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me this as a local name for the Meadow-sweet, 
Spirea Ulmaria. There appears to be some 
confusion here. i «lf 
Witp HyacintH. (1) This name rightly 
belongs to the Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta, but a 
number of correspondents in South and West 
Somerset and in Pevon apply it to 
(2) The Harly Purple Orchis, Orchis mascula. 
WILp Lity. Common Arum or Cuckoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum (Devon). 
WiLp Liquorice. (1) The Rest-harrow, 
Ononis. repens. 
(2) The Sweet Milk-vetch, Astragalus glycy- 
phyllos (White’s Bristol Flora). 
Witp LoBELIA. Common Milkwort, Polygala 
vulgaris (Puddletown). 
Witp Lonpon PRIDE. (1) Mr. F. W. 
Mathews, of Bradford-on-Tone, gives me this as 
a local name for the Enchanter’s Nightshade, 
Circea lutetiana. 
(2) The Wood Sanicle, Sanicula europea 
(Staple Fitzpaine). 
Witp OnrIons. Broad-leaved Ga:lic, Allium 
ursinum. 
Witp PxHtox. The Willow-herb, Epilobium 
(Wellington). 
Witp Potato FLoweR. The Woody Night- 
shade or Bittersweet, Solanum Dulcamara. Dr. 
Watson adds: ‘‘ And probably is much more 
likely to be applied to the Black Nightshade, 
S. nigrum. 
Witp PurRsES. Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella 
Bursa pastoris (Camerton). 
WiILp RHUBARB. (1) The Burdock, Arctium. 
(2) The Butter-bur, Petasites ovatus. 
(3) The  Colt’s-foot, Tussilago Farfara 
( Watchet). 
Witp RosEMARY. (1) An old name for the 
Lady’s Bed straw, Galium verum. 
(2) The Marsh Andromeda, Andromeda 
polifolia (White’s Bristol Flora). 
Wit~p SHAMROCK. (1) The Wood Sorrel, 
Oxalis Acetosella. 
(2) The Tuberous Moschatel, Adora Mos- 
chatellina (Watchet). 
(3) Black Medick or Nonsuch, Medicogo 
lupulina (school-children at Thorne St. Margarit). 
WILD SNAPDRAGON. (1) Yellow Toadflax, 
Linaria vulgaris. 
(2) Also, and more properly, to the Weasel- 
snout, Antirrhinum Orontium (Dr. Watson). 
Wit~p SprnacH. Mercury Goosefoot or Good 
King Henry, Chenopodium Bonus - Henricus 
(White’s Bristol Flora). 
