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Wuart (or WuHat’s) o’CLock. The Dandelion, 
Taraxacum officinale. See CLOcKS (1). 
Wuir Tor. The Mealy Guelder Rose or Way- 
faring Tree, Viburnum Lantana (Rampisham, 
Dorset). 
WHiskERS. The Moschatel, Adoxa Moschatel- 
lina (many school-children at Paulton). 
WHISKERS ON THE EARTH. Grass (school- 
children at Thorne St. Margaret and Oare). 
Wut ALLER. A West Somerset name for the 
Elder, Sambucus nigra. 
WHITE AND RED. Wild Arum or Cuckoo- 
pint, Arum maculatum (Leigh, Dorset). 
WHITE ANGEL ORCHID. Miss Ida Rope” tells 
me that this name is given in the Bristol district 
to the Great Butterfly Orchis, Habenaria chlor- 
antha. 
WHITE ARCHANGEL. The White Dead-nettle, 
Lamium album. 
WHITE ASH. The Common Goutweed, #gopo- 
dium Podagraria. See ASHWEED. 
WHiIrE BELLS. (1) The Snowdrop, Galanthus- 
nivalis (Paulton). 
(2) Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. 
(3) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Bathealton). 
WuitE Berry. “Snow on the Mouatain,”’ 
Arabis alpina (Aller). 
Wuire BLUEBELL. A white variety of the 
Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta. 
Wuite Bottites. A_ fairly general name2 
throughout the district for the Bladder Campion, 
Silene latifolia. 
WHITE CocK-RoBIN. Bladder Campion, Silene 
latifolia (Kast Harptree). 
WuitECurs. The Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis 
(an Evercreech school-boy). 
WuitEe Easter. ‘Snow on the Mountain ” 
(2? Arabis alpina) (Chaffcombe). 
WHITE-FLOWER. The Greater Stitchwort, Stel- 
laria Holostea (Wilts). 
WHITE-FLOWERED GRASS. Mr. Edward Vivian 
(Trowbridge) gives me this as a local name for 
the Stitchwort, as above. 
WHITE FLOWER OF HELL. Miss Ella Ford, of 
Melplash, gives me this as a local name for the 
Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia, in consequence 
of the poison supposed to be contained in its 
leaves and ‘“ bladders.’’ This, I think, must 
be entirely due to a misconception. The young 
leaves are frequently eaten by children, and are 
