102 POPULAR NAMES 



Q-. hasen-ham, the same as the hare's lettuce, and so called 

 from a superstition that the hare derives shelter and courage 

 from it; as we learn from the Ortus Sanitatis, ch. 334: 

 " Dises kraut heissend etlich hasenstrauch, etlich hasen- 

 hauss ; dann so der hase darunder ist, so furchtet er sich 

 nit, und duncket sich gantz sicher, wann dises kraut hat 

 macht iiber die melancoley. Nun ist kein thiere als gar ein 

 melancholicus als der hase." 



Sonchus oleraceus, L. 



HARE'S-PARSLEY, in Aubrey's Wilts, probably 



Anthriscus sylvestris, L. 



HARE'S-TAIL, from its soft flower-heads, 



Lagurus ovatus, L. 



HARE'S-TAIL-RUSH, a translation of Lat. Juncus cum 

 cauda leporina, its name in Bauhin (Th. Bot. ii. 514), 

 and Plukenet (Aim. 201.), from the protrusion, after flower- 

 ing, of soft hypogynous bristles resembling a hare's tail, 

 and its wiry rush-like stems, Eriophorum vaginatum, L. 



HARE-THISTLE, see HARE'S-LETTTJCE. 



HARIF, HEIRIFF, HAIREVE or HARITCH, in Pr. Pm. 

 hayryf, A.S. hegerife, from A.S. hege, hedge, and reafa, 

 which, significantly enough, means both a tax-gatherer and 

 a robber, so called, we may suppose, from its plucking wool 

 from passing sheep ; originally the burdock, at present the 

 goose-grass, Galium Aparine, L. 



HARLOCK, as usually printed in K. Lear (a. iv. sc. 4), and 

 in Dray ton, Eel. 4 : 



"The honeysuckle, the harlocke, 

 The lily, and the lady-smocke:" 



is a word that does not occur in the herbals, and which the 

 commentators have supposed to be a misprint for charlock. 

 There can be little doubt that Hardock is the correct reading 

 and that the plant meant is the one now called Burdock. 

 See above HARDOCK. Arctium Lappa, L. 



