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Turtiges. The flowers of the Morello Cherry, 
Prunus Cerasus (Dorset). 
Tutrry Pras. Several school children at Hast 
Mark give me this as a local name for the Sweet 
Pea, Lathyrus odoratus. ‘* Tvtty ”’ is used in the 
Somerset and Dorset dialect for a nosegay. 
Tuzzy Muzzy. Fruit of the Burdock, Arctium 
minus (Wilts). Miss M. J. Shute tells me the 
name is also used in Devon. 
TWELVE DIscIpLes. The Daisy, Bellis perennis 
(a school-girl at Chewton Mendip). 
TWELVE o’CLocxks. (1) A common name for 
the Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellaitum. 
See ELEVEN o’CLOcK LADY. 
(2) The seed heads of the Dandelion, by which 
children pretend to tell the time by counting 
the puffs of breath required to blow all the seeds 
away. 
(3) The Yellow Goat’s-beard or Jack-g9-to- 
bed-at-noon, Tragopogon pratense. 
(4) The Convolvulus (? Calystegia sepium) 
(Donyatt). 
(5) The Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis 
(a school-boy at Winscombe). 
TWwINKLING (or TWINKLE) STAR. The Greater 
Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea. (school-children at 
Paulton). 
Twiny Leas. The Rev. H. Friend gives this 
as a Devonshire name for the Red Bartsia, 
Bartsia Odontites. 
TwitcH. Couch-grass, Agropyron repens (West 
Somerset). 
Uttum. (1) A wmis-pronunciation of Elm, 
common over a great part of the district. Mr. 
T. W. Cowan writes :—Ulm-tree, an elm, in 
Wycliffe Isaiah xli., 19, is an assimilation to the 
Latin Ulmus. 
(2) The stalks of Peas, Beans, &., after the 
crop has been picked. A mispronunciation of 
Haulm. 
UMBRELLA-PLANT. The Butter-bur, Petasites 
ovatus. 
UMBRELLAS. (1) The Greater Convolvulus, 
Calystegia sepium. 
(2) The Wall Pennywort, Cotyledon Umbilicus- 
Veneris. 
(5) The Periwinkle, Vinca (Camerton). 
(4) Flowers of the Elder, Sambucus nigra 
(school-children at Paulton). 
(3) The Butter-bur, Petasites ovatus. 
(6) The Water Plantain, Alisma Plantago, 
aquatica (a school-girl at Ilminster). 
UMPLESCRUMP. Cow-parsnip or Hogweed- 
Heracleum Sphondylium (West Somerset). See 
LivpER-SCRIMP. . 
