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Dicky DILVER. A _ correspondent ‘at West 
Coker gives me this as a local name for the Lesser 
Periwinkle, Vinca minor. 
Ditt-cup (1) Bulbons Buttercup, Ranun- 
culus bulbosus (Dorset and Wilts). 
(2) Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus Ficaria 
(Dorset and Wilts). 
(3) Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris (Dorset), 
Ditty DaAFFs. A correspondent at Winsham 
gives me this as a local name for the Daffodil, 
Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. 
Ditty DALLY. A correspondent at Evercreech 
gives this as a local name for the Daffodil, Narcissus 
Pseudo-Narcissus. 
DIMPLEWORT. Correspondents at Shute 
(Devon) give me this as a local name for the 
Penny wort, Cotyledon Umbilicus-Veneris. 
Dinca Dones. Harebell, Campanula. rotundi- 
folia (Melbury Osmond, Dorset). 
DINGLE BELL. Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis 
(Paulton). 
DIRT-ABED. Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale. 
DIRT-WEED. White Goosefoot. Chenopodium 
album. 
Dirty Dick. A Wiltshire correspondent gives 
me this asa local name for the Goosefoot, as above. 
DITTANDER. Broad-leaved Pepperwort, Lepi- 
dium latifolium. Very rare in Somerset, and not 
found in Devon, Dorset,or Wilts. Lyte (1578) 
says “It is fondly and unlearnedly called in 
English Dittany. It were better in following the 
Douchemen to eall it Pepperwurt.’’ 
DoOBBIN IN THE ARK. A Gorrespondent at 
Muchelney gives me this as a local name for the 
Monk’s-hood, Aconitum Napellus. 
Dock CRESS. A correspondent at Evershot 
(Dorset) gives m> this as a local name for the Com- 
mon Nipplewort, Lapsana communis. 
DocKERY STICK. Phosphorescent Wood (Re v 
W. P. Williams). 
DOCK-FLOWER. (1) Several correspondents at 
Horton give me this as a local name for the White 
Goosefoot, Chenopodium album. 
(2) A ‘correspondent at Watchet gives it as 
a local name for the Amphibious Persicaria, 
Polygonum amphibium. 
DocK-SEED. A correspondent at Axminster 
gives this as a local name for the Common Sorrel, 
Rumex Acetosa. 
DoctTor SHARP. A correspondent at Chideock 
(Dorset) gives this as a local name for the Crane’s- 
bill, Geranium, but does not indicate the species 
