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(2) In Wilts the name is given to a variety 
of the Red Orpine, Sedum Fabaria. Dr. 
Watson writes:—Sedum Telephium and S. 
Fabaria are critical species only distinguished by 
botanists (and there are differences of opinion 
even amongst them). They both usually have 
purple flowers. The Red Orpine is merely the 
plant with the usual coloured petals. The name 
is doubtless given indiscriminately to Sedum 
Telephium and S. Fabaria in both counties. 
(3) A correspondent near Martock gives it 
as a local name for the Red Spur Valerian, 
Kentranthus ruber. 
Miewort. Common Wormwood or Mugwort, 
Artemisia vulgaris (Hammoon, Dorset). 
MILK CANS. Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea (Trowbridge). 
MILE-FLOWER. Evening Campion, Lychnis 
alba (Charlton All Saints, Wilts). 
Mitktes. Cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis 
(Exmouth). 
MILKING Marps. Cuckoo-flower, as above 
(Brompton Regis). 
MILK-MAIDS. A name applied to a number of 
different flowers, but most generaliy throughout 
this district to 
(1) The Cuckoo-flower or Lady’s Smock, 
Cardamine pratensis. 
(2) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea. 
(3) The Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa. 
(4) The White Campion, Lychnis alba. 
(5) Several correspondents give this as a local 
name (Dorset) for Meadow Saxifrage, Saxifraga 
granulata. Mr. W. C. Baker applies the name 
to Saxifraga media, which is a native of the 
Pyrenees, sometimes grown in English gardens. 
(6) A lady at Colyton gives it as a local name 
for the Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris. 
Mink Sroots. Flowers of the Box, Buzxus 
sempervirens (Plush, Dorset). 
Mink THISTLE. (1) The general English name 
for Silybum Marianum; rare in Somerset. 
(2) Very commonly applied to the Sow Thistle, 
Sonchus oleraceus. 
MitkK WEED. Common Sow Thistle, Sonchus 
oleraceus (West Somerset). 
Mitk Wort. (1) Various species of Spurge, 
particularly the Sun Spurge, Euphorbia Helio- 
scopia, and the Petty Spurge, FE. Peplus. 
(2) The Sow Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus (Miss 
Ella Ford, Melplash). 
Minky DASHEL. Common Sow Thistle, Son- 
chus oleraceus (West Somerset and Devon). 
Also the Sharp Fringed Sow Thistle, S. asper, 
both species being common and not usually 
distinguished except by botanists. 
