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DEVIL IN A BusH (or in a DEN or a HEDGE). 
Fennel-flower, Nigella damascena, more com- 
monly known as LOVE-IN-A-MIsT. 
DEVIL IN CHURCH. A_ correspondent at 
Lytchett Matravers (Dorset) gives me this as a 
local name for Borage, Borago officinalis. 
DEviL MAy CARE. Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash 
(Dorset), gives me this as a local name for the 
Dogwcod, Cornus sanguinea. 
DEVILS AND ANGELS. (1) Wild Arum or 
Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum. 
(2) <A correspondent at Tisbary (Wilts) gives 
it as a local name for the Wild Orchis (? Orchis 
mascula). 
DEVIL'S BANE. A correspondent at Martock 
gives me this as a local name for the Hairy 
St. Johr’s Wort, Hypericum hirsutum. 
DEVIL’s BERRIES. The fruit of the Deadly 
Nigbtshade, Atropa Belladonna. Dr. R.C. Knight 
writes :—‘*‘ It is interesting to note the number of 
times the word ‘Devil’ is associated with 
poisonous plants. This must have served as a 
protection to childre. on numerous occasions,” 
DEvIL’s Bir. (1) The commoa plant Seabiosa 
Succisa, found growing in pastures. It bears a 
mauve-coloured flower on a long stem, and 
blooms in August and September. Gerard says ‘ It 
is commonly called Morsus Diaboli or Divelsbit, of 
the root (as it seems) that is bittean off; for the 
superstitious people hold opinion, that the divell, 
for enuy that le beareth to mankinde, bit it off, 
because it would le otherwise good for many 
vses.”’ 
(2) A. number of correspondents in the oeigh- 
bourhood of Taunton give the name to the Small 
Knapweed,. Centaurea nigra, doubtless through a 
confusion of the two plant. 
DEVIL’s BLANKET. A Salisbury correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the Great 
Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus. 
DeEviw’s BLossom. A correspondent at Ex- 
mouth gives me this as a local name for the 
Hemlock, Conium maculatum. 
DFVIL’s CANDLESTICK. (1) Correspondents in 
the Axminster district give me this as a local 
name for the Purple Medick or Lucerne, Medicago 
sativa. 
(2) A correspondent at Rodden (Frome) gives 
it as a local name for the Ground Ivy, Nepeta 
hederacea. 
DEvit’s CHERRIES. (1) The poisonous fruits 
of the Deadly Nightshade, Atropa Belladonna. 
(2) The berries of tke Woody Nightshade or 
Bittersweet, Solanum Dulcamara—a common 
mistake througk confusing this plaat with No. 1. 
