Echinops (sea-urchin-like, spiny as to
scaly parts) - Ek-in-ops: Globe-
thistle.
Echinopsis (sea-urchin-like, spiny) -
Ek-in-nop-siss: Sea-urchin cactus.
Echium (from word for viper) - Ek-ee-
um: Vipers-bugloss.
Edgeworthia (for English botanist
Edgeworth) - Ej-worth-ee-uh.
Edraianthus (for its stalkless flowers) -
Ed-rye-anth-us.
Eichhornia (for Prussian official J. A.
F. Eichhorn)-Eye-korn-ee-uh.
Elaeagnus (olive-sacred) - El-ee-ag-
nus.
Elaeocarpus (olive-fruit) - El-ee-oh-
karp-us.
Elaeodendron (olive tree) - El-ee-oh-
den-dron.
Elaphoglossum (stag-tongue, as to
fronds) - El-af-oh-gloss-um.
Elettaria-El-et-tay-ree-uh: Cardamon.
Eleusine (for mythical Ceres, goddess
of the harvest) - El-yew-sye-nee.
Elisena-El-iss-seen-uh.
Elsholtzia (for German physician and
botanist J..S. Elsholtz) - El-sholt-
see-uh.
Emilia-Em-mill-ee-uh.
Emmenanthe (month-long-flower, for
long-lasting corolla ) -Em-men-anth-
ee.
Empetnim (in-rock, for its adaptability
to rocky locations) - Em-pet-rum:
Crowberry.
Encelia (little-eel, for form of seeds)-
En-seel-ee-uh.
Encephalartos (within-the-head-bread,
for texture of interior of trunk) - En-
sef-al-lart-oss.
Enkiantbus (pregnant-flower, for ap-
pearance of flowers within the flow-
ers ) -En-kee-anth-us.
Eomecon (dawn-poppy)-Ee-oh-meek-
on: Snow-poppy.
Epacris (pointed-at-end, as to leaves)
-Ep-ak-riss.
Ephedra - Et-feed-ruh: Mexican tea,
Joint-fir.
Epidendrum (on-trees, as to epiphytic,
non-terrestrial habit) - Ep-id-den-
drum.
Epigaea (on the earth, for its trailing
habit) - Ep-ij-jee-uh: Trailing-arbu-
tus, Mayflower (E. repens).
Epilobium (on-the-pod, as to flower
structure) - Ep-il-loh-bee-um: Wil-
low-herb.
Epimedium-Ep-im-meerf-ee-um.
Epiphyllum (on-the-leaf, as to the leaf-
like flower branches) - Ep-if-fill-um.
Episcia (shady, as to its habitat)-Ep-
piss-see-uh.
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Epithelantha (like-a-nipple-flower) -
Ep-ith-el-anth-uh: Button cactus.
Eragrostis (love-grass) - Ehr-ag-gros-
tiss.
Eranthemum (spring-flower) - Eer-
anth-em-um.
Eranthis (spring-flower) - Eer-anth-
iss: Winter-aconite.
Eremochloa (desert-grass) - Ehr-em-
mok-loh-uh: Centipede-grass.
Eremurus (solitary-tail, as to single
flower spike; perhaps desert-tail, for
habitat in desert or lonely places)-
Ehr-em-mew-rus: Desert-candle.
Erepsia (taken-away, perhaps for sep-
aration of this genus from genus
mesembryanthemum) - Ee-rep-see-
uh.
Eria (wool, as to downy leaves of some
species)-Eer-ee-uh.
Erianthus (wool-flower)-Ehr-ee-anth-
us: Plume-grass.
Erica-Ehr-ik-uh: Heath.
Ericameria (heath-like) - Ehr-ik-am-
meer-ee-uh: Mock-heather.
Erigenia (early-born, for its spring
flowering) - Ehr-ij-een-ee-uh: Har-
binger-of-spring.
Erigeron (early-old, for the hoary ef-
fect of some of its species) - Ehr-rij-
er-on: Fleabane.
Erinus-Ehr-rye-nus.
Erioborrya (woolly-cluster) - Ehr-ee-
oh-feor-ree-uh: Loquat.
Eriogonum (woolly-knee, for woolly
stems and leaf bases of some spe-
cies ) -Ehr-ee-og-on-um.
Eriophorum (wool-bearing, as to flower
perianth) - Ehr-ee-off-or-um: Cot-
ton-grass.
Eriophyllum (wool-leaf) - Ehr-ee-oh-
fill-um.
Eriostemon (woolly-stamen) - Ehr-ee-
oh-steem-on.
Eritrichium (very-hairy, as to woolly
tufts of some species) - Ehr-it-trik-ee-
um.
Erlangea (for the University of Erlan-
gen, Germany)-Er-lan-jee-uh.
Erodium (heron, suggested by its long-
beaked fruit) - Ehr-roh-dee-um:
Herons-bill.
Eryatamia-Er-vat-fay-mee-uh: Crape-
jasmine.
Erynginm-Ehr-rin-jee-um: Eryngo.
Erysimum (hedge-mustard) - Ehr-rm-
im-um: Blister-cress.
Erythrina (red, for its flowers) - Ehr-ith-
rye-nuh: Coral-tree.
Erythronium (red, as to certain species)
- Ehr-ith-roh-nee-um: Adders-
tongue, Trout-lily.
Escallonia (for Escallon, Spanish trav-
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