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BASTARD BALM. A number of correspondents 
send me this name, which is the usual English 
name forthe Wild Balm, Melittis Melissophyllum, 
and is given to mark the distinction between this 
and the true Balm, Melissa officinalis, which 
belongs to another genus. 
BASTARD KiLuER. The plant Savinz Juniperus 
Sabina (F. T. Elworthy). Dr. Downes tells me it 
should be J. communis. 
BATH ASPARAGUS. The Spiked Star of Beth- 
lehem, Ornithogalum pyrenaicum. Rev. R. P. 
Murray says ‘‘ The young spikes are sold in Bath 
as a suhstitute for asparagus, and are said by 
some to be little inferior in flavour.”’ 
BAYZURE. A correspondent at Babeary gives 
me this as a local name for the Primula Auricula, 
which Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me is also called 
BAZIERS. Both forms are probably a corruption 
of BEAR’s HEARS, which see. 
BEACON WEED. White Goosefoot, Cheno- 
podium album. A Dorset pronunciation of 
BACON WEED. 
BEADS. Procumbent Pearlwort, Sagina pro- 
cumbens (N.W. Wilts). 
BEAM TREE. A species of wild Service, of 
which the general English name is White Beam 
Tree, Pyrus Aria. Closely allied to the Mountain 
Ash. 
BEAR BIND. Field Convolvulus, Convolvulus 
arvensis ; so called from its binding together the 
stalks of bear or barley. 
BEARDED PINK. Sweet William, Dianthus 
barbatus. 
BEAR’S BREECH. (1) The English name of 
the genus Acanthus. 
(2) The Cow Parsnip, Heracleum Sphondylium. 
Dr. Prior says the name has been transferred by 
some mistake from the Acanthus to the Cow 
Parsnip, and that it is given owing to the rough- 
ness of the plant. 
BEAR’s Ears. The Aurvicula, Primula Auricula. 
The name ‘“ Bear’s ears” is from the former 
Latin name of the plant, ursi auricula, in allusion 
to the shape of its leaf. 
BEAR’s MovutH. Snapdragon, Antirrhinum 
majus. : 
Bzear’s Foor. (1) The Foetid or Stinking 
Hellebore, Helleborus fetidus, from the shape of 
its leaf. Also the Green Hellebore, H. viridis. 
(2) Monk’s-hood, Aconitum Napellus, because 
its much divided leaves are supposed to bear some 
resemblance to the paw of a bear. 
Beaty Eyes. The Pansy, either pulpivend: 
cee tricolor or wild V. arvensis. See Brppy’s 
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