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Sun’s RaAys. The Sunflower, Helianthus 
annuus (a school-girl at Chilsoa, Chard). 
SwALLow PEARS. Services: Sorb Apples, the 
fruit of Pyrus torminalis. 
SWALLOW-WORT. (1) The Greater Celandine, 
Chelidonium majus. Dr. Prior says: ‘‘ The 
scientific name Chelidonium is from the Greek 
word fo~ a swallow, and the plant may get its 
name of Swallow-wort either from the fact that it 
blossoms at the season of tne swallows’ arrival 
and withers at its departure, or from the old 
belief recorded by Aristotle and others that the 
swallows used this plant to restore the eyesight 
of their young ones, even if their eyes were put 
out.” 
(2) The Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus Ficaria. 
The name is also applied to a number of other 
plants, but I have no further records of its use 
locally. 
SwaAmp’s COMPANION. A Hardington Maade- 
ville school-boy gives me this as a local name 
for the Cuckoo-flower or Lady’s Smock, Cardamine 
pratensis. 
SwaN AMONGST THE FLOWERS. Correspon- 
dents at Trowbridge and Charmiaster (Dorset) 
give me this as a local name for the White Water- 
Lily, Castalia alba. 
SwAN-BILL. The Yellow Iris, Iris Pseudacorus 
(Hatch Beauchamp). See Dvuck’s BILts. 
Sweeps. (1) The Feanel-flower or Love-io- 
a-Mist, Nigella damascena (Yeovil). 
(2) The Great Reed-mace, Typha latifolia, more 
often called Bulrush (9 school-boy at Meils). 
(3) The Large-flowered St. John’s Wort, 
Hypericum calycinum (Failey, Wilts). 
SweEEP’s BrvusH. _ (1) Hoary Plantain, 
Plantago media (East Somerset). 
(2) Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata 
(East Somerset). ; 
(3) The Coltsfoot, Tussilago Farfara (Mells). 
(4) A correspondeat at Donhead (Wilts) gives 
me this as a local name for the “ Cornflower,” by 
which I think she probably means the Blazk (or 
Lesser) Knapweed, Centaurea nigra. See CHIMNEY 
Sweep (4) and CHIMNEY SWEEpP’s BRusH (2). 
(5) Common easel, Dipsacus sylvestris (Rev. 
H. Friend). 
SwEET ALICE (or ALISON). Alyssum maritimum, 
a plant with the smell of honey ; * Alice ”’? or 
“ Alison’ is a corruption of the name Alyssum, 
and is not the name of a pretty lady. 
Sweet Berstses. (1) A double form of ‘the 
White Saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides. 
(2) Thelate Mr. F. T. Klworthy says this .ame 
is occasionally used in West Somerset for Dicentra 
spectabilis. 
