OF BRITISH PLANTS. 129 



That of Aubrey in his Nat. Hist, of Wilts, p. 51, 

 was according to Dr. Maton, (Linn. Trans. Vol. v,) and 

 Britton's Beauties of Wiltshire, (v. ii. p. 79), 



Agrostis stolonifera, L. 



KOHL-RABI, a German name, from It. cavolo-rapa, Fr. 

 chou-rave, L. caulo-rapum, a cabbage-turnip, a cabbage 

 whose stem is swollen so as to resemble a turnip, 



Brassica oleracea, L. v. gongylodes, L. 



LABURNUM, an adjective from L. labor, denoting what 

 belongs to the hour of labour, and which may allude to its 

 closing its leaflets together at night, and expanding them 

 by day, Cytisus Laburnum, L. 



LAD'S LOVE, the southernwood, see BOY'S LOVE. 



LADDER TO HEAVEN, the Solomon's seal, called so, Par- 

 kinson tells us, (Th. Bot. p. 699,) " from the forme of the 

 stalke of the leaves, one being set above the other," but 

 more probably from a confusion of seel de Notre Dame, 

 our Lady's seal, with fahelle de N.D. our Lady's ladder. 

 See below LADY'S SEAL. Convallaria Polygonatum, L. 

 in Hudson, by mistake, Polemonium cseruleum, L. 



LADY'S BEDSTRAW, see BEDSTRAW. 



Lady in the names of plants almost always alludes 

 to Our Lady, Notre Dame, the Virgin Mary, and often 

 replaces, and is often replaced by that of Venus. Thus Our 

 Lady's comb is the Venus 1 comb, etc. 



LADY'S BOWER, so named by Gerarde, p. 740, from "its 

 aptness in making of arbors, bowers, and shadie covertures 

 in gardens," Clematis Vitalba, L. 



LADY'S COMB, from the long slender parallel beaks of the 

 seed-vessels, Scandix Pecten Veneris, L. 



LADY'S CUSHION, from its close cushion-like growth, 

 thrift, Armeria vulgaris, W. 



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