150 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



b. E. moschdtum Willd. Europe, adv. inU. S. Musky Heron' s- 

 bill, Covey, Sweet Covey, Muscovy Musk, Ground-needle, 

 Pick-needle, Pink-needle. Plant diaphoretic. 



778. ER6pHILA, DC. 1821. Whitlow-grass. Cmciferae. 

 From Greek, "spring loving", Syn. Gansblum, Adans. 



1763; Draba, in part. Herbs. About 6 species, Europe to 

 Asia Minor. 



a. E. verDa (L. ) E. Meyer (D. verna L., E. Draba Schimp. & 

 Spen., E. vulgaris DC). Europe, nat. in U. S. Vernal 

 Whitlow-grass, Faverel, Nailwort, Shad-flower, White-blow. 



779. EUNODEA, Swz. - Ernodea. - Rubiaceae. 



From Greek, "sprouting" or "branching". Procumbent 

 shrub. One species, Florida. 



780. ERTELA, Adans. 1763. Ertela. Rutaceae. 

 Syn. Monnieria L. 1759, Moniera Loefl. 1758 (notMonniera 



or Moniera, B. Juss. 1756), Aubletia, Pich. 1807. Herbs. 

 About 2 species, S. America; (a) E. trifolia (L. ) Lyons 

 (Monnieria trifolia L., A. trifolia Eich. ). One of the Brazil- 

 ian plants known as Jaborandi. 



781. ERYNGIUM, L. Eryngo, Briery Thistle, etc. Umbelliferae. 



Ancient Greek name of a thistle-like plant. Herbs with 

 prickly leaves. About 150 species, widely distributed; 27 in 

 U. S. 



a. E. aquaticiim L. ( E. yucc?efolium Michx. ) . Xew Jersey to Flo- 



rida and Texas. Water Eryngo, Rattlesnake' s-master. Button 

 Snakeroot, Corn Snakeroot, Rattlesnake Flag, Rattlesnake- 

 weed. Root acrid-aromatic, diaphoretic, expectorant, emetic. 

 [Other species are credited with similar properties.] 



b. E. campestre L. Europe. Field Eryngo, Hundred-headed 



Thistle, Fever- weed; Ger. Mannstreu, Brachdistel, Krausdis- 

 tel; Fr. Chardon, Roland, Panicaut (Codex). i^ooi diuretic. 



c. E. maritimuni L. Europe. Sea Holly, Sea Hulver, Sea 



Eryngo. Fleshy roots formerly candied, aromatic, expectorant, 

 diuretic. 



782. ERYSIMUM, L. Erysimum, etc. Cmciferae. 

 Greek name of hedge-mustard. Syn. Cheiranthus (adopted 



in Heller's catalogue). Herbs. About 100 species, north tem- 

 perate zone, especially Old World; 18 in U. S. 



a. E. asperumDC. ( E. lanceolatum Pursh, E. Arkansanum Nutt., 



C. Arkansanus (Nutt. ) Greene). Ohio to Texas and northwest 

 to Pacific Coast. Western Wallflower, Yellow Phlox, Orange 

 Mustard, Prairie Rocket. 



b. E. cheiranthoides L. Europe and British America, south to 



Pennsylvania. Treacle Mustard, Worraseed Mustard, Treacle 

 Wormseed, Tarrify. Plant anthelmintic, stomachic. 



