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MARY AT THE COTTAGE GATE. Greater Stitcb- 
wort, Stellarta Holostea (a school-girl at Oakhill). 
Mary Bups. (1) An old name for the Mari™ 
gold, Calendula officinalis. It was probably to 
this plant that Shakespeare referred when he 
said : 
And Winking Mary-buds begin to ope their 
golden eyes. 
(2) Various kinds of Buttercup, Ranunculus. 
Mary Goutp. Marigold, Calendula officinalis. 
Rev. H. Friend says: ‘“‘ This pronunciation and 
spelling still linger among the common people, 
and in fact many people of position and intelli- 
gence employ it.” 
Mary JANES. (1) Red Campion, Lychnis 
dioica (Thorne St. Margaret). 
(2) The Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum 
(East Devon). 
Mary’s GoLup. The Marsh Marigold, Caltha 
palustris. 
Mary’s TEARS. A Dorset name for the 
Common Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis. 
MasH MAtiice. (1) Marsh Mallow, Althea 
officinalis. 
(2) Often applied to the Common. Mallow, 
Malva sylvestris, some authorities say ‘‘ in error,”’ 
but Mr. James Britten tells me that others 
maintain the name is correctly given, because 
this plant was, and still is, used ia making mashes 
in poultices. See MarsH MALLow. 
Mass or Mast. Acorns. 
MATHER, MATHERN, or MATHERS. Stinking 
Chamomile or Mayweed, Anthemis Cotula (Dorset). 
Mr. T. W. Cowan gives me the following as some 
of the names applied to this plant in other parts 
of the country :—Mathes, Maithes, Mavin, 
Maythig, Mawthen, Mawther, Maise, Medden, 
Mayes, and Mothern. : 
MATHERN or MAUTHERN. Ox-eye Daisy, Chry- 
santhemum Leucanthemum (Wilts). 
MAWL-SCRAWL. A small shrivelled apple (F. 
T. Elworthy). The word is generally used in 
West Somerset as a local name for a Caterpillar. 
May. (1) Hawthorn, Crategus monogyna. 
(2) In Devon more frequently applied to the 
Lilac, Syringa vulgaris (also Brompton Regis). 
(3) In some parts of Devon the Laurustinus, 
Viburnum Tinus. 
(4) Rev. H. Friend also gives Arabis alpina 
“in Somerset especially.’? but there is evidently 
some mistake here, as the plant named is only 
found in the Island of Skye. 
May Batts. A common name.in Somerset 
and Dorset for the Guelder Rose, Viburnum 
Opulus, particularly for the cultivated double 
variety. 
