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HORSE-SHOE FLOWER (or LEAF). A _ corres- 
pondent at Bloxworth (Dorset) gives me the 
former as a local name for one of the Crane’s-bills, 
and a school-girl at Sampford Arundell gives the 
latter as a lecal name for a Geranium. 
Horsez’s Mout. A school-girl at Long Sutton 
gives me this as a local name for the Snapdragon, 
Antirrhinum majus. 
Horset’s Tartus. Several school-children at 
East Mark give me this as a local name for the 
common Sun Spurge, Huphorbia Helioscopia, but 
I fancy there must be some confusion here. 
HorsE THISTLE. Spear Plume Thistle, Cnicus 
lanceolatus (West Coker). See HorszE DASHEL. 
HOoRsE (or Hoss) TonGugE. The Hart’s Tongue 
Fern, Phyllitis Scolependrium (Dorset). 
HoRSsE VIOLET. (1) A name sent me by 
several school-children at Long Sutton and by 
correspondents in several parts of Dorset for the 
red or pink variety of the Violet, Viola odorata. 
(2) The Dog Violet, Viola canina. 
(3) The Wood Violet, V. Riviniana and V. 
sylvestris. 
(4) Rev. Hilderic Friend says: ‘‘ Horse Violet 
is the local name in Somersetshire for the Pansy 
or Heart’s-ease.’’ Viola tricolor, on account of the 
flower being a large kind of violet. 
Hoss. See Horsk and its compounds. 
Hot Cross Bun. A correspondent at Blox- 
worth (Dorset) gives this as a local name for the 
Spindle-tree, Huonymus europeus—probably from 
the shape and divisions of the berries. 
Howunp’s Tootu. Couch Grass, Agropyron repens 
(Compton, near Yeovil). 
House Leek. This is the general English 
name for Sempervivum tectorum, and would not 
be included in this list but for the fact that Mrs. 
Day, of North Petherton, gives it as a local name 
for the Biting Stonecrop, Sedum acre, in connec- 
tion with which Mr. T. W. Cowan, F.L.S., kindly 
sends me the following interesting extract from 
Turner :—‘‘ Sedum is called in greke Aeizoon, and 
the fyrst kynde and moste spoke of, of writers, is 
called in englishe Housleke cr syngrene. The second 
kynde is called in English thryit or stoncroppe. 
The thyrd kinde is called in Englishe Mouse tayle 
or litle stoncroppe, and in duche Maur pfeffer. 
Al these kyndes growe on walles and houses.”’ 
Hup. The shell of peas or beans. 
Hur Cap. A plant; or rather a weed, found in 
fields, and with difficulty eradicated; given by 
Jennings, who does not further identify it. An 
East Somerset correspondent applies the word to 
tough clumps of grass roots and leaves occurring 
on marshy ground. Holloway also gives Huff Cap 
