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OF BRITISH PLANTS. 91 



,, MAKSH-, the ragged-Robin, 



Lychnis flos cuculi, L. 

 ,, QUEEN'S-, or ROGUE'S-, or WINTER-, the Dame's 



violet, Hesperis matronalis, L. 



,, STOCK-, Matthiola incana, L. 



WALL-, of old books, Cheiranthus Cheiri, L. 

 WATER-, of Lyte's Herball, 



Hottonia palustris, L. 



GILLIFLOWER-GRASS, in Aubrey's Wilts, p. 49. See 

 CARNATION-GRASS. 



GIPSEY-WORT, so called, says Lyte, " bycause the rogues 

 and runagates which call themselves Egyptians, do colour 

 themselves black with this herbe," 



Lycopus europseus, L. 



GITH, L. gith, a name now applied to the corn-cockle, 

 Agrostemma Githago, L. 



GLADDON, GLADEN, GLADER, GLADWYN, names of the 

 stinking iris usually derived from L. gladiolus, a small 

 sword, in allusion to its sword-shaped leaves, but which 

 have more probably arisen from confusion of its Dutch 

 name lisch, with O.French leesche, gladness. If from 

 gladiolus, they will be plurals of glad ; but as in herbal 

 nomenclature the plant is called spatula, a tool used in 

 smoothing, they may be related to Du. glad, smooth. 



Iris foetidissima, L. 



GLADIOLE, L. gladiolus, a small sword, 

 WATER-, the flowering rush, 



Butomus umbellatus, L. 

 GLASSWORT, from furnishing ashes for glass-making, 



Salicornia herbacea, L. 



PRICKLY-, Salsola Kali, L. 



GLASTONBURY THORN, a variety of whitethorn, so called 

 from the place where it was first cultivated. 

 GLOBE FLOWER, from its globular form, 



Trollius europseus, L. 



