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SLENDER-, Alopecurus agrestis, L. 



FRAMBOISE, a French corruption of Du. brambezie, bram- 

 ble-berry, the raspberry, Kubus idseus, L. 



FRANKE, from " the property it hath to fatten cattle," 

 as Lyte tells us, ch. 38 ; franke meaning a stye or stall, in 

 which cattle were shut up to be fattened, 



Spergula arvensis, L. 



FRENCH BEAN, a foreign bean, French being used to ex- 

 press what in German would be called w'dlsch, anything 

 from an outlandish country, Phaseolus vulgaris, L. 

 FRENCH COWSLIP, Primula Auricula, L. 



FRENCH GRASS, sainfoin, L. fcenum Burgundiacum, 



Onobrychis sativa, L. 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE, from the resemblance of its 

 flowers to large heads of honeysuckle clover, 



Hedysarum coronarinm, L. 



FRENCH LAVENDER, Lavandula Stoechas, L. 



FRENCH NUT, the walnut, Juglans regia, L. 



FRENCH SORREL, the wood-sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, L. 

 FRENCH SPARROW-GRASS, the name under which are sold 

 in the Bath market to be eaten as asparagus, the sprouts 

 of the spiked Star of Bethlehem, 



Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, L. 

 FRENCH WHEAT, the buckwheat, 



Polygonum Fagopyrum, L. 



FRENCH WILLOW, from its leaves somewhat resembling 

 those of the willow, Epilobiuin angustifolium, L. 



FRESH-WATER SOLDIER, from its sword-shaped leaves, 



Stratiotes abides, L. 



FRIAR'S CAP, from its upper sepals resembling a friar's 

 cowl, the wolfsbane, Aconitum Napellus, L. 



CROWN, Carduus eriophorus, L. 



FRITILLARY, M.Lat. fritillaria, sc. tabula, a checker- 

 board, fromfritillus, a dicebox, on account of its checkered 

 petals, F. Meleagris, L. 



