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DOVES AT THE FOUNTAIN. A Watchet corres- 
pondent gives me this as a local name for the 
Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. 
Dove’s Foor. The Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill, 
Geranium molle, from the shape of the leaf. 
DovES IN THE ARK. Columbine, Aquilegia 
vulgaris. 
DovEs RounpD A DisH. Columbine, Aquilegia 
vulgaris. 
Down. A name given in Somerset to certain 
thistles which I cannot’ definitely identify. 
Several correspondents name the Common Cotton 
Thistle, Onopordum <Acanthium, but this is a 
rare plant in Somerset, and Dr. Watson suggests 
there is probably some confusion between this 
and the Spear Thistle. 
Downscwoss. <A correspondent at Dorchester 
gives me this as a local name for the Marsh 
Marigold, Caltha palustris. 
DRAGON Fuies. (1) A Yeovil correspondent 
gives me this as a name for the Lobelia. 
(2) From Evershot I have it as a local name 
for seeds of the Sycamore, Acer Pseudo-platanus. 
DRAGON FLOWER. A Devonshire name for the 
Yellow Iris. J. Pseudacorus, and the Blue (or 
Stinking) Iris. J. foetidissima. Possibly a cor- 
ruption of ‘‘ Dagger-flower,’? but several other 
possible derivations have been suggested. 
DRAGON’S BuLoop. Correspondents at North 
Petherton aid Fiddleford (Dorset) give me this 
as a local name for the Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum. 
DRAGON’S FEMALE. Mr. T. W. Cowan gives 
me this as an old name for Arum Dracunculus. 
DRAGON’S HEAD. Mrs. Day, of North Pether- 
ton, gives me this as a local name for the Snap- 
dragon, Antirrhinum majus. Mr. T. W. Cowan 
reminds me that it is the general English name 
for the genus Dracocephalum. 
DRAGON’S MoutH. Snapdragon, Antirrhinum 
majus (North Petherton, Martock, and Ilton). 
DRAGON (or DRAGON’S) Wort. (1) Anold name 
for the Snake-weed or Bistort, Polygonum 
Bistorta, sent by several correspondents, 
(2) Holland & Britten give Dragonwort as 
a popular name for Arwm Dracunculus. Mr. T. 
W. Gowan tells me that Pliny calls it ‘‘ Dragon,” 
and says that its root “‘ is somewhat red, aad the 
same wrythed and folded round in manner of 
a Deagon, whereupon it took that name.’’ 
DROMEDARY. Knapweed, both Centaurea nigra 
and C. Scabiosa (Barford St. Martin, Wilts). 
