182 
LoNDON PRIDE. (1) The general English 
name for Saxifraga wmbrosa. 
(2) In West Somerset the Biting Stonecrop, 
Sedum acre. 
(3) Enchanter’s Nightshade, Circwa lutetiana 
(Bridgwater and Taunton district). 
(4) Southernwood, <Ariemisia  Abrotonum 
(Trowbridge district). 
(5) Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundi- 
folia (Childe Okeford). 
LONESOME Lapy. Bittercress or Cuckoo- 
flower, Cardamine pratensis (East Devon). 
Lone BEAxKs. Shepherd’s Needle, Scandix 
Pecten-Veneris (Leigh, Dorset). 
LONG-LEGS. The Cowslip, Primula  veris 
(school-boys at Aller). 
Lone PurRpies. (1) Most commonly the 
Purple Loosestripe, Lythrum Salicaria. 
(2) The Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (West 
Somerset). 
(3) Early Purple Orchis, O. mascula (West 
Somerset and Devon; rarely used). This is 
believed to be the Long Purples of Shakespeare’s 
Hamlet (iv. 7). 
(4) The compilers of the Wilts Glossary state 
that Tennyson’s ‘“‘ Long Purples of the Dale ” 
are the Tufted Vetch, Vicia cracca. 
Lone Tatts. This is given me as a local 
name for the Watercress, Radicula Nasturttum- 
aquaticum, at Leigh, Dorset. 
LOOKING-GLASS. Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea (Hammoon, Dorset). 
Look Up AnD Kiss Mn. (1) London Pride, 
Saxifraga umbrosa (Devon). 
(2) The Wild Pansy or Heartsease, Viola 
arvensis. 
Loppy Masor. The Burdock, Arctium minus. 
Lorps AND Lapigs. (1) <A very general 
name for the Wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, Arum 
maculatum. 
(2) Mr. and Mrs. Lansdowne, of Over Stowey, 
give me this as 1 local name for Irises. 
(3) Early Purple Orchis, O. mascula (Poole). 
LOVE. Goose-grass, Galium Aparine (Doult- 
ing). 
LovE-A-LI-Do. Wild Pansy, Viola arvensis. 
(Wilts). See Love IN IDLENESS. 
LOvE AND Ipots. Wild Pansy, as above. 
Occasionally applied to the garden Pansy also. 
LovE ENTANGLED. (1) Yellow Stonecrop, 
Sedum acre. 
(2) The Fennel-flower, Nigella “‘amascena, 
more often called LOVE-IN-A-MIST. 
