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Do@’s FENNEL. <A correspondent at Axminster 
gives me this as a local name for the Corn Chamo- 
mile, Anthemis arvensis. 
Doa’s Grass. (1) A name frequently given 
to the Couch-grass, Agropyron repens. Mr. Fk. W. 
Mathews tells me this is the real dogs’ emetic ; 
and Mr. W. D. Miller writes: ‘‘ It is the case that 
a dog will select with unerring instinct from a 
variety of grasses the leaves of Agropyron repens 
as madicine.”’ 
(2) Several correspondents at Chew Magna 
tell me the name is given in that district to the 
Soft Rush, Juncus effusus. 
(3) Holloway aed others give it as applied to 
tbe Crested Dog’s-tail, Cynosurus  cristatus, 
“because dogs eat the tops of it to azt as a 
vomit. Dr. Watson says ‘‘ Some other grasses 
act similarly. The name is applied to any grass 
which dogs eat.’’ 
Doa’s LIcHEN. Several correspondents ia the 
Axminster district give me this as a loval name 
for the Ground Lichen, Peltigera canina. 
DoGe’s MEDICINE. A correspondent at Samp- 
ford Brett gives me this as a local name for the 
Dog’s Mereury, Mercurialis perennis. 
Doe’s Moutus. (1) A fairly general name 
for the Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus. 
(2) Yellow Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. 
Doa’s Nose. Several correspondents at Otter- 
hamptoa give me tris as a local name for the 
Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus. 
Doe’s Oats. A correspondent at Widworthy 
(Devo.) gives me this as a local name for the Wild 
Oats, Avena fatua. 
DoG-sPEARS. The wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum. Mr. F. T. Elworthy quotes 
an under-gardener as saying ‘“ They’v a-got 
differ’nt names like, but we most times calls 
?em DOG-SPEARS.”’ 
DoG STONES. Several correspondents send me 
this as the name ot an, Orchis, but they do not 
indicate the species. Dr. Downes. writes :— 
O. mascula and O. morio, which have bi-lobed 
tubers, in contradistinction to O. maculata, whose 
tubers are hand-like. Compare DEAD MAN’s 
FINGERS.”’ 
Doa’s-TAIL GRASS. The usual English name 
for Cynosurus cristatus. See Doa’s GRAss (3). 
Doae’s TASSEL. The Wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum (West Somerset). 
Doe’s TEETH. A _ correspondent at Hatch 
Beauchamp gives me this as a local aame for the 
flower of the Broad Bean. Sce DoG TEETH. 
DoG’s THISTLE. Common Sew-thistle, Sonchus 
oleracexs (Dunster). 
