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Witp SwEeT PHA. (1) This name appears to 
be given to several different species of Vetch; 
many correspondents do not indisate any par- 
ticular species, but others name the Tufted 
Vetch, Vicia Cracca, the Bush Vetch, V. sepium, 
the Common Vetch, V. sativa. Miss Roper adds 
the Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea, Lathyrus 
sylvestris. 
(2) The Rest-harrow, Ononis repens. 
Witp Tansy. The Silverweed, Potentilla 
Anserina. 
Witp TuHyme. Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus 
corniculatus (Wells, Rev. R. P. Murray). 
WiLp Topacco. (1). The Burdock, Arctium 
(Bradford-on-Tone). 
(2) Plantain, Plantago (Yeovil school-boys). 
Witp Tomato. (1) Mr. F. W. Mathews 
(Bradford-on-Tone) tells me that the common 
Nightshade, Solanum nigrum, is sometimes 
known by this name. 
(2) <A correspondent at Wimborne gives it as 
a local name for the Deadly Nightshade, Atropa 
Belladonna. This is probably a mistake due to 
contusion with the Woody Nightshade or Bitter- 
sweet, Solanum Dulcamara. 
Witp VINE. The White (or Red-berried) 
Bryony, Bryonia dioica. 
WILp WILLIAM. A school-girl at Oake gives 
me this as a local name for the Dandelion, 
Taraxacum officinale. Mr. T. W. Cowan tells 
me that in some parts of England it is an old 
name for the Ragged Robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi. 
WILD WILLow. The Great Hairy Willow herb, 
Epilobium hirsutum (Wilts: Great Estate, 
chap. 2). 
WILLIAM AND Mary. The Virginian Stock, 
Malcolmia maritima (school-girls at Ilminster). 
WILLow Buiossom. The Rev. H. Friend gives 
this as a Devonshire name for the Phlox, and 
suggests that it i. possibly due to some confusion 
witb the Willow-herb. See WiILD PHLOx. 
Witlow-Hers. This is the general English 
name for the genus Epilobium, but it is some- 
times applied to the Great Yellow Loosestrife, 
Lysimachia vulgaris, and several correspondents 
send me the name in this connection. Mr. W.S. 
Price tells me it is generally given to this plant 
in the Wellington district. 
WILLOW-STRIFE. The Purple Loosestrife, 
Lythrum Salicaria (Dunster and Compton, near 
Yeovil). 
WILLOW-Wort. Mrs. H. Day gives me this as 
a North Petherton name for the Yellow Loosestrife, 
Lysimachia vulgaris. 
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