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LOvE-GRAss. LHragrostis elegans. 
LOVE IN A Mist (or IN A PUZZLE). Fennel- 
flower, Nigella damascena; often called DEVIL 
IN A BusH. Dr. R. C. Knight tells me he has 
heard this plant called LovE IN A Mist when in 
flower, and DEVIL IN A BusH when in fruit. 
LovE IN IpDLENEss. An old name for the 
Pansy or Heartsease, Viola arvensis. Mr. James 
Britten kindly points out that this name does 
not mean what a present-day reader would 
naturally take it to mean, but it is equivalent to 
‘Love in Vain,’’ by which old name the Pansy 
is still sometimes known. Shakespeare refers to 
it in bis Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act 2, 
Scene 2): 
Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell, 
It fell upon a little western flower, 
Before milk-white, now purple with love’s 
wound, 
And maidens call it Love-in-idleness. 
LOVE IN THE Mipst. Another form of LovE 
IN A MIST, which see. 
LOVE IN VAIN. The Wild Pansy or Heart- 
sease, Viola arvensis. 
Love Lies BLEEDING. (1) The general. Eng- 
lish name for Amarantus caudatus. Mr. F. 'T. 
Elworthy says: ‘“‘ No other plant is known by 
this name among the peasantry, but some varieties 
of Celosia are beginning to be so called in gardens.’’ 
(2) Frequently applied to Dicentra spectabilis, 
more often known as the BLEEDING HEART. 
(3) In Dorset the name is sometimes given to 
the Lunary or Money in both Pockets, Lunaria 
biennis. 
LOvE-MAN. An oid English name for the 
Goose-grass or Cleavers, Galium Aparine, from 
its habit of clinging to the garments with which 
it comes into contact. 
LovE Me, LOVEME Not. (1) A Taunton lady 
gives me this as a local name for the common 
Daisy , Bellis perennis. 
(2) "Dr. Watson writes, “‘ The spikelets of the 
Rye Grass, Lolium perenne, are pulled off whilst 
saying ‘ Loves me, loves me not,’ and this name 
is sometimes applied to the plant. ” See DoEs 
My MorHerR WAntT ME? 
LOVENIDOLDS. Mr. Slow gives this form as 
the Wiltshire name for the Wild Pansy, Viola 
arvensis ; a corruption of Love IN IDLENEss. 
Lovers. Forget-me-nots, Myosotis (a Thorne 
St. Margaret school-girl). 
LovEeRS’ BUTTON - HOLEs. eects i 
Myosotis (Camerton). 
Lovers’ Joy. Forget-me-nots, Mu [yosotis (Staple 
Fitzpaine). 
