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entire absence of leaves. 
(2) The Cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis 
Over Stowey). 
NAKED MAIDEN. Two Ilminster school-girls 
give me this as a local name for the Snowdrop, 
Galanthus nivalis. 
NAKED MEN. A Dorset form of the name 
NAKED LADIES (1). 
NAKED NANNIES. Several young people at 
Oakhill give me this as a local name for the Early 
Purple Orchis, Orchis mascula. 
NAKED NANNY. The autumn Crocus. See 
NaKED LApIEs (S. W. Wilts). 
Nancy. (1) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea (East Somerset). 
(2) The Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa 
(Sherborne). 
Nancy Pretry. (1) Probably a corruption 
of ‘‘ None so pretty.’? Virginian Stock, Mal- 
colmia maritima. 
(2) In Dorset and Devon, London Pride, 
Saxifraga umbrosa. Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me 
this name is also used in Scotland and in Hast 
Yorkshire. 
NANNY Goats’ Moutus. Ivy-leaved Toadflax, 
LTinaria Cymbalaria (Shute, Devon). 
Nasty Urcuins. <A_ school-children’s play 
upon the name Nasturtium; sent me from 
Dunster and other places. 
NATION GRASS. A name given on the Somerset 
border of S.W. Wilts to the Tufted Hair-grass, 
Deschampsia cespitosa; probably an abbrevia- 
tion of CARNATION-GRASS, which see (3). 
NAUGHTY MAN’s CHERRIES. The poisonous 
fruits of the Deadly Nightshade, Atropa Bella- 
donna. See DEVIL’s CHERRIES. 
NAUGHTY MAN’S PLAY-THING. The Common 
Stinging Nettle, Urtica dioica. Called also 
DEVIL’s PLAY-THING. 
NAVEL-worRTtT. (1) The Wall Pennywort, 
Cotyledon Umbilicus-Veneris. 
(2) Mr. Edward Vivian (Trowbridge) tells 
me this name is also given to the Hound’s-tongue, 
Cynoglossum officinale. 
NECK-WEED. A cant name for the Hemp, 
Cannabis sativa, as furnishing halters for the 
gibbet. See GALLOW-GRASS. 
NEEDLE CASES. A correspondent at Ham- 
moon (Dorset) gives me this as a local name for 
the Comfrey, Symphytum officinale. 
NEEDLE CHERVIL. Miss Audrey Vivian (‘Trow- 
bridge) gives me this as a common local name 
for the Shepherd’s Needle, Scandix Pecten- 
Veneris. 
