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A DICTIONARY OF 
Elf-dock (in Grete Herball and Ger. Appx. Elfe-doske). Inula 
Helenium, L. — See Prior, p. 71. 
Elfwort. Inula Helenium, L. — Dr. J. Hill, Herb. Brit. 1769. 
Elg’ins. Rurnex aquaticus, L. — Roxh. Jamieson. See Eldin. 
Ellar. Samhucus nigra, L. — Kent, Holl. ; L'nc. Holl. ; Suss. Wr, 
Ellarne. Samhucus nigra, L. — A.S. Wr. ‘ Still in use, see Heref. 
Gl. and Pr. Parv. p. 239.’ — Hal. Sal. 
Ell-docken. Petasites vulgaris, L. — Jedburgh, Bot. E. Bord. Hal. 
and Wr. have ‘ Coltsfoot, North, but the same plant is doubtless 
intended. 
Ellem. Ulmus campestris, L. — Suss. Parish. Pulman gives the adj. 
ellemin, relating to elm : ‘ ellemin timber.’ 
Ellen Tree. Samhucus nigra, L. — Yhs. Hal. Wr. 
Eller, or Eller Tree. (1) Alnus glutinosa, L. — Cumh. ; Line. 
Brogd. ; Norf.; North, Hal. Wr. ; Suss. Parish; N. Yks. ; Scotl. 
Jamieson. 
(2) Samhucus nigra, L. — Ches. ; Kent, Holl. Line. Holl. ; Suss. 
Holl. ; E. Yks. Marshall, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2. It is applied to this 
tree in Piers Plowman. Prior, p. 71. See Alter and Elder. 
Eller, Dog. See Dog Eller. 
Ellern. Samhucus nigra, L. — Do7's. 
Ellet, or Eliot. Samhucus nigra, L. — Suss. Hal. AYr. 
Ell-shinders, Yellow. Senecio Jacohcea, L. — E. Bord Bot. E. Bord. 
Elm, or Elm Tree. The general name for Ulmus campestris, L., and 
other species. — Turner, Byte, Prior, p. 71. 
Elm, Broad-leaved. The ‘ Ulmus latifolia' of Ger. is U. montana ; 
but he says of Tilia parvifolia, L., that ‘the people in Essex about 
Heningham (whereas great plenty groweth by the way sides) do call 
it hrocid leafed Elme' (p. 1298). 
Elm, English. Ulmus campestris, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. A 
frequent book-name for the species. 
Elm, Scotch. Ulmus montana, Sm. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. A 
common name in nurserymen’s catalogues. 
Elm, Witch, or Wych. Ulmus montana, Sm. — A common book- 
name. Prior (p. 256) supposes it to be so named ‘ from its wood 
having been used to make the chests called in old writers wyches, 
hucches, or whycches. Er. huche, A.S. hwoecced 
Elm, Yoke. Carpinus Betulus, L. — Ger., who appears to have 
invented the name. He says : ‘ It is called Betulus, as if it were a 
kinde of Birch, but myselfe better like that it should be one of the 
Elmes.’ Yokes were formerly made of it. See Ger. p. 1296. Prior, 
p. 259. 
Elmen, or Elmen Tree. Ulmus campestris, L. — West ; Dev. 
Elnorne. Samhucus nigra, L. — Prompt. Parv. Hal. WY. 
