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DeEvin’s CLAws. (1) Bird’s-foot Trefoil. Lotu s 
corniculatus. 
(2) Corn-field Crowfoot, Ranunculus arvensis. 
DEVIL’s CUPS AND SAUCERS. The Wood 
Spurge, Huphorbia amygdaloides. of which the 
flower suggests two little green cups standing in 
a green saucer. 
DEVIL’s Cut. Pulman says “ The wood of the 
Wild Clematis, dried and ased by naughty boys 
for smoking.”’ See DEVIL’s Guts (1). 
DEVIL’s DARNING NEEDLES. A name given in 
some districts to the Skepherd’s Needle, Scandir 
Pecten-V eneris. 
DeEvit’s DENS. A correspondent at Camertoa 
gives me this as a local name for the Fennel 
Flower. See DEVIL IN A BUSH. 
DeEvil’s Eve. (1) Correspondents at Wed- 
more and Kimmeridge (Dorset) give me this as a 
local name for the Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea. 
(2) Another -zorrespondent at Kimmeridge 
gives it as a lozal name for the Henbane, 
Hyoscyamus niger. 
DEvVIL’s FIERY POKER. A correspoudent at 
West Pennard gives me this as a local name for 
the Flame Flower or Red Hot Poker, Tritoma 
Uvaria. 
DEvVIL’s FINGERS. Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus 
corniculatus. 
DEVILS FLOWER. (1) A _ correspondent at 
South Petherton gives me this as a local name for 
the Hemlock, Conium maculatum. 
(2) Mr. ©. J. Tomkins, of Mistertor, gives it 
as a local name for the Greater Stitchwort, 
Stellaria Holostea. 
DEVIL’s GARTERS. A correspondent at Ilton 
gives me this as a local name for the small Bind- 
weed, Convolvulus arvensis. 
DeEvIL’s GILLOFFER. <A _ correspondent at 
Barrington gives me this as a local name for tke 
red Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri. 
DEvit’s Guts. (1) Wild Clematis or Tva- 
veller’s Joy, Clematis Vitalba. Called in Germany 
‘* Devil’s Band.” See DEvIL’s CuT. 
(2) The name is also given to the Dodder, 
Cuscuta. from the resemblance of its stems to 
catgut and the mischief it causes. 
(3) Small Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, 
from its roots running down deeply into the 
ground and spreading rapidly abroad, defying the 
skill of the farmer or gardener to eradicate 
them. 
DEvIL’s LEAF. Several correspondents at 
Aller and Martcck give this as a lceal name for 
the Great Nettle, Urtica dioica. 
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