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Rusty Coats. Russet Apples. 
SatLor’s Burrons. Field Scabious, Scabiosa 
arvensis, and Devil’s-bit Scabious, S. Swuccisa 
(Hawkchurch, Devon). 
St. ANTHONY’s Nut. The Pig-nut (Conopo- 
dium majus) is often called St. Anthony’s Nut,. 
because that saint was the patron of pigs, and 
for a similar reason the Ranunculus, whose 
tubers are a favourite food for those creatures, 
was called St. Anthony’s Turnip or Rape (Rev. 
H. Friend). : 
St. BARBARA’S CRESS (or HERB). Common 
Winter-cress, Barbarea vulgaris. Often called 
YELLOW ROCKET. 
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Two school- 
girls at South Petherton give me this as a local 
name for the Petunia. A school-girl at Cutcombe 
gives me ST. GEORGE’S DRAGON as the local name 
of a flower of which I have been unable to get 
from her the proper name or any satisfactory 
description. 
St. JAmEs’s Wort. (1) Common Ragwort, 
Senecio Jacobea. 
(2) Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella Bursa-pastoris. 
St. JOHN Baptist FLOWER. Large-flowered 
St. John’s Wort, Hypericum calycinum; often 
called RcsE oF SHARON (Stowey, near Clutton). 
St. PATRICK’s CABBAGE. London Pride, Saai- 
fraga umbrosa. 
Sr. PETER’S Keys. The Cowslip, Primula 
veris, is commonly called by this name in the 
neighbourhood of North Cheriton. 
SALARY. A very common mispronunciation of 
Celery, Apium graveolens. 
SALET. Any plant used for salad, but most 
commonly applicd in West Somerset to Mustard 
and Cress. 
SALT CELLAR. The Wood Sorrel, Ovgalis 
Acetosella (Bourton, Dorset), from its acid 
flayour when eaten by children. 
Sammy Gussets. The Early Purple Orchis, 
Orchis mascula (Kilton). Compare Gossips and 
SINGLE GUS. 
SAND FLowERs. Sea Pink or Thrift, Statice 
maritima (Portland). 
SaRAH JANES. The Red Campion, Lychnis 
dioica (Colyton). 
Sass APPLES (7.e., Sauce Apples). A kind of 
sharp apple (Trowbridge). 
SATIN Batts. A number of young people at 
Paulton give me this as a local name for the 
Heather, Calluna vulgaris. 
