BOTANICAL NAMES 87 



a drink composed of different herbs to stupify the 

 patient when undergoing" an operation. 



Dyer's Rocket. One of the Eng. names for one of the 

 Mignonettes, at one time much cultivated on 

 account of different dyes got from the plant. 



Dysenterica (dis-en-ter-i-ka). L. for " dysentry," the 

 plant being a remedy for that disease. Second bot. 

 name for Fleabane, Inula group. 



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Ebracteatus (e-brak-te-a-tus). L. " E " (without); 

 " bractea " (bracts) (which see). A second bot. 

 name. 



Ebulus (e-bul-us). L. name for Dwarf Eldertree, its 

 second bot. name. 



Echinatus (ek-in-a-tus). L. adj., " prickly or rough,'* 

 from G. " echinos " (a hedge-hog). A second bot. 

 name. 



Echioides (ek-i-oi-des). G. " Echinos " (a hedge-hog) ; 

 " oides " (like) ; from the very rough edges of the 

 leaves. Is the second bot. name for the Ox-tongue. 



Echinocloa (ek-in-o-klo-a). G. " Echinos " (a hedge- 

 hog) ; " cloa " (grass). Is the group name with 

 some botanists, in which Cockspur Panicum is 

 placed. 



Echinaspora (ek-in-a-spor-a). G. " Echinos " (a hedge- 

 hog) ; " spora " (a seed); from the large spores 

 covered with acute tubercles. Second bot. name 

 for a variety of European Quillwort. 



Echium (ek-i-um). G. " Echis " (a viper) ; because the 

 plant was thought to be a remedy for a viper's 

 bite. Bot. name for group. 



