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(3) Yellow-flowered, LZ. Galeobdolon. 
(4) The name is also sometimes given to the 
Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica, frequently 
called Hedge-nettle. 
DEAF AND Dump. Several correspondents at 
Horton give me this as a local name for the 
Yellow Dead-nettle, Lamium Galeobdolon. 
DEAF NETTLE. See DEAD NETTLE. 
DEATH’s FLOWER. Several correspondents at 
Brompton Regis give me this as a local name for 
the Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. 
‘DEATH WARRANT. Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash 
(Dorset), gives me this as a local name for the 
White Bryony. Bryonia dioica. 
DEBERRIES. The fruit thus named in the 
‘* Devon Courtsbip ”’ is the Gooseberry. It is said 
that Shakespeare probably referred to the 
Gooseberry when he used the name Dewberries 
in his ‘‘ Midsummer Night’s Dream.” 
DECEIVER. Ground Ivy, Nepeta hederacea. 
Sevecal young people send me this name. which I 
imagine is given to the plant on account of its 
blue flowers frequently beicg mistaken in the 
early spring for Violets. 
DEER’s Harm. A Dunster correspondent gives 
me this as a local name for aClub-rush. Botanical 
friends tell me that the name is most frequently 
applied to the Tufted Clab-rash, Scirpus cespi- 
tosus, which grows on the hills about Dunster, 
but is not common there. A larger plant, the 
Salt Marsh Club-rush, S. maritimus, is very 
common between Dunster and Minehead, and is 
probably also known in the neighbourhood as 
Deer’s Hair. Both plants have tufts of slender 
stems, looking like coarse hair. 
DELICATE BEss. The white variety of Valeriana 
celtica (Devon). 
DELL-Cups. Buttercups of various species. 
Compare DALE-Cups and DILL-CUPs. 
DELTICUPS. Creeping Crowfoot, Ranunculus 
repens (Skrewton, Wilts). 
DEVIL AMONG THE TatrLors. Fennel-flower, 
Nigella damascena, more often called LOVE-IN-A- 
Mist or DEVIL IN A Busu. 
DEvit Daisy. (1) Common Feverfew, Chry- 
santhemum Parthenium ; and 
(2) Stinkirg Chamomile, Anthemis Cotula, 
from their daisy-like flowers and unpleasant 
odour (S.W. Wilts). 
DEvVILDUMS. A correspondent at Puddletown 
(Dozset) gives me this as a local name for the 
Ragwort, Senecio Jacobea. 
DEVIL AND ANGELS. A_ correspondent at 
Stratton-on-tle-Fosse gives me this as a lccal 
a for the Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceo- 
ata. 
