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SATIN FLOWER. (1) The Greater Stitchwort 
Stellaria Holostea. 
(2) Lunary or Honesty, Lunaria biennis, from 
the satiny dissepiments of its seed vessel. 
SATURDAY’S PFPPER. Sun Spurge, Huphorbia 
Helioscopia (Wilts: Eng. Plant Names). 
SaTURDAY NIGHT’s PEPPER. Sun Spurge, as 
above (Wilts: ‘“‘ Village Miners ’’). 
SAucE ALONE. A very general name for the 
Garlic Treacle-mustard or Jack-by-the-hedge, 
Sisymbrium Alliaria. Mr. T. W. Cowan kindty 
writes me: “‘ Dr. Prior thinks it likely that the 
latter part of the compound represents Italian 
aglione, French alloignon = garlic; so the word 
would mean ‘garlic sauce.’ Gerarde in his 
Herbal (1597; page 650) says: ‘ Sauce alone is 
joined with Garlick in name, not because it is 
like unto it in forme, but in smell; for if it be 
brused or stamped it smelleth altogether like 
Garlicke.’ ”’ 
ScaBBy HaAnps. (1) The Cow-parsnip or 
Hogweed, Heracleum Sphondylium (Yeovil and 
Ubley). 
(2) The Hemlock, Conium maculatum (Camer- 
ton and Keynsham). 
(3) Several correspondents give me this as a 
local name for the ‘ Hare’s Parsley” or “ Hair 
Parsley,” by which may be meant Anthriscus 
sylvestris, ocr the Hemlock, as above. See 
HARE’S PARSLEY. 
ScaB FLOWERS. A school-girl at Gittisham 
(Devon) gives me this as a local name for the 
Angelica. 
Scass. (1) Wild Parsley. Anthriscus sylvestris 
(Winscombe). 
(2) Garlic Treacle-mustard or Jack-by-the- 
hedge, Sisymbrium Alliaria (Melksham). 
ScARLET LIGHTNING. (1) A _ corruption of 
Scarlet Lychnuis, Lychnis chalcedonica. See 
FLOWER OF BRISTOWE. 
(2) Red Spur Vaierian, Kentranthus ruber 
(Shute, Devon). 
SCARYBAEUS. The compilers of the Wiltshire 
Glossary say: “ At Yatton Keyaell the Figwort, 
Scrophularia, is so called by the old women. It 
is pounded up with lard and made into eye- 
lotion. Our informant considers that the name 
is from some fan:iful resemblance between the. 
flower and the Scarabzeus beetle. But it is more 
probably a variant of SQUARRIB (Square-rib, from 
the shape of the stem), which is the name in use 
among old people round Chippenham.”’ 
ScENT BoTrLes. The Head-master of Shos- 
combe Schools gives me this as a local name for 
the Hoary Plantain, Plantago media, and the 
Head-mistress of one of the Bridgwater. Schools 
gives it as a local name for the fruits of the 
Plantain. 
