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district to the staminate, carpellate, and neute 
florets of the Wild Arum, Arum maculatum. 
Fatries’ Bastns. (1) <A_ correspondent at 
Evercreech gives me this as a local name for the 
Cowsiip. Primula veris. 
(2) Several correspondents in the Axminster 
district give it as a local name for Buttercups, 
Ranunculus. 
Fairies’ Batu. Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash 
(Dorset), gives me this as a local name for the 
Water Avens, Geum rivale. 
Fatries’ Beps. The same correspondent gives 
me this as a local name for the Figwort, Scro- 
phularia. 
Farrigs’ Betts. (1) The Foxglove, Digitalis 
purpurea. 
(2) <A correspondent at South Petherton gives 
it as a local name for the Lily of the Valley, 
Convallaria majalis. 
(3) A correspondent at Mells gives it as a 
local name for the Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, 
Scilla non-scripta. See Fatry BELLS. 
FAIRIES’ Broom. The Teasel, Dipsacus syl- 
vestris (Thorne St. Margaret and North Cheriton). 
Farrigs’ Caps. The MHarebell, Campanula 
rotundifolia (Trowbridge). 
F'aiRIgS’ Chock. A correspondent at Musbury 
(Devon) gives me this as a local name for the 
Moschatel, Adoxa Moschatellina. 
FAtRIES’ Cups. Several young people at 
Paulton give me this as a local name for the Arum 
Lily. 
Farries’ FIRE. <A correspondent at Paulton 
gives me this as a local name for the Teasel, 
Dipsacus sylvestris. 
Farrigs’ FLOWER. The Cowslip, Primula veris 
(Stogursey). 
FaiRigs’ GuLovEs. The Foxglove, Digitalis 
purpurea Also called FamRy GLOVEs. 
Farrigs’ Keys. A correspondent at Dalwood 
(Devon) gives me this as a local name for the 
Oxlip, by which is no doubt intended the hybrid 
between the Cowslip and the Primrose. 
Fatrigs’ LANTERNS. A_ correspondent at 
Dunkerton gives this as a local name for the 
Yellow Toad-flax, Linaria vulgaris. 
FAIRIES’ PAINT-BRUSHES. The Periwinkle, 
Vinca (South Petherton and Ilminster district). 
Farrigs’ Perricoats. Foxglove, Digitalis pur- 
purea (Odcombe and Taunton). 
Fatrigs’ THIMBLES. (1) The Harebell, Cam- 
panula rotundifolia (Dunster and Brompton 
Regis). Dr. Watson, however, tells me the 
Harebell is extremely rare in these districts. 
(2) The Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. 
