BOTANICAL NAMES 91 



a parasitical plant that lives on other plants, among 



others on the Thyme. Is now second hot. name for 



Lesser Dodder. 

 Equisetaceae (ek-wi-se-ta-si-e). L. " Equisetum " 



(horse-hair); " aceous " (like). Bot. name for 



Equisetum ; more commonly known as Horsetail 



family. 

 Equisetum (ek-wi-se-tum). L. " Equis " (a horse); 



" setum " (a thick hair, like those found in the tail). 



Bot. name for a group commonly called Horsetails. 

 Erecta (e-rek-ta). L. adj., " erect." A very common 



second bot. name. 

 Erica (e-ri-ka). The name for " heath " both in G. and 



L. Bot. name for a group of Heath family. 

 Ericaceae (e-ri-ka-si-a). G. " Erike " (heather); 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name for the Heath family. 

 Ericetorium (e-rik-et-o-rum). L. adj., " somewhat like 



heath." Second bot. name. 

 Erigeron (e-rij-e-ron). G. " Eri " (early); " geron " 



(an old man) ; from the grey look of the down on 



the seed. Bot. name for a group. 

 Eriocarpa (e-ri-o-car-pa). G. " Erion " (wool); " car- 



pos " (fruit). Second bot. name. 

 Eriocauleae (er-e-o-kaw-le). G. " eriocaulon " and L. 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name for Eriocaulon 



family. 

 Eriocaulon (er-i-o-kaw-lon). G. "Erion" (wool); 



" caulon " (stem); from the downy stems of the 



plants. Bot. name for a group. 

 Eriophorum (e-re-o-fo-rum). G. "Erion" (wool); 



" phoro " (bearer). Bot. name for Cotton Sedge 



group. 



