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THE Apostirs. The Star of Bethlehem, 
Ornithogalum umbellatum (Thorne St. Margaret). 
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. The Passion- 
flower, Passiflora cerulea (Puddletowa, Dorset). 
THE TWELVE DIscIPpLEs. The Passion-flower, 
as above (Staple Fitzpaine). 
THE VIRGIN’S MILK. Several school-children at 
Thorne St. Margaret give me this as a local name 
for the “‘ Milk Thistle,” by which they probably 
mean one of the Sow Thistles, Sonchus, as the 
true Milk Thistle or Virgin Mary’s Thistle,. 
Silybum Marianum, is exceedingly rare in 
Somerset. 
THIMBLE - KLOWER. (1) The Foxglove, 
Digitalis purpurea, particular:y in South Somerset 
and Dorset. 
‘2) Several species of Bell-flower. Campanula. 
THIMBLES. (1) The flowers of the Foxglove, 
Digitalis purpurea. 
(2) The Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia. 
(3) The Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris (Pilton). 
4) A Yeovil school-boy applies this name to 
the Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. 
THInK OF ME _ ALWAYS. Forget-me-not,,. 
Myosotis (school children at Thorne St. Margaret) 
THOROUGH-W Ax. An old name for the Com- 
mon Hare’: -ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium Dr 
Prior sa,s the name of Thorow-wax or Throw-wax 
was given to the plaat by Turner (1548) Lecause 
“the stalke wax«th throwe the leaues.” Mr. 
Onions tells me Turner copied the German 
durchwachs (= through grow). 
THOUSAND LEAF. Common Yarrow or Milfoil 
Achillea Millefolium. The aames Milfoil and 
Millefolium both mean ‘thousand leaf.’”’? Mr. T.. 
W. Cowan tells me that in many places this plant 
is called THOUSAND SEAL. 
THOUSAND STARS. A Martock school-boy gives 
me this as a local name for the Michaelmas. 
Daisy. 
THREAD FLOWERS. The Hemp Agrimony, 
Eupatorium cannabinum (an Ilminster school- 
girl). 
THREE FACES UNDER A Hoop. The Pansy, 
both cultivated, Viola tricolor, and wild, V.. 
arvensis. 
THREE-FINGERED JACK. The Ruc-leaved 
Saxifiage, Saxifraga tridactylites (White’s Bristol 
Flora). The name tridactylites means “ three- 
fingered.” 
THROAT WoRT. A name given to a number of 
different plants which were formerly believed 
from the throat-Jike shape of their tiowers to 
cure diseases of the throat. The name is sent me- 
by several correspondents for 
