ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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E^erfarne. Poly podium vulgare, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. (and Wr.) 
have ‘ Everferne, wall fern ; ’ but in a recipe printed at p. 36 we read 
‘ Take everferne which grows on the ake,’ which clearly refers to Poly- 
podium vulgare, L. 
Ever-grass. Lolium perenne, L. — Pulman. See Eaver. 
Evergreen Oliver. Ruhia peregrina, L. — Wight, FI. Vect. See 
Clivers. 
Everlasting, or Everlasting Flower. A name assigned to many 
Compositce, from their retaining shape and colour when dried. Hal. 
and Wr. apply it to ‘ American Cudweed^ {Antennaria margaritacea), 
and Prior applies it (p. 73) to Onaphalium, but certain species of 
Helichrysum are the plants most usually so called. 
Everlasting, Moor. Antennaria dioica, Gsertn. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. 
Everlasting Pea. Lathyrus latifolins, L. — Hot that the flowers are 
of the nature of everlasting flowers, but because the plant is perennial. 
Prior, p. 73. 
Everocks. Ruhus Chamcemoriis, L. — Scott. Jamieson. 
Every (Fr. ivraie). Lolium 2301 - 611116 , 1 ^. — Dors.; ‘ a species of grass,’ 
West, Hal. Wr. Of. Eaver and Raygrass. 
Eveweed. Hesperis matroncdis, L. — A name apparently invented 
by Dr. J. Hill in Herb. Brit. 1769, in reference to the fragrance of the 
blossoms in the evening. 
Eve’s Cushion. Saxifraga hypnoides, L. (in gardens). — Yks. (York). 
Ewe. Taxus haccata, L. — Byte, &c. A frequent method of spelling 
yew in old writers. See Prior, p. 257. Wr. and Nares have it Ew : 
in the quotation given by the latter something else may have been 
meant. Warner (Plantse Woodfordienses) spells it Eugh, and Hal. 
and Wr. have Ewgh. 
Ewe-daisy. Potentillct Torinentilla, L. — E. Bord. (Cheviot), Bot. 
E. Bord. 
Ewe-gowan. Beilis per ennis, L. — Scotl. Jamieson; North, Hal. Wr. 
Ewfras (L. Euphrasia). ‘A herb.’ — Arch. xxx. 377. Hal. Wr. 
Euphrasia officinalis, L. — Prior, p. 73. 
Exan. ‘ Exan is Croswort, yet not our Cruciatal — Ger. Appx. Hal. 
Wr. We do not know what plant is meant. 
Eye. ‘The pink; in Tusser called Indian Eye. Dianthus, L.’ — 
Prior, p. 73. 
Eyebright. (1) Eupihrasia officinalis, L. — Turn. Hames. W. dies., 
N. Yks., and more or less in general use. Coles (A. in E., 46, 47) 
says : ‘ Divers authors write that goldfinches, linnets, and some other 
birds, make use of this herb, for the repairing of their own and their 
young ones’ sight The purple and yellow spots and stripes, 
which are upon the flowers of Eyebright, doth very much resemble the 
diseases of the eyes, as blood-shot, &c. By which signature it hath 
