92 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Erodium (e-ro-di-um). G. name for a Heron. Bot. 



name for a group of Geranium family, because the 



fruit of the plant resembles a Heron's beak. 

 Erophila (e-ro-fil-a). G. " Ero " (spring) ; " phila " (a 



lover) ; synonym by some botanists of Draba (which 



see). 

 Erraticus (er-rat-ik-us). L. adj., " erratic." A second 



bot. name. 

 Erucifolia (e-ru-ki-fol-ia). L. " Eruca " (a caterpillar) ; 



" folia " (a leaf). Second bot. name Narrow- 

 leaved Senecio. 

 Eryngium (e-rin-ji-um). G. " Erygien " (eructation); 



plant a remedy for flatulence. Bot. name for a 



group. 



Eryngo (e-rin-go). Eng. rendering of Eryngium. 

 Erysimum (e-ri-si-mum). G. " Eruo " (to draw up); 



i.e., to blister. Bot. name for a group. 

 Erythraea (er-ith-ra-a). G. adj., "red"; from the 



colours of the flowers. Bot. name Centaury group. 

 Erythrospermum (er-ith-ro-sper-mum). G. "Erutheros" 



(red); " spermum " (seed). Second bot. name for 



one of the four varieties of the Dandelion. 

 Escallonias (es-kal-lo-ni-as). Belonging to the Saxifrage 



family. 

 Escboltzia (esh-sholt-se-a). Are Californian plants of 



Poppy family. 



Esula (es-u-la). Herbalists' name for plant; a cor- 

 ruption of its then bot. name, G. " pityusa " (a 



pine) ; now a second bot. name. 

 Eutnymus (u-on-i-mus). After Euonyme, mother of 



the Furies, the berries being poisonous. Bot. name 



Spindletree group. 



