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Bioop FLowEeR. Any 'ed-flowering plant of 
the genus Hamanthus, of the Amaryllis tamily. 
BLoop Heart. A correspondent at Staple 
Fitzpaine gives me this as a local name for the 
Pentstemon. 
Bioop WALLS. Mr. Edward Vivian, of Trow- 
bridge, gives me this as a local name for the 
Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, which is also 
known in that district, as well as throughout the 
greater part of Somerset, as BLOODY WARRIORS. 
BLoop Wort. (1) The Bloody-veined Dock, 
Rumex sanguineus. One of our old _ writers 
remarks ‘“ All Docks being boiled with meat 
make it boil the sooner’’; and with regard to 
this particular species, he says that it is ‘ ex- 
ceeding strengthening to the liver, and procures 
good blood, being as wholesome a_pot-herb as 
any grows in a garden; yet such is the nicety 
of our times (forsooth) that women will not put 
it into a pot, because it makes the pottage black 5 
pride and ignorance (a couple of monsters in the 
creation) preferring nicety before health!” 
(2) The name is sometimes given to the Herb 
Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
Bioopy Bonss. (1) The Early Purple Orchis, 
Orchis mascula. 
(2). The Wild Hyacinth, Scilla non-scripta 
(Dorset). 
This is only one instance out of several in which 
I find a striking name given to one of these 
flowers being applied also to the other—in fact 
in many districts the Early Purple Orchis is 
known as the WiL~p HYACINTH, and a corres- 
pondent at Symondsbury (Dorset) tells me that 
in that district it is called BLUEBELL. 
BLoopy ButcuHER. (1) The Red Spur Valerian, 
Kentranthus ruber. 
(2) The name of a small red Apple. 
BLoopy Dock. The Bloody-veined Dock, 
Rumex sanguineus, from its red veins and stems 
See BLOODWORT. 
BLoopy FINGERS. A very common name in 
Somerset for the Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. 
BiLoopy MAN’s FINGER. The Wild Arum or 
Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum, from its lurid 
purple spadix. 
Bioopy TRIuMPH. Miss Ella Ford, of Mel- 
plash (Dorset) gives me this as a local name for 
the Crimson Clover, Trifolium incarnatum, and 
informs me that the name is due to a tradition 
which says that a battle was once fought in 
that neighbourhood in which the victors decked 
themselves with these flowers. It was a great 
massacre, and hence the name ‘“‘ bloody.” 
BLioopy WARRIORS. The usual name through- 
out Somerset for all kinds of Wallflower, Cheir- 
