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Wart-CrEess. The general English name for 
Coronopus didymus; also used for the Swine’s 
Cress, Coronopus procumbens. 
Wart CURER (or PLANT). Greater Celandine, 
Chelidonium majus (West Somerset). 
Wart FLowEeR. The Rev. H. Friend says ** In 
Devoashire the Ranunculus is still called WARtT- 
FLOWER, On account of its milky juice being 
employed for painting those unsightly pro- 
tuberances.”’ Dr. Watson writes me: “ There 
is no juice which can be called milky in Ranun- 
culus. I expect that the Greater Celandine is 
the plant referred to. Its yellow juice, if regularly 
applied, cures warts. Confusion has perhaps 
arisen with the Lesser Celandine, and thenze to 
other species of Ranunculus.” 
WART-WEED. The Sun Spurge, Huphorbia 
Helioscopia, from its juice being used to cure 
warts. 
Wart-Worr. (1) The Greater Celandine, 
Cheiidonium majus, the juice of which is tsed to 
cure warts (Wilts). 
(2) The Petty Spurge, FHuphorbia Peplus 
WatcH CHAINS (29 WATCH AND CHAINS). The 
Laburnur, Laburnum vulgare; more often called 
GOLDEN CHAIN. 
Watcues. (1) A numbe~ of scho)l-girls at 
South Petherton give me thi; as a loca] name for 
a St. John’s Wort, but do not indicate the species 
(2) The Greater Celandine, Stellaria Holostea* 
(Stickland, Dorset). 
WATCHES AND CLOCKS. The Dandelion: 
Taraxacum officinale (a Yeovil schoo]-boy). More, 
often called CLOCKS. 
WATER ANEMONE. The Ivy-leafed Crowfoot, 
Ranunculus hederaceus (Zeais, Wilts). Dr. Watson 
tells me the name is used more particularly for 
the larger-flowered Water Crowfoots. 
WATER Bapres. The Marsr Marigolo, Caltha 
palustris (a Mechelaey school-boy). 
WATER BEETNEY (Or BETONY). Water Fig- 
wort, Scrophularia aquatica ; a popular remecy for 
inflammations. 
WatTeR Bigp’s-EYe. Brooalime, Veronica 
Beccabunga (Ajfingion, Devon). 
Water Butops. (1) The Marsh Marigold 
Caltha palustris. See May BLOoBs. 
(2) ‘The Yellow Water Lily, Nymphea lutea 
(Wilts). 
WATER BUBBLES. The Marsh Marigold, Caltha 
palustris (Bruton and Thorncomte). 
WATER Bourrercur. (1) The Marsh Marigold 
Caltha palustris (Devon; Rev. H. Friead). 
