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riu' n.'inio "Ijcar's-foot" prohahlx' applies to the leaves. 



Ill the Kosaceae, we missed "alhespine" an mKI name for 

 the "white thorn" (Crataegus coccinea) which comes from al- 

 ha spina whieh of course has the same meaning as while thorn. 

 Crataegus o.vycaiitliHs is the real hawthorn of Europe which 

 is also called "([uick" and "quick-set thorn" from its use in 

 hedges. Other names for the hooked fruits of agrimony are 

 "stieklewort" and "harvest- lice". It seems to he uncertain 

 whether the niulherrv was so called l)ecause its fruits resemhle 

 a hlackherrv, or the reverse. One thing is certain, the word 

 nudherr\ is a very old term for the hlackberry in England. 

 The fruits of the blackherry were also anciently known as 

 "branke-berries" and "hramhle ai)ples." The word "rasp- 

 berry" appears to have been derived from a wine made of 

 raspberrv fruits which was called rasf^is in the 13th and 16th 

 centuries. 



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