88 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Effusus (ef-fuz-us). L. adj., " spread out." A second 



bot. name. 



Eglantaria (eg-lan-tar-ia). L. adj., formed from Eglan- 

 tine, the old Eng. name for the Sweet Briar, but 



Milton applied it to the Honey Suckle. A second 



bot. name. 

 Elaeagnaceae (e-la-ajna-si-a). Q> " Elaeagnos " and 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name for a family. 

 Elaeagnus (e-la-aj-nus). G. " Alaiagnos " (name of 



some unknown marsh plant). Eng. rendering of 



the name of the family. 

 Elatinaceae (e-lat-in-a-si-a). G. " Elatine " and 



14 aceous " (like). Bot. name for a family. 

 Elatine (e-la-tin). G. " Elatine" (name of some un- 

 known plant). Bot. name of a group. Eng. name 



for a family. 

 Elatior (e-lat-i-or). 

 Elatius (e-lat-i-us). L. adj., " higher." A second bot. 



name. 

 Elder. A.S. " Ellarn " (the kindler) ; because its 



hollow branches were used to blow up the fire. 



Eng. name for a group. 

 Elecampane (el-kam-pan). A corruption of French 



" enule campane. " The name for one of the Inula 



group. 

 Elegans (ele-gans). L. adj., " elegant." A second 



bot. name. 

 Eleocharis (ele-o-karis). G. " Heleo " (a marsh); 



" charis " (delight) ; from where the plant delights 



to grow. A first bot. name used by some botanists 



for some of Scirpus group. 

 Eleogiton (ele-o-ji-ton). G. " Heleo " (a marsh); 



