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Wounpwort. (1) This is the general English 
name for plants of the genus Stachys. 
(2) A lady at Martock gives me this as a local 
name for the Common Yerrow, Achillea Mille- 
folium, which was formerly used as a vulnerary. 
One of its old English names was Souldier’s 
Wound-wort, and one of its present popular 
names is Nose-bleed. 
(3) Several correspondents apply the name 
to the Common Golden-rod, Solidago Virgaurea ; 
formerly greatly esteemed as ‘‘a soveraigne 
wound-herb, inferior to none, both for inward and 
outward hurts.”’ 
WREN FLOWER. The Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum. See JENNY WREN. 
Wok. A Somerset pronounciation of Oak. 
Wots. A Somerset pronounciation of Oats. 
YALLERS. The Ragwort, Senecio Jacobea 
(Brean). 
Yap-MovurH. A Taunton correspondent gives 
me this as a local name for the Snapdragon, 
Antirrhinum majus. 
YARD DAIstes. The Feverfew, Chrysanthemum 
Parthenium (Queen Camel). Dr. Watson writes: 
—‘* Much more likely to be applied to Matricaria 
Chamomilla, or M. inodora, <r Anthemis Cotula. 
These daisy-like plants are mor. commonly found 
in yards taao the Feverfew.”’ 
YELLOW Betts. The Daffodil, Narcissus 
Pseudo-Narcissus (Paulton school-children). 
YELLOW Boutrons. (1) The Common Tansy, 
Tanacet 1m v ‘Igare. 
(2) Buttercups, Ranunculus (Camerton). 
YELLOW CLOVER. Hop Trefoil, Trifolium 
procumbens. 
YELLOW Cups. Buttercups in general (Zeals, 
Wilts). 
YELLOW DEvILs. One of my Somerset corres- 
poadents sent me this as a local name for the 
Yellow Iris, Iris Pseudacorus, but I unfortunately 
omitted to mike a note of the particular part 
of the county from which it came. 
YELLOw Heaps. Common Groundsel, Senecio 
vulgaris (a school-girl at Chewton Mendip). 
YELLow Hotty. Mr. F. W. Mathews, of 
Bradford-on-Tone, gives me this as a name 
sometimes applied in that district to the Barberry, 
Berberis vulgaris, from the colour of the flower and 
the prickliness of the leaves. Several corres- 
poadenis point out that the leaves of the Common 
Barberry are not prickly. Miss Roper suggests 
the species referred to may be B. aquifolium, 
which is often planted as cover for pheasaats. 
