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LAWYER WEED. This strange name for the 
common Buttercup is given me by a school-boy 
at Draycott. 
LAy-A-BED. The Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale (Evercreech). See LIE-A-BED. 
LAYLOcCK. <A very general corruption of Lilac, 
Syringa vulgaris. Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me that 
the words “ Sweet LAyLocKks bloomed ” cceur in 
the Scotch ballad, ‘‘’Twas within a mile of 
Edinboro toon.” 
LAZARUS BELL. In some parts of Devonshire 
the Snake’s Head Fritillary, Fritillaria Meleagris, 
is known by this name, and also as LEOPARD’S 
Liny (which see). It is probable that both names 
come down to us from the days when leprosy was 
a common disease in this country and the leper 
or “ lazar ’’ had to carry a warning bell with him. 
The shape of the flower somewhat resembles that 
of a bell. 
LAZY-BONES. The ‘“ Barren Strawberry ’s 
(Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil), Potentilla sterilis 
(Miss Ella Ford, Melplash). 
LEATHERS. A Taunton lady gives me this as 
a local name for the Yellow Iris, Ivis Pseudacorus. 
See LEVVERS. 
LEGWoRT. A correspondent at Wambrook 
gives me this as a local name for the Lesser 
Celandine, Ranunculus Ficaria. 
LEMONADE. Mr. F. R. Summerhayes, of Mil- 
borne Port, gives me this as a local name for the 
Agrimony, Agrimonia Eupatoria, no doubt in 
consequence of the lemon-like perfume given off 
by the plant. 
LEMON FLOWER. The Agrimony, as above 
(South Petherton). 
LEMON PLANT. The sweet-scented Verbena, 
Aloysia citriodora. 
Lent Cocks. An old name for the Daffodil, 
Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. ‘‘In allusion, it 
seems, to the barbarous custom of cock-throwing, 
which was prescribed by our forefathers for Lent, 
or rather for Shrove Tuesday. The boys, in the 
absence of live cocks to throw sticks at, practised 
the art of decapitation on the flower.” 
LENTEN Lity. <A less common form of LENT 
LILY. 
Lent Lity. A very general name for the 
Daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. 
Lent PrrcuHerR. The Daffodil as above (West 
Somerset and Devon). 
Lent Rose. (1) The Daffodil. See LENT 
Liny. 
(2) Also Narcissus biflorus. 
