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BLUE Betsy. Tne Periwinkle, both Vinca 
major and V. minor (Dunster). 
BLUE BLow. A correspondent at Wimborne 
gives this as a local name for the Corn Blue- 
boitle, Centaurea Cyanus. 
BLUE Bonnets. (1) The Cornflower or Corn 
Bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus. 
(2) The Devil’s-bit Scabious, Scabiosa Succisa. 
(3) A correspondent at Hatch Beauchamp 
gives it as one of the local names for the Wild 
Hyacinth, Scilla non-scripta. 
(4) Several corresponde:.ts at Chew Magna 
give this as the local name for the S‘ar Thistle, 
but thete would appear to be some confusion hece, 
as Mr. W. D. Miller informs me that the plant 
generally known as the Star Thistle, Centaurea 
Calcitrapa, is not recorded from anywhere near 
Chew Magaa, and is extremely unlikely ever to 
bave occurred there. 
BLUE BoTtryte. (1) Thisisthe general English 
name for the Corn Bluebottle, more commonly 
known in Somerset as the Cornflower, Centaurea 
Cyanus, from the bottle shape of the involucre 
and its brilliant blue flower. 
(2) Often given to. the Knapweed, Centaurea 
nigra. 
(3) In some parts of Somerset and Dorset and 
in 8.W. Wilts the Wild Hyacinth ov Bluebell, 
Scilla non-scripta. 
(4) Miss Hila Ford, of Meiplash (Dorset) 
informs me that in her district the name is given 
to the Monkshood, Aconitum Napellus. 
(5) Tne Periwinkle, Vinea (Dowlish Wake). 
BLUE BourcHer. (1) The Early Purple 
Orchis, Orchis mascula (Yeovil, South Pether- 
ton, &c.). 
(2) A number of correspondents at Aller 
give this as a local name for the Bee Orchis, 
Ophrys apifera. 
BLUE BUTTERFLY. A correspondent at Muchel- 
ney gives this as a local name for the Larkspur, 
Delphinium Aj. cis. 
BLUE Burrons. A name which is given to 
various blue flowers which have round heads. 
(1) In Somerset perhaps most commonly te 
the Cornflower or Bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus. 
(2) Field Scabious or Knautia, Scabiosa 
arvensis. 
(3) The Devil’s-bit Scabious, Scabiosa Succisa. 
(4) Sheep’s-bit Scabious, Jasione montana. 
(5) Smail Seabious, Scabiosa Columbaria. 
(6) In some parts of Somerset, but more 
generally in Devon, the Periwinkle, both Vinca 
major and V. minor. 4 
(7) A correspondent at Camerton tells me 
in that district the name is given to the Meadow 
Crane’s-biil, Geranium pratense. 
