a 
(3) Dr. R. C. Knight informs me that in at 
least one village in North Dorset the name ELTROT 
is applied to garden Rhubarb, Rheum Rhapon- 
ticum. li is a local saying that ‘“‘ Ansty Randy 
(= fair) d’ come the second month (!) of Mady 
an’ you ad’ always have ELTROT-pi>.”’ 
EmMETs’ STALK. Several correspondents at 
South Petherton give me this as a loca! name 
for the Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum Salicaria. 
EMonNyY oR ENEMY. Corruptions of the name 
** Anemone,”’ very frequently heard in the dis- 
trict. Myr. Elworthy says the former is 2 common 
gardener’s name. ‘“‘Thne common people call 
them EMOoNES.”’ Coles, ‘‘ Adam in Eden,” 1657. 
ENGLISH FLY-TRAP. Round-leaved Sundew; 
Drosera rotundifolia. 
EVENING CLosx. Miss Ella Ford, of Melpiash 
(Dorset), gives me this as a local name for the 
White Campion, Lychnis alba. 
EVENING PRIDE. (1) Several correspondents 
in the Axminster district give me this as a local 
name for the Honeysuckie or Woodbine, Lonicera 
Periclymenum. 
(2) One correspondent in the same district 
gives it as a local name for the Evening Prim- 
rose. 
EVENING PRIMROSE. This is the genera, 
English name for Mnothera biennis, from its 
pale yellow colour and its openiag at sunset. 
The name is sometimes given—lI believe in mis- 
take—to the Great Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus‘ 
EVENING TWILIGHT. Miss Ella Ford, of Mel- 
plash (Dorset), gives me this as a local name for 
(1) The Wood Sorrel, Oxalis <Acetosella. 
(2) The Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa, 
EVER-GRASS. Common Rye-grass, Ray-grass, 
or Darnel, Lolium perenne. Mr. ‘i. *v. Cowan 
writes :—EVER, EVER-GRASS, and EVERY are 
corruptions of the Frencn wivraie, so called from 
its power to inebriate or make drunk (ivre). 
The first part of the name RAY-GRASS also repre- 
seuts the French wraie=druakeaness, from the 
supposed intoxicating quality of some species 
(Piior). In the North of Eagland it is named 
DRuNK. See HAVER. 
EVERLASTING. Any flower which retains its 
coiour and shape when dried, as the species of 
Gnaphnlium, Helichrysum, Rhodanthe, Aniennarias 
EVERLASTING PEA. Perennial Sweet Pea. 
both Broad-leaved, Lathyrus latifolius; and 
Narrow-leaved. L. sy!.est :s. 
Every. A Dorset form of EvER-GRASS, Which 
see. 
