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(10) Lupias. Lupinus (Martock;. 
(11) Iris (Wiveliscombe). 
(12) Yellow Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris (Mar- 
(13) Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus (Gilling- 
LApy’s SMock. Another name whieb is applied 
to several differeat plants, but most generally to 
(1) The Common Bitter-cress or Cuckoo- 
flower, Cardamine pratensis. 
(2) A number of correspondents, chiefly in 
Dorset, but including one at Bradiord-on-Tone, 
give this as a local name for the Cuckoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum. Holloway gives the name as 
being applied to this flower in Hants. 
(3) Greater Convolvulus or Hedge Bindweed, 
Calystegia sepium (iairly genecal). 
(4) Lesser Convolvulus or Bindweed, Con- 
volvulus arvensis (Melbury Osmond). 
(5) Greater Stitehwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Leigh, Dorset). 
LADY’s SUNSHADES. Lesser Convolvalus, Con- 
volvulus arvensis. 
Lapy’s TAPER. Gieat Mullein, Verbascum 
Thapsus. 
Lapy’sjfears. Lily of the Valley, Convallaria 
majalis (two correspondents in the Axminster 
district). 
LApyY’s THIMBLE. (1) The Foxglove, Digi- 
talis purpurea. 
(2) The pretty blue Harebell, Campanula 
rotundifolia (West Somerset). Rev. H. Friend 
says: ‘‘ The flowers of the Campanula are called 
LaAapy’s THIMBLES around Martock and Yeovil,” 
and again “‘ The Virgin is expected to repair her 
own clothes, for in Somersetshire my friends told 
me that they found her in thimbles in the shape 
of the flowers of the Campanula.” Mr. W. D. 
Miller suggests that the Campanula to which Mr. 
Friend reters must be some other than C. rotun- 
difolia, which he tells me occurs very sparingly 
on Ham Hiil. and is not recorded elsewhere in 
the neighbourheod of Martock or Yeovil. He 
adds, ‘‘ It is far too rare a plant to have a pet 
name.” 
(3) <A school-girl at Otterford gives this as a 
local name for the Canterbury Bell, Campanula 
media. 
(4) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Leigh, Dorset). 
Lapy’s THISTLE. The Milk Thistle or Virgin 
Mary’s Thistle, Silybum Marianum, from a super- 
stitious belief that the numerous white spots with 
which the leaves are beautifully marked were 
caused by the falling of some drops of the Virgin 
Mary’s milk upon them. 
