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DROOPING BELL. Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis 
(Paulton). 
DROOPING BELL OF SopoM. His Honour J. 
S. Udal gives this as a Dorset name for the Snake- 
lily, Fritillaria Meleagris. 
DROOPING HEADS. Snowdrop, Galanthus 
nivalis (Thorne St. Margaret and Sampford 
Arundel). 
DROOPING Liny. Snowdrop, as above (Castle 
‘Cary). 
DROOPING Wi~tow. (1) The Weeping Willow 
Salix babylonica (Devon). 
(2) Also the ‘“‘ Golden Chain,”  Cytisus 
Laburnum, on account of its long elegant chains 
of gold hanging down like the branches of the 
Weeping Willow (Devon). 
Drops OF Broop. Mr. Edward Vivian, of 
Trowbridge, gives me this as a local name for the 
Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis, more 
generally called the PooR MAN’s WEATHER- 
GLASS. 
Dropwort. A number of correspondents send 
me this as a local name for the Meadow-sweet, 
Spirea Ulmaria. The true Dropwort (Spirea 
Filipendula) and the Meadow-sweet are closely 
allied, but the latter grows mostly beside streams 
or in damp woods or meadows, and the former 
favours drier situations, where the soil is chalk 
or grevel. 
DRvuID’s Hair. Talliwell gives this as a Wilt- 
shire name for long moss. 
DRUMMER Boys. A correspondent at Char- 
mouth gives me this as a local name for the Small 
Knapweed, Centaurea nigra. 
DRUMMER Daisy. Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysan- 
themum Leucanthemum (Martock and Muchelney). 
DRUMMER HEADS. Same as DRUMMER Boys’ 
Drumsticks. (1) Small Knapweed, Cen’ 
taurea nigra (West Coker). 
(2) A Tisbury correspondent gives m>* this 
‘as a local name for the Burnet, Poterium officinale. 
(Mr. W. D. Miller suggests that the Salad Burnet. 
P. sanguisorba is probably intended). 
DRUNKARDS. This name is given to a number 
nk plants ; in this district perhaps most generally 
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(1) The Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris, on 
account of its fondness for water. 'The children 
say if you gather them you will get drunk; or 
if you look long at them you will take to drink. 
(2) Red Spur Valerian, Kentranthus ruber, 
‘commonly known throughout a great part of the 
district as KIss-ME-QUICK. 
(3) Red Campion, Lychnis dioica, throughout 
@ great part of Somerset, particularly in the West. 
