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i.e., Knobweed, the same plant which has ‘a 
3 caly head or k .op beset with most sharpe prickles” 
(Herball). 
IsRABLITES. Mr. Edward Vivian, of Trow- 
bridge, gives me this as a local name for the 
Virginian Steck, Malcolmia maritima. Compare 
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL (1). 
Ivy BEwLLs. Several young people at Batheal- 
ton give me this as a local name for the Marsh 
Marigold, Caltha palustris. 
Ivy FLoweR. The _ Spindle, Buonymus 
europeus (from a school-girl at Chewton Mendip), 
JACK ABED AT NOON. A variation of JacxK- 
GO-TO-BED-AT-Noon (Allerford). 
JACK AND JOAN. Double Polyanthus (Ax- 
minster). 
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. Common Milk- 
wort, Polygala vulgaris (Ilton). 
JACK BY THE HEDGE. (1) A very general 
name for the Garlic Treacle-mustard, Sisymbrium 
Alliaria. ; 
(2) Miss Parkin tells me that some of the 
school-children at Brompton Regis give this name 
to the Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
Jack FLOWER. Herb’ Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum (Tarrant Gunville). 
JACK GOTO BED. Yellow Goat’s-beard (Thorn- 
combe). See below. 
JACK GO TO BED AT Noon. (1) A very general 
name for the Yellow Goat’s-beard, Tragopogon 
pratense. 
(2) The Common Star of Bethlehem, Ornitho- 
galum umbellatum. 
JACK HORNER. Herb’ Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum (Chardstock). 
JACK IN A LANTERN. Cape Gooseberry, 
Physalis edulis or P. peruviana; a tropical plant 
of the Nightshade family, bearing edible berries 
(Over Stowey). 
JACK IN THE Box. (1) Wild Arum or Cuckoo- 
pint, Arum maculatum. 
(2) <A correspondent at Plush (Dorset) gives 
it as a local name for the Figwort, Scrophilaria. 
(3) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Evershot). 
(4) Double Polyanthus (Muchelney). 
JACK IN THE ButrERy. Biting Stonecrop, 
Sedum acre. See JACK OF THE BUTTERY. 
JACK IN THE GREEN. (1) Wild Arum or 
Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum (Bradford-on- 
Tone). 
(2) The Polyanthus, particularly the ‘ hose- 
in-hose ”’ variety. 
