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Elymus. .* A grass which grows in humid situations on the. 
plains and hills. It is called by some cola de ratio rat’s tail, a name 
common to several plants of the same family. 
| Ephedra Americana. Humb. A small shrub which ddlighas i in = 
stony, craggy situations among the rocks, and hills, and the moun- 
tains. The E. bracteata, Miers, is perhaps the same. | 
Epilobium. L. _ Two species related to the E. alpinum and te- 
tragonum. Le They grow i in the drains, and humid and sandy places, 
near torrents, in Taguatagua and Aculéo. 
Equisetum Bogotense. H. B. and Kunth. On the sidés of drains, 
near rivers, in sandy and humid situations. _It is called yerba de 
plata—silver grass, because it serves to clean tarnished silver. Its 
toot is employed as a diuretic.. 
_ Erigeron. L. - Four species, of which one is ae new, the 
E. Canadensis, L. the other. two resemble the E. Bonariensis. L. 
All these plants grow in inclosures, gardens, and fields, on the tides 
of roads, and in the dry pastures of the plain. 
Erineum Vitis.. Pers. Generally known by the name of peste. 
It attacks the leaves of the vine, and in some places extends itself 
inan almost incredible manner. I have found another species which 
Thave called E. Maytent. It grows on -the under surface of the 
leaves of the Mayten. =e ee 
Eriosporangium Baecharidis, Bertero. A small moss which 
* tows on the branches of the rosemary ; it produces furrowed nodosi- 
ties, filled with woolly filaments, which shed ay low dust similar to 
the pollen of flowers. 
Erodium. < The species of this genus bear the name of al- - 
flerilto The E. moschatum, Ait. is very common in the meadows, » 
and €specially in those ‘of the mountains; it smells like musk and 
_ COMMuUnicates its own odor-to the animals that eat it. "is an ex- 
cellent forage. The E. Ciéutarium, Smith, and the variety B. 
-C. prodr. are yer y frequent in meadows, in sandy situations, near 
tivers, and: on the hills. 1 have met in the stony places along the Ca- 
chapudl, with an Erodium, which resembles the E. Malachordes, Willd. 
reum Lens. Lu. Vulgarly lenteja—leatil—sown in fields. s 
tegards the cultivation of this plant, and the consumption of it, we 
Will refer to the-article Oteer Arietinum ; what has been said there 
's here equally applicable. 
Eryngium, L. The name sasdeneille is given to the LE. pani- 
eWdatun, De Larbr. which grows on heights, near crags: I have met 
With two other : species: one in the marshes in the suburbs of San- 
