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Sticky#.Jacks. Fruits of the Burdock, as 
above (Evercreech). 
Sticky TREE. A dozen school-children at 
Paulton give me this as a local name for the Fir, 
by which I assume they mean the Scots Pine, 
Pinus sylvestris. 
Stine NETTLE. A common name for the Great 
Nettle, Urtica dioica; frequently applied also 
to the Small Nettle, U. urens. 
STING-NETTLE FLOWER. Several school-child- 
ren at Bradford-on-Tone give me this as a loca! 
name for the Bugle, Ajuga reptans. Dr. Watson 
describes this as ‘‘a very bad case of confusion 
worse confounded.” 
STING Y-WINGIES. Yellow Dead Nettle, 
Lamium Galeobdolon (Lzigh, Dorset). 
STINK DAIsIEs. Common Fever-few, Chrysan- 
themum Parthenium (Stoke-under-Ham). 
STINKER Boss. The Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum (Evercreech). 
STINK FLOWERS. (1) The Herb Robert, 
Geranium Robertianum (Stoke-under-Ham). 
(2) Common Hemlock, Coniuwm maculatum 
(a Taunton correspondent). 
STINK-HORN Or STINKING POLECAT. A common 
fungus, Phallus impudicus, growing in old hedge- 
rows and elsewhere, resembling a horn in shape 
and emitting a foetid smell lke carrion. Also 
Phallus jfatidus. 
STINKING Bogs. The Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum. 
STINKING JENNY. (1) The Herb Robett, as 
above. . 
(2) <A school-boy at Bradford-on-Tone gives 
this as a local name for the Garlic, Allium 
ursinum. 
STINKING LILIBEs. Garlic, Allium ursinum 
(Dunster). 
StinK Lives. A _ Stalbridge correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the Crown 
Imperial, Fritillaria imperialis. 
Srock GILLY-FLOWER. The Wallflower, Cheir- 
anthus Cheiri (Queen Camel). 
STOCKINGS AND SHOES. (1) The Birds-foot 
Trefou, Lotus corniculatus; more often called 
SHOES AND STOCKINGS. 
(2) The Columbine, Agquilegia vulgaris (a 
Muchelney school-boy). 
STONE WEED. (1) Mr. F. W. Mathews (Brad- 
ford-on-Tone) and Mr. Edward Vivian (Trowbridge) 
give me this as a local name for the Persicaria, 
Polygonum Persicaria. 
