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MEADOW Parsnip. Cow Parsnip, Heraclewm 
Sphondylium. 
MrApow Pink. (1) Ragged Robin, Lychnis 
Flos-cuculi_ (Martock and Shute, Devon), 
(2) _Cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis (Stock- 
land, Devon). 
MEADWoRT. The Meadow-sweect, Spircea 
Ulmaria. 
MEASLE-FLOWER. The garden Mavigold, 
Calendula officinalis, dried flowers of which have 
some reputation in Wilts as a remedy. Children, 
however, have an idea that they may catch the 
complaint from handling the plant. 
MEATNUT.—‘* Chestnuts are also called Meat- 
nuts, because they are used for food’? (Rey. H. 
Friend, Devon). 
Meet Her (or ME) IN THE ENTRY. An old 
name for the Wild Pansy or Heartsease, Viola 
arvensis. 
Meet ME Love. In North Devon this name 
is given to the London Pride, Saxifraga umbrosa, 
as a contraction of “‘ Meet me, Love, behind the 
garden door”; but the name is usually applied 
elsewhere to the Pansy. 
MEN AND WOMEN. Wild Arum or Cuckoo7~ 
pint, Arum maculatum (Sexey’s School), 
MEN OF WAR. The Ribwort Plantain, Plantago 
lanceolata (Durston). See Cock’s Hkaps and 
SOLDIERS. . 
Men’s Faces. The Pansy, Viola tricolor 
(Evercreech). 
Merry. The Wild Cherry, Prunus avium. 
MERRY-GOES. A school-girl at Membury 
(Devon) gives me this as a local name for the 
Periwinkle, Vinca. Mr. Jas. Britten suggests 
that this may be a corruption of Marigold, applied 
to the Periwinkle in error. 
MERRY-GO-RounpDs. A Sherborne lady gives 
me this as a loca] name for the Marigold, Calendula 
officinalis. 
MzEsH (from A.S. meos=moss). (1) Moss. 
(2) Lichens, Usnea, Ramalina, and FEvernia, 
which grow plentifully on apple trees. 
MEsH-MELLISH. Rev. H. Friend gives this 
as a Devonshire pronunciation of Marsh Mallow, 
Althea officinalis. Cf. MatisH MALLow. 
MESLIN or MESLIN-coRN. A mixture of wheat, 
barley, and oats—often sown upon odd corners 
for poultry or game (F. T. Elworthy). From 
the Latin miscellanea. ‘‘ Take thee, therefore, 
all kinds of grain, wheat, and barley, and beans, 
and lentiles, and fitches, and put them all to- 
gether, and make bread of this mesline.” Bp. 
Hall: Hard Texts; Ezekiel iv., 9. 
