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Pennines. JI believe in some parts of England 
they are called HEALTH-BERRIES. 
HEATHDR FUE. A _ correspondent at East 
Haiptree gives me this as a local name for the 
Cotton-grass, Hriophorum. 
HEDGE BELL. The greater Convolvulus or 
Bindweed, Calystegia sepium. 
HEUDGE-HOGS. (1) Correspondents at Od- 
combe and Lyme Regis give me this as a local 
name for the Shepherd’s Needle, Scandia Pecten- 
Veneris. 
(2) Goose-grass, Galium Aparine (Ilton). 
(3) The seeds of the Burdock, Arctium minus 
(Curry Mallet). 
(4) The prickly seed-vessel of the Corn 
Buttercup, Ranunculus arvensis (N.W. Wilts). 
HEDGE Hyssop. (1) Common Milkwort, Polygala 
vulgaris. 
(2) Mr. T. W. Cowan, F.L.S., tells me this 
name is also given to the Lesser Skulleap, 
Scutellaria minor. 
HEDGE Lity. Same as HEDGE-BELL. 
HEDGE Lovers. A correspondent at Stock- 
land (Devon) gives me this as a local name for 
the Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
HEDGE PEG (or Pick). The fruit of the Sloe, 
Prunus spinosa (N.W. Wilts, also in Hants). 
HEDGE Poppy. Correspondents at Winsham 
and Axminster give me this as a local name for the 
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. See ! OPPY. 
HEDGE-SPECKS. (1) Mr. Edward Vivian 
(Trowbridge) gives me this as a local name for 
the berries of the Hawthorn, Crategus monogyna. 
(2) In North West Wilts the name is given 
to the Sloe. See HEDGE Pra. 
HEDGE TAPER or HAG TarperR. An old name 
for the Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus. See also 
Hic TAPER. 
HE-GRAss. Grass before mowing (Pulman): 
In Hast Somerset the same as HE-GRASS, 14.€., 
grass after mowing. 
HELLUM or HAutM. The dead stalks of peas, 
beans, potatoes, &c. Not applied to straw of 
any kind (Mr. W. S. Price). 
HELMET-FLOWER. (1) Monk’s-hood, Aconi- 
tum Napellus. 
(2) Dead Nettle, ZLamium (Glastonbury). 
(3) The genus Scutellaria. 
HELRUT. His Honour J. S. Udal gives this 
as a Portland name for the Herb Alexander, 
Smyrmium Olusatrum (possibly a corruption of 
Heal-root). 
HEN AND CHICKENS. A name given to a 
number of different plants, but most generally 
