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(4) Goose-grass or Cleavers, Galium Aparine 
(Nettlecombe). , 
(5) Black Bryony, Tamus communis (Stock- 
land, Devon). 
SNAPDRAGON. (i) The usual English name 
for Antirrhinum majus. 
(2) Frequently misapplied to the Yellow Toad- 
flax, Linaria vulgaris. 
(3) Less often anplied to the Ivy-leaved 
Toadflax, Linaria Cymbalaria. 
(4) The Rev. H. Friend gives this as a Devon- 
shire name for the Foxgleve, Digitalis purpurea, 
for which it is also sent me from Stoke St. Gregory, 
Wincanton, and Oakhill. 
(5) In North Devon the Columbine, Aqvilegia 
vulgaris, is known by many people only under the 
name of SNAPDRAGON. 
SNAP-JACKS. (1) A very common name 
throughout the greater part of the district for the 
Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea, in conse- 
quence, I believe, of the way in which children 
“snap” the seed capsules, but the name may 
also have reference to the brittleness of the 
stalks, which “snap” very quickly if the plant 
is roughly handled, and earned for it the old 
name of ALIL-BONES, which is practically the 
English equivalent of the specific name Holostea. 
(2) The name is less frequently applied to the 
Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus. 
(3) From Yeovil and Minehead I have this 
seit me as a local name for the Yellow Toadflax, 
Tinaria vulgaris. 
(4) My Watchet correspondent, in whom I 
have confidence, gives this as a local name for 
both the White Campion, Lychnis alba, and the 
Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia. The fo. mer is 
confirmed by a school-girl at Misterton. 
(5) The Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum 
(Wiveliscombe). 
(6) The Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (Bridg- 
water). 
(7) A Crewkerne school girl gives it as a local 
name _ for the Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis 
arvensis. 
Snaps. (1) Acommon namein West Somerset 
for the Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. 
(2) The Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(S.W. Wilts). 
SNEEZE WORT. The Sneeze-wort Yarrow, 
Achillea Ptarmica. When dried the plant excites 
sneezing, and it is said that the Highlanders use 
it as a substitute for snuff. 
SNITCH-BACKS. The school-mistress at Beamin- 
ster gives me this as a local name for the Cyclamen. 
Snots. The herries of the Yew, Taxus baccata ; 
doubtless from their slimy pulp. As a boy ina 
East Somerset I never heard the Yew-berry called 
by any other name. 
