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(3) Two school-girls at Stockland (Devon) 
give me this as a local name for the Primrose, 
Primula vulgaris. 
Lentry Cups. The Daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo- 
Narcissus (Bishop’s lLydeard). 
LEOPARD’s BANE. (1) The general English 
name for the genus Doronicum, particularly for 
D. Pardalianches. 
(2) This name is sometimes given to the Herb 
Paris, Paris auadrifolia. 
LEOPARD’s Liny. The Snake’s Head Fritillary 
Fritillaria Meleagris. Mr. R. J. King, in Trans. 
Devon Assocn., IX.,, 101-2, suggests the name 
is a corruption of Leper’s Lily, and that Lazarus 
Bell is ‘‘ Lazar’s Bell,” from its likeness to the 
small bell which the lazar was bound to wear 
on his person so that its tinkling might give 
warning of his approach. 
LEoPARD’s TONGUE. A school-girl at Chewton 
Mendip gives me this as a local name for the 
Hart’s Tongue Fern, Phyllitis Scolopendrium. 
Lest WE ForGET. A school-girl at Bradford- 
on-Tone gives me this as a local name for the 
Mignonette, Reseda odorata. 
LEVER BLOSSOM. This is sent me by a school- 
girl at East Mark as a local name for the Yellow 
Flag, Iris Pseudacorus. 
Levers. (1) Halliwell’s Dictionary gives this 
as a South of England name for the Yellow Flag. 
See above. It is sent me from several parts of 
Dorset. : 
(2) A species of rush or sedge (Rev. Wish: 
Williams). Dr. Watson says, ‘* Probably Carex 
acutiformis and C. riparia,’ and adds, ‘ The 
name seems to refer really to the Yellow Flag, 
and to have been extended to other marsh plants 
having similar leaves.” 
Levvers. (1) The Great Yellow Flag, Iris 
Pseudacorus (Somerset and Dorset). 
(2) A name given in some parts of Somerset 
to the Reed-mace, Typha latifolia, more commonly 
called Bulrush. Rev. Hilderic Friend says 
“Since the name of Bulrush has been given to 
the Juncus by the people of Somersetshire, it 
was necessary that they should designate the 
Reed-mace by some other name; and they 
accordingly used the word LEVVERs.”’ 
(3) A coarse marsh grass, Poa aquatica, often 
called SwoRD-GRASS or WITHERS (Somerset 
Marshes). 
_ Lick. A mispronunciation of Leek, common 
in Somerset and Devon. 
Ligz-ABED. (1) A number of young people at 
Paulton give me this as a local naeeee for the 
Dandelion, Tararacum officinale. See LAY-ABED. 
