BOTANICAL NAMES 93 



Eupatorium (u-pa-to-re-um). After Eupator, King- of 

 Pontus, who introduced the plant as a medicine. 

 Bot. name Eupatory group. 



Eupatory (u-pa-tor-e). Eng. rendering of Eupatorium. 

 Euphorbia (u-for-be-a). After Euphorbus, physician to 



Juba, king of Mauritania, who first used the plant. 

 Bot. name for Spurge group. 

 EuphorbiacecE (u-for-be-a-se-a). " Euphorbia " and 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name Spurge family. 

 Euphrasia (u-fra-si-a). G. for " delight." Bot. name 



Eyebright group. 

 Europaeus (u-ro-pe-us). Europe in Latin dress. A 



second bot. name. 

 Exacum (egz-a-cum). L. "Exacuo" (to make pointed). 



Used as first bot. name. 

 Excelsior (ek-sel-si-or). L. adj., " more lofty." A 



second bot. name. 

 Exigua (eks-ig-ua). L. adj., " small or mean." A 



second bot. name. 

 Eximium (eks-im-i-um). L. adj., " rare." A second 



bot. name. 

 Exogens (eks-o-jens). G. " Exo " (outside); " gen- 



nao " (to produce) ; plants which grow by additions 



to the outside of last year's ring of wood, as in the 



Oak, Ash, Elm, &c. These are Dicotyledons 



(which see). 

 Extensa (eks-ten-sa). L. adj., " stretched out." A 



second bot. name. 

 Eye-Bright. Eng. name for Euphrasia, because an 



infusion of the plant was a good eye-wash, made 



them bright and clear. 



