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MonkKEY Noses. The Snapdragon, Antirr- 
hinum majus (Chideock, Dorset). 
Monkey Nutr. Meadow Grass, Poa annua, 
eaten by boys for its nut-like flavour (S.W. 
Wilts). 
MonkEyY Purantr. (1) Same as MONKEY 
FLOWER. 
(2) The garden Mimulus (Wilts Glossary). 
(3) Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-galli 
(Dorset). 
MonkKEY PvuzzuE. A very general name for 
the Gailian Pine, Araucaria imbricata. The tree 
is often grown in shrubberies and gardens, and 
owes its popular name to the fact that its crowded 
and twisted branches make it practically im- 
possible for a monkey to climb them. 
MonxkEy’s Hoop. The Monks-hood, Aconitum 
Napellus, is sometimes so-called in Devon, and it 
has been suggested that this is due to the reten- 
tion of the old possessive ‘‘ Monkeshood.”’ 
Monkey Sticks. Two school-girls at Oakhill 
give me this as a local name for the Snapdragon> 
Antirrhinum majus. 
MonkKEY TREE. (1) Same as MONKEY 
PUZZLE. 
(2) The Sumach, Rhus (Harnham, Wilts). 
(3) Mr. Edward Vivian (Trowbridge) tells 
me that in that district the name is frequently 
given to several species of Cactus, or any prickly 
foreign tree. 
Monk’s HEAD. The Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale (Taunton and Trowbridge). 
Monk’s RHUBARB. A general English name 
for the Alpine Dock, Rumex alpinus. See GARDEN 
PATIENCE. 
MoNNIES. Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysanthemum 
Leucanthemum (Stogursey). 
Montuty Rose. A general name for any 
one of the many varieties of China Rose which 
bloom continuously throughout the season. Rev. 
H. Friend gives it as being applied in Devon 
more particularly to Rosa indica. 
Moocuer. The fruit of the Blackberry, Rubus 
fruticosus (Wilts). 
Moon Daisy. A very general name througb- 
out the district for the Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysan- 
themum Leucanthemum. 
Moon-FLOWER. (1) Mr. and Mrs. Lansdowne, 
of Over Stowey, give me this as a local name for 
the Hawthorn, Crategus monogyna. 
(2) Honesty or Lunary, Lunaria biennis 
(Beaminster). See Moon-WortT. 
(3) Same as Moon-DaAltsy (a Dunster school- 
girl). 
