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HONEY-FLOWER. (1) White Dead Nettle, 
Lamium album, South Petherton. 
(2) A correspoadent at Colyton gives this as 
a local name for the Meadow-sweet, Spirea 
Ulmaria ; often called HONEY-SWEET. 
(3) The general English name for the genus 
Melianthus. 
HonEY PLANTAIN. Hoary Plantain, Plantago 
media (White’s Bristol Flora). 
HONEY STALKS. Several correspondents in the 
Yeovil and Martock district give me this name 
as being used locally for the common Red Clover, 
Trifolium pratense. It is used by Shakespeare, 
who speaks of 
Words more sweet and yet more dangerous 
Than baits to fish or Honeystalks to sheep. 
HonNEY-sucK. See HONEY-SUCKLE (1) and (2). 
HONEY-SUCKERS. See HONEY-SUCKLE (2). 
HONEY-SUCKLE. (1) The general English 
name for the Woodbine, Lonicera Periclymenum. 
(2) A common name in East Somerset and 
other parts of the district for the Red Clover, 
Trifolium pratense. 
The flowers of both the above plants contain a 
good deal of honey, which is sacked out by the 
bees ; 2nd the florets of the latter are often pulled 
out and sucked by children for the sweet taste 
they yield. 
(3) Rev. Hilderic Friend gives it as a Devon- 
shire name for the Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia 
sepium. 
(4) In S.W. Wilts the name is given to the 
White Dead Nettle, Lamium album, the flowers 
of which are sucked by the children for the honey 
they contain. 
(5) A correspondent at Stour Provost (Dorsci) 
gives it as a local name for the Bugle, Ajuga 
reptans. 
HoNEY-SWEET. The Meadow Sweet, Spirea 
Ulmaria. 
Hontron Lace. (1) A number of corres- 
pondents in the Chard and Kast Devon district 
give me this as_ the local nam for the Upright 
Hedge Parsley, Caucalis Anthriscus. 
(2) Wild Chervil, Chxrophyllum temulum 
(Winsham). 
(3) Common Hemlock, Conium maculatum 
(Winsham). 
Hoop (or Hoop) PrerricoatT. Several young 
people at Stockland (Devon) give me this as a 
ocal name for the Daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo- 
Narciseus. 
HooK-HEAL. An old name for the Self-heal, 
Prunella vulgaris, which would appear to be still 
used in many places, judging from the number 
of correspondents who have seat the name to me. 
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