94. CORRESPONDENCE. 
and mode of dehiscence of the anthers. It is therefore doubtful whether they 
possess sufficient general characters to form a valid tribe, ranking among the 
Asp 
part of the Hyacinthee. At all events, they possess no claims to rank as 
a distinct natural family, and therefore the Tecophileacee of Dr. Leybold cannot 
be maintained. 
general account, in which full analyses of the structure of Tecophilea, Zephyra, 
Conanthera, Cumingia, and Pasithaé will be figured, as well as a drawing of the 
new species Zephyra amena. By these it will be seen that there is no tangible 
character that can separate Cumingia generically from Conanthera ; they are 
identical in structure in all essential respects ; the only difference is that the 
tube of the perigonium is less deeply cleft in the former,—a circumstance which 
does not afford sufficient ground for a distinct genus. Iam, etc., 
Joux Miers, F.R.S., F.L.S. 
Popular Names of British Plants. 
48, York Terrace, London, N.W. 
Sır, —If such inquiries are not inconsistent with the object of your Journal, 
will you allow me to ask your readers the meaning and origin of the following 
pop of British plants? It is not the Anglo-Saxon translation 0 
any of them that I desire, but the reason of the plants being so called. 
R. C. 
A. Prior, F.L.8. 
Avens, Honeysuckle. 
Bennet, as applied to Hemlock, Hurrburr. 
Charlock, Carlock, Callock, Skellock. ^ London Pride. 
Chedlock, Kedlock, Chadlock. Love-lies-bleeding. 
Cheet. Maple. 
Christopher, as applied to Aetma, Os- March. 
munda, and Pulicaria. Mazzard. 
Cowslip. M ercury’s Moist Blood. 
Daffadowndilly, Nancy Pretty. 
Darnel, some better explanation of it None-so-Pretty. 
than in Wedgwood. aigle. 
Dock. Prattling Parnel. 
Fat Hen. Rampe. 
Hardock. Raspberry. 
Hare's à grum. 
Haymaids or Hedgemaids, Tentwort. 
Hindheal 
: Wake-Robin. 
Hollyhock, ; 
