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NOSE-TWITCHER. The Nasturtium (Dorset). 
NUFFIN-IDOLS. A N.W. Wilts sorraption of 
LOVE-IN-IDLENESS; the Wild Pansy, Viola 
arvensis. 
NuMPER NELL. Mr. Edward Vivian (Trow- 
bridge) gives me this as a local name for an old- 
fashioned, if not obsolete, variety of apple, grow- 
ing to a large size. 
NuUMPINOLE. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis 
arvensis (N.W. Wilts). Mr. C. T. Onions writes 
‘*“No doubt due to progressive corruption of 
Pimpernel, through som? form tik? pimpernovcl, 
wnich is apparently a Yorkshire form.” 
NUN OF THE FIELDS. This is the French name 
for « white variety of the Harebell, Campanula 
rotundifolia. It has been sent me by several 
correspondent. as a local name for the Harebell, 
without reference to colour, but if the name is 
used in this district at all I imagine it has been 
taken from the French. 
NuTMEG GRATER. A Martock lady gives me 
this as a local name for a variety of the scented 
Geranium. 
Oak. The Rev. Hiideric Friend says he has 
been astonished to find how frequently the Maple, 
Acer campestre, is called ‘‘ Oak’? in Devonshire. 
Mr. T. W. Cowan tells m2 that DoG OAK isa 
common name for Acer campestre, which I find 
is also called ‘‘ Oak” in West Somerset. 
OAK-FERN. This is the general English name 
for Phegopteris Dryopteris, but in many parts 
of Somerset it is applied to the common Bracken, 
Pleris aquilina, for the reason that if the stalk is cut 
across near the root there are dark markings on 
the section, which strongly resemble a very 
symmetrical oak tree. 
OAK MaceEys. Acorns (Wellington district), 
Oak Nouts. Acorns (Draycott). 
OAKY-MARBLES. Dry gall-nuts of oak, fre- 
quently used by children as substitutes for stone 
marbles. 
OAT-GRASS. Narrow-leaved perennial Oat, 
Avena pratensis (West Somerset). This local 
name for this grass is given by the Rev. R. P. 
Murray, and has been sent me by several corres- 
pondents in West Somerset, but Dr. Watson 
writes me that he has never seen Avena pratensis 
in that part of the county, and there is only one 
record for it, and even that is a doubtful one. 
He says Trisetum flavescens and Arrhenatherum 
elatius, which miglt be confused with it, are 
common. 
OIL-SEED PLANT. Mr. T. W. Cowan gives me 
this as a popular name for Gold of Pleasure, 
Camelina sativa. Sometimes called FALSE FLAX. 
