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QUICK IN HAND. A Devonshice name for the 
Balsam or Touch-me-not, Impatiens Noli-tangere, 
Quiet NEIGHBOURS. Red Spur Valerian, 
Kentranthus ruber (Longbridge Deverill, Wilts). 
QUINANCY-WORT or QUINSEY-WORT. The 
Small Woodruff or Squinancy-wort, Asperula 
cynanchica ; referring to its former use in disorders 
of the throat. 
QuiItcH. Couch-grass, <Agropyron (formerly 
Triticum) repens. See CoucuH. 
RABBIT FLOWER. (1) Yellow Toad-flax, 
Linaria vulgaris (Devon). See RABBITS (1). 
(2) Iwvy-leaved Toad-flax, Linaria Cymbalaria 
(Devon). 
(3) A name occasionally given in S.W. Wilts 
to Dicentra spectabilis, on account of the flowers, 
when pulled apart, forming two little pink 
rabbits. 
Raspits. (1) Yellow Toadfiax, Tinaria 
vulgaris, because the flowers of the Toadflax 
open and shut when pressed, exactly as the 
mouth of a rabbit does. See RABBITS’ MOUTHS. 
(2) For the same reason, Antirrhinum majus 
and other varieties of Snapdragon. 
RABBITS’ BEEF. Plantain (Martock). 
RABBITs’ CHops. Yellow Toadflax, Linaria 
vulgaris (Milborne Port). See RaAsBits’ Moutus 
(2). 
RABBITS’ EARS. (1) The woolly-leaved 
garden plant, Stachys lanata; called also 
DONKEY’S-EAR and MOUSE’s-EAR (Horton and 
Pawlett). 
(2) Plantain (a school-girl at Hawkchurch). 
RABBITS’ MEAT. A name applied to a number 
of plants on which rabbits feed ; most frequently 
in this district to 
(1) The Sow Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. 
(2) Cow-parsnip or Hog-weed, Heracleum 
Sphondylium. 
(3) Leaves of the Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale. 
(4) The Wood Sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella (Pilton). 
Rapssits’ Movurus. (1) A general name 
throughout the district for the Snapdragon, 
Antirrhinum majus. 
(2) Yellow Toad-flax, Linaria vulgaris. 
(3) Ivy-leaved Toad-flux, Linaria Cymbalaria. 
(4) The Ground Ivy, Nepeta hederacea (a 
school-girl at Awliscombe, Devon). 
RaeEsits’ PUDDING. Leaves of Plantain (Bridg- 
water). 
RABBITS’ VIDDLES (or VITTLES). (1) Sow 
Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. See RABBITS’ MEAT 
(1 and 2). 
(2) Cow-parsnip or Hog-weed, Heracleum 
Sphondylium. 
