechwort, 
Stellaria Holostea, from the time of its flowering, 
and the shape of the half-expanded blossoms. 
EASTER FLOWER. Several correspondents in 
Dorset and Devon give me this as a local name 
for the Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa. 
Compare PASQUE-FLOWER. 
EASTER Lity. The Daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo- 
Narcissus. 
EASTERN STAR. Several correspondents at 
