NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMB AT PLANTS. 433 



CI-ENUS AND Author. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Eranthemum, L.f . . Acanth. 1747. 



Eria, Lindl. ..Orchid. 1825. 



Erianthus, Michx. ..Gram. 1803. 



Erigeron, L. .. Compo. 1737. 



Erinocarpus, Nimmo.. Til. 1839. 



Eriobatrya, Lindl. . . Rosa. 1822 . 



Eriocaulon, L. . . Eriocaul. 1742 . 



Eriochloa, H. B. K. . . Gram. 1815. 



Eriodendron, DC.t . . Malva. 1824 



Erioglossum, Bl. 

 Eriol^na, DC. 



Eriophorum, L. 



Erodium, L'Ser 



Eruca, Tourn. f 

 Ervatamia, Stapf.f . 

 Ervum (Tourn.) L. 

 Erycibe, Roxb. 

 Erysimum, (Tourn.) L. 



Erythea, S. Wats 

 Erythracanthus, Nees . 

 Erythraea, Renealm 

 Erythrina, L.f 

 Erythroxylum, P. Br. 

 Eschscholtzia, Cham. . 



Derivation and Common Name. 



. from ear, spring, and anthos 



(Drury); from eran to love, and 



anthemon, a flower. — N. 

 . from erion, wool ; in allusion to 



the pubescent flowers. 

 . from erion and anthos ; there is a 



tuft of hair at the base of each 



spikelet, which makes the spikes 



look like tassels. 

 . from er spring, and geron, an old 



man ; referring to the earliness 



of the plants. 

 . from erinaceus, a hedgehog ; the 



fruit is bristly. 

 . from erion and botryt^ ; the fruits 



appear to be a wooly bunch. 

 . from erion and caulis ; the stem is 



terminated by the wooly head 



of flowers. 

 . erion, wool, and chloa ; the involu- 



cral glume is silky-hairy. 



. meaning the wool-tree ; the tree 

 yields kapok of commerce. 



. erion, wool, and glossa, tongue. 



. from erion and chlaina (a cover) ; 

 the calyx forms a wooly cover. 



. from erion and phoreo ; the heads 

 are cottony. — Cotton-grass. 



. from erodios, a heron ; the carpo- 

 phore suggested the comparison. 



. Latin, of doubtful etymology. 



. after Ervatamius. 



. the Latin name. Lentil. 



. said to be after its native name. 



. from eryo, to draw : on account of 



its efl"ects in drawing blisters. 



N. Hedge Mustard. 



. one of the Hesperides. — N. See 

 yEgle above. 



. the leaves are red beneath, and 

 the bracts are spiny. 



. from erythros, red ; the flowers are 



such. 

 , . from enjthors, red ; the flowers are 



such. Indian-coral-tree. 

 . . erythrox, red, .xylou, wood. — coca or 



Cocaine. 

 . . after J. F. Eschscholtz, a natura- 

 list who accompanied Rotzebue 



round the world ; 1793-1831. 



N. Calif ornian-iwppy . 



Erytlirosylon L. 1759 is its synonym. 



