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TatEy. A common cvatraction of the name 
Potato. 
~Tpa. The flower of the Sorrel or Sour-dock, 
Rumex Acetosa (Bridgwater and Stowey, near, 
Clutton). See SUGAR. 
TrA-cups. Butterzuvs, Ranunculus (Hatch 
Beauchamp). 
TEA-FLOWER. (1) The Meadow Sweet, Spirwa 
Ulmaria (Stoke-under-Ham). 
(2) Elder Blossom, Sambucus nigra (South 
Petherton and Fivehead). 
(3) Broad-leaved Willow-herb, Epilobium 
montanum (Leigh, Dorset). 
Tea Puant. (1) An old lady living at 
Mudford tells me that she has always known the 
Common Agrimony, Agrimonia Eupatoria, by 
this name and by no other. In her younger days 
all the tea she drank was made from it. Anne 
Pratt says ‘“ The Agrimony is an ingredient in 
most vf the herb-teas which have from time to 
time been recommended to public notice.”’ Mr. 
F. W. Mathews tells me that an old resident of 
Blackmore, West Buckland, would never take any 
other ‘‘tea,’’ and attributed her long life and 
great vigour to the ase of this her favourite 
beverage. 
(2) Lycium chinense; ocften cultivated in 
cottage gardens as a hedge plant ; well established 
in Somerset. Dr. Downes tells me that the name 
is due to the fact that the plant was sent to the 
Duke of Argyll in mistake for the real Tea Plant, 
owing to the labels having got accidentally 
changed. 
TEAR YOUR MOTHER’S Eyes OvT. A lady at 
Exmouth gives me thi~ as a local name for the 
Germander Speedwell, Veronica Chamedrys. See 
Brirp’s EYE (1). 
TEASER. The Nodding (or Musk) Thistle 
Carduus nutans (Batcomte). 
TEDDIES. Potatoes; a corruption of the 
contraztion TATIES. 
Teppy Butrons. The Fiela Scabious, Scabiosa 
arvensis (Stoke-under-Ham). 
TELL (THE) TIME. The Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale. 
TEN o’CLocK. The Star of Bethlehem, 
Ornithogalum umbellatum (a school-girl at Dray- 
cott) See ELEVEN o’CLOcCK LaDy. 
Tens 0’ THOUSANDS. Virginian Stock, Mal- 
colmia maritima (Trowbridge). 
TETTER BERRIES. The fruits of the Waite 
(or Red-bezried) Bryony, Bryonia dioica. An old 
Eoglish name for the plant was TETTERWORT. 
TuHatcH. A Vetch of almost any species. 
Cultivated Vetches are almost invariably spoxen 
of as THATCHES. 
