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They pull the little blossom threads. 



From out the knot-weed's button heads, 



And put the husk with many a smile. 



In their white bosoms for a while, — 



Then if they guess aright the swain 



Their loves' sweet fancies ti-y to gain ; 



'Tis said, that ere it Mes an hour, 



'Twill blossom with a second flower. 



And from the bosom's handkerchief 



Bloom as it ne'er had lost a leaf." — J. Hardy. 



470. P. MARiTiMA. ^ca HcmpiS. Sea and river banks, plentiful. 

 B. Lamberton moor ; and sometimes in the Lammermoors. — D. On 

 the muir at Unthank. Aug. — The spikes of this, and of P. coro- 

 nopus, droop before the flowers are evolved, when they become 

 erect. 



471. P. CORONOPUS. Sea and river banks. June-Aug. 



472. LiTTORELLA LACusTRis = Plautago uniflora, Huds. Fl. 

 Ang. 53. — Margins of ponds. D. The lough on Holy Island. — B. 

 Coldingham loch : Mill-pond of Northfield farm : Dulaw moss burn : 

 in a burn above the Press plantations, and similar localities on Cold- 

 ingham moor, J. Hardy. Side of a pond at Primrose hilL — N. "At 

 Hoseley lough in Northumberland," D. Richardson, 1 762 ; and it 

 still grows there. June, July. 



473. Chenopodium ALBUM. IHpIeiS. Waste grounds and culti- 

 vated fields, a common weed. Autumn. — It is an old saying, " Boil 

 Myles in water, and chop them with butter, and you will have a good 

 dish." J. Hardy. 



474. Ch. botryoides. -Babington in Proc. Berw. N. Club, i. 178. 

 On the links of Holy Island, where it was first pointed out to 

 several members of the " Club " by Mr. Babington. It had been 

 previously considered to be Ch. rubrum of Smith ; and Professor 

 Arnott makes the botryoides a variety of that species. See also 

 Watson's Cyb. Brit. iii. p. 496. Autumn. 



475. Ch. bonus-henricus. dTIoiDfrp^JBocfem : OTltltJ ^pinagc. 

 Waste grounds about villages. Summer, — A Berwickshire name 

 for this plant — ^mitJllD HcabfiS — indicates the observation of one of 

 its favourite habitats, viz. the nigh vicinity of the blacksmith's work- 

 shop. The leaves are applied to ulcerated legs ; and to irritable 

 ulcers some have found no application give so much relief as a leaf 

 renewed fresh every morning. An ointment made from the leaves, 

 simmered in hog's lard and bees' wax, is also a favourite nostrum. 

 One who prepared this ointment extensively called the plant Wild 

 Mercury. 



476. Atriplex rosea. Babington in Trans. Berw. N. Club, i. 

 177 ; and in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. i. 13. — "This plant is in pro- 

 fusion on the S.W. side of Holy Island, a little above high water 



40. Chenopodium murale. " Holy Island, between the town and castle," 

 Thompson. Has been sought for in vain. 



