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gives this as a Dorset name for the Corn Spurrey. 
Spergula arvensis. 
(2) The usual English name for the Dwarf,. 
Fairy, Mountain, or Purging Flax, Linum - 
catharlicum. 
FLAXWEED. Yellow Toadflax, Linaria_ vul- 
garis. 
FLEABANE. A general English name for 
various species of Pulicaria, Inula, Erigeron, and 
Conyza, the powerful smell of which is supposed 
to drive away fleas. Dr. Watson tells me that 
the name FLEABANE used by itself is more 
definitely used for Pulicaria dysenterica. 
FLEAS AND Lice. A Bruton correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the Ivy-leaved 
Toad-flax. Linaria Cymbalaria. 
FLESH AND BLoop. The name of a certain 
kind of apple (Devon). 
FLEUR DE LucE (oR Lys). Yellow Iris, Iris 
Pseudacor s. Probably the Stinking Iris, I. 
foetidissima, also, but I have no record of this. 
See FLOWER DE LUCE ; both names are, of course, 
a corruption of Fleur de Lis, a French name for 
the Iris. 
FLIBBERTY GIBBET. A correspondent at Wells 
gives me this as a local name for the Common 
Mallow, Malva sylvestris. 
FLIRTWEED. Feverfew, Chrysanthemum Par- 
thenium. Rev. Hilderic Friend says “ A name 
which has apparently nearly died out, but which 
was common in South Devon some years ago as 
the designation of the Feverfew.” 
Fiock. A very common corruption of Phlox. 
FLop-A-Dock, FLops, or Ftop Top. The Fox- 
glove, Digitalis purpurea (West Somerset and 
Devon). 
FLoRA’s PAINT-BRUSH. A Dorset correspon- 
dent gives me this as a name for certain cultivated 
species of the genus Cacalia, plants belonging to 
the Aster family, and natives of America and 
Asia. Mr. T. W. Cowan writes me “I do not 
know any Cacalia called by this name unless it 
is meant for C. coccinea, commonly called Searlet 
Tassel Fiower.. A Californian plant, Castilleia 
parviflora, goos by the name of Indian Paint- 
brush and Scarlet Paint-brush, but this belongs 
to the Figwort family.” 
FLOWER DE Luce. An old English name for 
the Iris, both the Yellow (Iris Pseudacorus) and 
the Stinking (J. foetidissima). See FLEUR DE 
LUCE. 
FLowWER FLAMES. A Taunton correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the Nasturtium, 
Tropeolum speciosum. 
