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JOHNNY PRICK-FINGER. Common “Teasel, 
Dipsacus sylvestris (Leigh, Dorset). 
JOHNNY RUN THE STREET. A school-girl at 
East Mark gives me this as a local name for 
‘* Bitty’s Eyes,” i.e., the Wild Pansy, Viola 
arvensis. ; 
JOHNNY Woops. Red Campion, Lychnis dioica 
(Netherbury, Dorset). 
JOHN’S FLOWER. A correspondent at Wam- 
brook gives me this as a local name for the 
Shining Crane’s-bill, Geranium lucidum. 
JOHN’S Wort. Mr. Elworthy gives this as a 
common West Somerset name for the Dwarf 
Hypericum, H. perforatum, more generally known 
as the Perforated St. John’s Wort. Most species 
of Hypericum are known by the general English 
name of St. John’s Wort. Several botanists 
question the correctness of Mr. Elworthy’s use 
of the term ‘“ Dwarf,” and suggest instead 
‘**Common ” or “ Dotted-leaved.”’ 
JOINT WEED. Cornfield Horse-tail, Hquisetum 
arvense (West Somerset). Mr. Elworthy says: 
“This is the name used by ‘ ginlvokes.’ ‘ Mares’ 
tails,’ ‘Old man’s beard,’ are the common names.”’ 
JOLLY SoLpIERS. Early Purple Orchis, O. 
mascula (Colyford, Devon). 
JOSEPH AND Mary. (1) A fairly general 
name for the Common Lungwort, Pulmonaria 
officinalis, the flowers being of two colours, red 
and blue. 
(2) A school-girl at Bradford-on-Tone gives 
it as a local name for ‘‘ Spotted Ferns,”’ by which 
I believe she means the common Hart’s-tongue. 
JOSEPH’S CoAT OF MANy CoLouRs. Common 
Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis, probably for 
the reason given under JOSEPH AND MARy (1). 
JOSEPH’S FLOWER. A name for the Yellow 
Goat’s-beard, T’ragopogon pratense, sent me from 
Wembdon and other districts. Rev. H. Friend 
says the name seems to owe its origin to pictures 
in which the husband of Mary was represented as 
a long-bearded old man. 
JovE’s Nuts. Acorns. Rev. Hilderic Friend 
says: ‘‘In Somersetshire the Horse-daisy or 
Ox-eye is devoted to the Thunder god, a curious 
circumstance when considered in connection 
with another faet, viz., that Aeorns are there 
called Jove’s Nuts. Now we all know that the 
Oak is emphatically Jove’s tree, but how is it 
that in Somersetshire these two names, not to 
mention others bearing on ancient religion and 
mythology, live on when they have died out, or 
never existed, in other parts of England ? ” 
Joy. Common Eyebright, Huphrasia officinalis 
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