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MALLOW-HOCK. Common Mallow, Malva syl- 
vestris (Wincanton district). 
MALLOW-ROCK. The Houseleek, Sempervivum 
ectorum (Compton, near Yeovil). 
MANDRAKE. The Red-berried (or White) 
Bryony. Bryonia dioica. The fables and super- 
stitions connected with this plant would fill 
several columns. It was said to shriek when 
pulled out of the ground. 
MAN IN THE Putpir. Wild Arum or Cuckoo- 
plat, Arwn maculatum (a school-girl at Otter- 
hampton), more often called PARSON IN THE 
PULPIT. 
MAN ORCHIS. A common name in Somerset 
for the Twayblade, Listera ovata, probably due to 
confusion with the true Man Orchis, <Aceras 
anthropophora. 
MAN’s WuitE Har. A number of school- 
children at Otterhampton give me this as a local 
name for the Garden Lily. 
MAN-TIE. Common Knot-grass, Polygonum 
aviculare (Devon and West Somerset, but in the 
tatter district mcre often called TACKER-GRASS). 
MARE-BLOBS. The Marsh Marigold, Caltha 
palustris. Dr. Prior gives the derivation as 
mere = a matsh, and blob = a bladder. 
MARe’s Tarn. (1) The general English name 
for Hippuris vulgaris. 
(2) In West Somerset, the Cornfield Horsetail, 
Equisetum arvense; more often called in that 
part of the county OLD MAN’s BEARD or JOINT- 
WEED. ; 
MARGRET or MARGUERITE. Ox-eye Daisy, 
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. - 
MARRAM. Tre Common Sea-reed, or Mat- 
weed, Ammophila arenaria, whose many long 
roots serve to hold down and to bind together 
the sand of our dunes. 
MarsH ELDER. Common Guelder Rose, Vi- 
burnum Opulus. 
Marsh Lities. Marsh Marigold, Caltha palus- 
tris (Bath district). 
MarsH Mattow. Dr. Downes tells me that 
the Tiee Mallow, Lavatera arborea, is always 
known by this name about. Ilminster, where it is 
often seen in cottage gardens, the leaves being 
used for poultices, &c., for bruises. 
MARSHWEED. The Marsh Horsetail, Equise- 
tum palustre. Referred to under this name in 
Blackmore’s ‘‘ Lorna Doone.’’ 
MARTHA or MARTHUS. The Corn Chamomile, 
Anthemis arvensis. 
