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Water Figwort, Scrophularia aquatica, and also 
to one or more of the Dead-Nettles, Lamium. 
Venus’ LOOKING-GLASS. (1) A general name 
ior the Corn Bellflower. Leqonsia hybrida. 
(2) Honesty, Lunaria biennis (a school-boy 
at Martock). 
VETHER-Vo. Common Feverfew, Chrysanthe- 
mum Parthenium. See FEATHER-FEwW. 
VieRNS. Ferns. Mr. Elworthy says “ Always: 
In speaking of VIERNS, generelly the vommon 
Bracken is meant, of which great quantities are 
cut for sedding.” 
VIoLIN StrRincs. Leaves of the Ribwort 
Piantain, Plantago lanceolata (Bridgwater). See 
FIDDLE STRINGS (2). 
VirnciIn Mary’s MiL.K Drops. Mr. Edward 
Vivian (Trowbridge) gives me this as a local 
mame for a plant unknown to him personally, 
but said to have a white spotted leaf. He 
no doubt refers to the Common Lungwort, 
Pulmonaria officinalis, or to one of the cultivated 
species in which the white spots on the leaves 
are more pronounced than in our native species. 
VIRGIN Mary’s NIPPLE. Rev. Hilderice Friend, 
writes in his ‘‘ Flowers and Flower Lore ” :— 
** During a recent visit tothe West of England I 
found that the name of Virgin Mary’s Nipple was 
eppiied by the people in some parts of Somerset 
to a certain flant noted for the milk-white 
sap which flows from it on being gathered. It is 
not a little curious that this plant, which belongs 
to the Spurge family, should in some places be 
conseiated to the devil; but so itis.” Mr. 
James Britten suggests that the particular plant 
referred to is probably the Sun Spurge, Huphorbia 
Helioscopia. 
VIRGIN MaAry’s TEARS. Common Lungwort, 
2 lmonaria officinalis (Weymouth). See Mary’s 
EARS. 
VIRGIN’s BowER. A general name for the Wild 
Clematis or Traveller’s Joy, Clematis Vitalba. 
VIRGIN’s FINGERS. Correspondents at Hast 
Coker and Stockland (Devon) give me this as a 
local name for the Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. 
VIRGIN’s MILK. Several sehool-children at 
Thorne St. Margaret give me tnis as a local name 
for the ‘‘ Milk Thistle,” by which they probably 
mean the common Sow Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. 
VLEXx. Flax (West Somerset). 
VomLeT. A common wmis-pronunciation of 
Violet. 
VREX or VREXEN. Rushes, Juncus by fonius 
{West Somerset). See REx-BusH and REXEN. 
