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is said to be derived from Arabia, but Gerard had a 

 curious fancy that it was corrupted from Drabe: — 

 "in Greeke drabe or Arahis, by a small errour in 

 chaunging cl into a." The Drabe of Dioscorides was 

 not a British plant, and the meaning of the name 

 seems doubtful. 



Endym'ion. a mythological shepherd, who, it is said, 

 required of Jupiter to grant him to be always young, 

 and to sleep as much as he would : whence came the 

 saying *' to sleep the sleep of Endymion," to express 

 a long sleep. The name, botanically, is a synonjan 

 of Agraphis. Whether the sleeping propensity of 

 Endymion had any connection with the nodding 

 habit of this flower, I do not know. 



Eroph'ila. G. ero, spring, and phila, loving. "Usually 

 combined with Br aha, but as distinct as any genus 

 in the Order." — Student's Flora. 



Eufra'gia, synonymous with Euphrasia, which see. In 

 this case the name is applied to the plant called also 

 Bartsia viscosa. Bartsia was formerly considered 

 by some to be a kind of Eyebright, and Gerard calls 

 it Eyebright Cow-wheat. 



Fagop'yrum. See Polygonum FagopjTum. 



Galinso'ga. Named in honour of Don M. M. Galinsoga, a 

 Spanish botanist. It is a Peruvian Composite, which 

 is admitted into the British Flora as a colonist by 

 Hooker and Syme. It grows chiefly about Kew. 



Halos'cias. From G. lialos, of the sea; a synonym of 

 Ligusticum. It grows on rocks by the sea. 



Pulica'ria. From L. index, a flea; either from its being 

 supposed to drive away fleas, or from the resemblance 

 of the seeds to those insects. 



