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DEVIL’s MILKPAIL.—A correspondent at Dray- 
cott tells me thav this name is commonly given 
in that district to the Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale. 
DeEvit’s NicHTcAp. Correspondents at Wim- 
borne give me this as a local name for 
(1) Hedge Bindweed or Convolvulus, Caly- 
stegia sepium. 
(2) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea. 
DEvit’s PAINT BRUSH. <A correspondent at 
Allerford gives me this as a local name for the 
Hawkweed, Hieracium, but does not name the 
species. Dr. Watson tells ne that the Mo.ase-ear 
Hawkweed, H. pilosella is the only Hieracium at 
all common in the district. 
DEVIL'S PINCHES. A correspondent at Rampi- 
sham (Dorset) tells me this name is sometimes, 
but not commonly, given in that district to the 
Spotted Persicaria, Polygonum Persicaria. 
DEVILS PINCUSHION. A_ correspondent at 
Otterhampton gives me this as a local name for 
vhe Prickly Cactus, Echinopsis. 
DEvIL’s PLAYTHING. The common svinging 
Nettle, Urtica dioica ; frequently called Naucury 
MAN’sS PLAYTHING. 
DEvIL’s POKER. (1) Several correspondents 
at Bradford-on-Tone give me this as a local name 
for the Great. Reed-mace, Typha latifolia, more 
sommonly called BULRUSH. 
(2) The Flame-flower, or Torch Lily. See 
DEvIU’s FIERY POKER. 
DEvIL’s RHUBARB. (1) Several correspon- 
dents at Paulton give me this as a local name 
for the Deadly Nightshade, Atropa Belladonna. 
(2) <A correspondent at East Harptree gives it 
as a local name for “ Wild Rhubarb,”’ by which 
she probably means either tke Bardock, Arctium, 
or the Butterbur, Petasites officinalis. 
DEvVIL’s SHIRT Buttons. Greater Stitchwort, 
Stellaria Holostea. 
_ DeEviw’s SNuFF-Box. <A Puff-ball fungus, 
Lycoperdon, when fully ripe and giving off its 
spores when touched. 
' DeEviu’s Spit. Several correspondents at Brad- 
ford-on-Tone give me this as a local name for the 
Hnapweed. See DEVIL’s Bir (2). 
Deviw’s TorcH. Flame-flower or Red Ho 
Poker, Tritoma Uvaria (Otterhampton). 
DEVIL’Ss WAND. Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash 
(Dorset), gives me this as a local name for the 
Fool’s Parsley, Hthusa Cynapium. 
DEvVIL’s Wort. A correspondent at Bradford- 
on-Tone gives me this as a local name for the 
Winter Aconite, Hranthis hyemalis. 
