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supposed to have a flavour of green peas; they 
have also been used as a substitute for Asparagus, 
and I believe are quite harmless. Mr. F. Edward 
Hulme, in his “ Familiar Wild Flowers,” writes : 
—“ The plant was once called the Cucubalus, a 
word derived from the Greek words, signifying 
a bad or noxious growth. It is evident that 
the name, first employed by Pliny, has beea 
diverted from the plant to which he applied it, 
and to which it may have been most appropriate, 
and has by some medizval misconception been 
given to a plant altogether innoxious.” 
WuirEe Fritts. The Daisy, Bellis perennis 
(Camerton). 
WHITEHEADS. Spikes of the Great Reed Mace 
or Bulrush, Typha latifolia, when the downy 
matter has ripened and lost the colour which 
gave them the name of Blackheads (D-von). 
WHITE HELL-FLOWER. See WHITE FLOWER OF 
HELL. 
WHITE Hoop. Bladder Campion, Silene lati- 
folia (Dunster). 
WauitE Lacey. (1) White Stonecrop, Sedum 
album (Odcombe). 
(2) ‘‘ Snow on the Mountain,” Arabis alpina 
(a Yeovil school-b=y). 
Ware Lapy. The school-children at Hatch 
Beauchamp give me this as a local name for the 
Mallow, but it is not easy to see the reason. 
WHITE QUEEN. The Snowdrop, Galanthus 
nivalis (school-children at Otterhampton). 
WauirE RiIpInc Hoop. (1) The White (or 
Evening) Campion, Lychnis alba (Membury, 
Devon). 
(2) The Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia 
(Alfington, Devon). 
WuHuitE Rosin. The White Campion, Lychnis 
alba (Dorset). 
WuitrE RosBIn Hoop. (1) The White Cam- 
pion, Lychnis alba. , 
(2) The Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia 
(Zeals, Wilts). 
WuitE Rock. (1) Arabis alpina. 
(2) Cerastium tomentosum. Both plants are 
more often called SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN or 
Snow IN HARVEST. 
WuHuiTE Rocket. Common Rocket »2r Dame’s. 
Violet, Hesperis matronalis ; common single white 
variety. 
WHITE SHIRTS. Greater Convolvulus or Hedge 
Bindweed, Calystegia sepium (Martock school- 
boys). 
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