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and to the climes of the South-east ; but it is very uncertain 

 whether any of our British members of the Pink family were 

 described by Theophrastus. 



Apv<i, Quercus ; A. ervfioSpv? forsan. Q. Robur, Stack. Cat. 

 Syst. 19; Theo. i. 8, 9, 13, 16; iii. 4, Q, 7, 9. Billerbeck is of 

 the same opinion (Fl. Clas. 231). 



El^agnus. Neither Billerbeck nor Sprengel enter our Hip- 

 popha'e as the plant intended by Theophrastus under this name. 

 The Greek name of our Teasel has almost the same sense 

 as Hippophae : it signifies something which makes " sleek" or 

 " smooth." 



Elymus. This cereal is stated by Theophrastus to produce 

 very durable grains or seeds. " Grana eXvfiov et K6<yxpov mawime 

 durant,'' viii. 1 and 10, 



Ephemeron, €(j)i]/j,€pov, Thcoph. vi. 6. Clusius states that this 

 plant is the same as Colchicmn of Dioscorides. Its poisonous 

 character may be inferred from several of its more modern 

 names, viz. Mort aux chiens, dogs' -bane, etc. (Clus. 201, bottom 

 of page). 



Epilobium. Sprengel enters, p. 89, Epilobium alpestre, as 

 equivalent to oivoOrjpa of Theo. Hist. ix. 20. This is probably 

 the first authority that can be quoted for the generic name 

 (Enothera. See CEnothera, infra, where the (Enothera, Theoph., 

 is assumed to be Epilobium angustifolium. 



Erica. Theoph. i. 23. Our British heaths do not grow in 

 Greece. We have borrowed only the name of the genus. 



Erigeron. This plant, whatever it was, is enumerated among 

 Xayava, pot-herbs. Sprengel enters Senecio vulgaris as the 

 equivalent of Tjpcjepcov, Th. viii. 7, 8. Billerbeck places Erigeron 

 viscosus, or Inula viscosa, as a synonym of the plant of Theo- 

 phrastus, and quotes Hist. PI. vi. 2, Stack. 25. (See Conyza, 

 supra). 



Erysimum, epvcrtfiov. This is placed among the agrestal 

 plants {apovpaia^), and Stackhouse writes "forsan (perhaps) 

 E. Barbarea, L., Barbarea vulgaris, Ait. The leaves are with- 

 out nerves or veins (viii. 3) ; stem somewhat fistular. It is re- 

 lated to Sesamum, and abounds in oil (viii. 7) . Are these cha- 

 racteristics of our Barbarea vulgaris, or of any other known 

 British plant belonging to this genus ? 



Euonymus. William Turner, in his ' Herbale,' 1554, part i. 



