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Hors—E HaArpuHEeApD. The Black Knapweed, 
Centaurea nigra. 
HorsEHoor. The Coltsfoot, Tussilago Farfara 
HoRsE KNoBs (or Knops). The Black Knap- 
weed, Centaurea nigra (Dorset). 
Horse MInT. The usual name for the Wild 
Mint, common in marshy places, Wentha aquatica. 
HORSE MUSHROOM. Agaricus arvensis, a larger 
and coarser variety than the common Mushroom, 
A. campestris. Mr. Worthington G. Smith says 
that the mushrooms cultivated by gardeners are 
a variety of the Horse Mushroom, and not of 
A. campestris, as is usually supposed. 
HoRSE-NUT TREE. Mr. W. S. Price (Welling- 
ton) gives me this as a local name for the Horse 
Chestnut. 
Horse Parstey. (1) A_ correspondent at 
Stoke St. Gregory gives me this as a local name 
for the Alexanders, Smyrnium Olusatrum. Dr. 
Watson suggests probably a mistake, as this is 
nearly always a seaside plant and is very rarely 
found inland. 
(2) <A school-girl at Oakhill gives it as alocal 
name for the Cow-parsnip, Heracleum Sphon- 
dylium. 
HorRsE PEPPERMINT. This name is sometimes 
given in N.W. Wilts to the Bugle, Ajuga reptans. 
HORSE RADISH. (1) This is the usual English 
name for Cochlearia Armoracia, which is not a 
native plant, but is frequently found wild in 
ditches and elsewhere, having escaped from 
cultivation. 
(2) Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash (Dorset), tells 
me the name is in that district given to the Wild 
Radish, Raphanus Raphanistrum. 
(3) The roots and leaves of the Monkshood, 
Aconitum Napellus, have often been mistaken for 
Horse Radish, and a number of deaths have 
occurred in consequence of its having been eaten. 
HORSE RuyHvuBU’B. Mr. Edward Vivian (Trow- 
bridge) gives me this as a local name for large, 
coarse Rhubarb. 
HoRSES AND CHARIOTS. (1) Mr. F. R. 
Summerhayes, of Milborne Port, gives me this as 
a local name for the Quaking Grass, Briza media. 
(2) A school-girl at Oakhill gives it as a local 
name for the Lupin, Lupinus (? albus). 
HOoRSE’s BREATH. A country name for the 
Rest Harrow, Ononis repens, sometimes called 
STAY-PLOUGH. It has been suggested that this 
name is due to the harder breathing of the horses 
as they endeavour to plough through the plant. ; 
HOoRSE-SHOE. The Sycamore, Acer Pseudo- 
platanus (Barford St. Martin and S.W. Wilts). 
