146 POPULAR NAMES 



to whom it is popularly assigned, is given by Mrs. 

 Jameson, in Sacr. and Legend. Art. p. 306. 



Bellis perennis, L. 



MARIET, the Coventry bell, its French name, L. viola 

 Mariana, Campanula Trachelium, L. 



MARIGOLD, called in the Grete Herball Mary Gowles, a 

 name that seems to have originated from the A.8. mersc- 

 mear-gealla, marsh-horse-gowl, the marsh marigold, or 

 caltha, transferred to the exotic plant of our gardens, and 

 misunderstood as "Mary gold." Its foreign synonyms 

 have no reference to the Virgin Mary. It is often men- 

 tioned by the older poets under the name of Gold simply. 



Calendula officinalis, L. 

 CORN-, from its place of growth, and yellow flowers, 



Chrysanthemum segetum, L. 



MARSH-, A.8. mersc-mear-gealla, the second term 

 of which, meaning properly " horse," has been understood 

 as " Mary." See MARE-BLOBS, and GOOL. 



Caltha palustris, L. 



MARJORAM, or MAJORAM, L. majorana, with change of 

 to m, as in Lime, Holm, etc. Origanum Majorana, L. 



MARMARITIN, in Middleton's "Witch," Lat. in Pliny 

 marmaritis, the peony, Peeonia corallina, L. 



MARROW, VEGETABLE-, from its soft and delicate flesh, 



Cucurbita ovifera, W. 



MARSH-ASPHODEL, a plant of the asphodel tribe grow- 

 ing on moors, Narthecium ossifragum, L. 



MARSH-BEETLE, or -PESTLE, from its shape, the reed- 

 mace, Typha latifolia, L. 



MARSH-CISTUS, Ledum palustre, L. 



MARSH-ELDER, Viburnum Opulus, L. 



MARSH-FERN, Aspidium Thelypteris, Sw. 



MARSH-FLOWER, Limnanthemum nyrnphseoides, Lk. 



MARSH-HOLYROSB, Andromeda polifolia, L. 



MARSH-MALLOW, Althsea officinalis, L. 



