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Evn’s APRON. A correspondent at Bruton 
gives me this as a local name for the large-leaved 
Saxifrage, but Dr. Watson writes me ‘‘ There is 
no Saxifrage except Saxifraga tridactylites native 
at Bruton. Unless Saxifrage itself is a mistake 
it must refer to a cultivated plant. London 
Pride (S. wmbrosa) is the only one I have seen 
cultivated there.”? It may possibly refer to the 
Golden Saxifrage, which is a Chrysosplenium. 
Eve’s CusHIoN. Mr. Edward Vivian gives me 
this as a name for the Mossy Saxifrage, Saxifraga 
hypnoides. 
Eve’s TEAR. A correspondent at Stoke-under- 
Ham gives me this as a local name for the Snow- 
drop, Galanthus nivalis. 
Ewe BRIMBLE. The Common Bramble, Rubus 
fruticosus. Mr. F. T. Elworthy says: “ The 
term is generally applied to an individual specimen 
and mostly when of a coarse rank growth. Brooms 
made of heath are always bound round with a 
EWE BRIMBLE.”’ See HEW-MACK 
EYEBRIGHT. This is another name which is 
applied to a number of different plants. 
(1) Itis the general English name of Euphrasia 
officinalis, formerly in great repute for diseases 
of the eye, in consequence of an old legend which 
says that the linnet uses this plant to clear its 
sight. 
“(2) Mr. Elworthy says that in West Somerset 
the name is most commonly applied to the 
Germander Speedwell, Veronica Chamedrys, 
generally known in Somerset as BIRD’S-EYES. 
(3) It is also applied in West Somerset to 
the Common Alkanet, Anchusa officinalis, and to 
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(4) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea. 
(5) Several young people at Mark tell me 
the name is given in that district to the Poppy, 
Papaver Kheas. 
(6) Several young people at Brompton Regis 
give it as a local name for the Wild Pansy, Viola 
arvensis. 
(7) Rev. Hilderic Friend gives it as both a 
Somersetshire and a Devonshire name for the 
Rose-bay~ Willow-herb, Hpilobium angustifolium, 
called CATS’-EYES in some parts of England. 
EYE GLASSES. A correspondent at Chard gives 
me this as a local name for the Scotch Pine, 
Pinus sylvestris, but it is not easy to see the 
connection. 
f Eye or Day. A number of young people in 
different parts of the county send me this as a 
local name for the Daisy, Bellis perennis. 
: FacE IN Hoop. Monkshood, Aconitum Napel- 
us. 
Fairies. Mr. F. R. Summerhayes, of Milborne 
Port, tells me that this .zame is given in that 
