OF BRITISH PLANTS. 73 



ERYNGO, L. eryngium, G. rjpvyyiov, from 

 eructare, being, according to the herbalists, a specific 

 against that inconvenience, E. maritimum, L. 



EUPHRASY, Milton (P. L. b. xi. 1. 414), Stockholm Med. 

 M. S. Ewfras, Off. L. euphrasia, Gr. ev<j>pa<na, cheerful- 

 ness, a name that C. Bauhin tells us was first given to the 

 bugloss, meaning probably the borage, and which has 

 been transferred to the eyebright, 



Euphrasia officinalis, L. 



EVENING PRIMROSE, from its pale yellow colour and its 

 opening at sunset, (Enothera biennis, L. 



EVERLASTING FLOWER, from its retaining shape and 

 colour when dried, Gnaphalium, L. 



EVERLASTING PEA, Fr. pois eternel, from not being, like 

 the common and the sweet pea, an annual, 



Lathyrus latifolius, L. 



EYE, the pink, in Tusser called " Indian eye," L. ocellus, 

 as in the name of the carnation, ocellus Damascenus, from 

 the eye-shaped marking of the corolla, Dianthus, L. 



EYEBRIGHT, so called, as W. Coles'tells us in his Adam in 

 Eden, from its being used by the linnet to clear its sight, 

 and thence adopted by men. Where he picked up this 

 tale, does not appear. It is one of several similar legends. 

 See CELANDINE, HAWKWEED, and PIGEON'S GRASS. We 

 may add to this number of eye remedies learnt from the 

 birds, that the use of fennel was taught to man by ser- 

 pents : 



Hac mansa serpens oculos caligine purgat : 

 Indeque compertum est humanis posse mederi 

 Illam luminibus, atque experiendo probatum est. 



Macer. c. xvii. 1. 4. 



We are told the same of the eagle, in reference to the use 

 of the wild lettuce : " Dicunt aquilam quum in altum 

 volare voluerit, ut prospiciat rerum naturas, Lactucse syl- 

 vaticse folium evellere, et succo ejus sibi oculos tangere, et 



