150 POPULAR NAMES 



in Roman Catholic times to this saint, and her counterpart, 

 St. Margaret. 



MAULE, the mallow, It. and Sp. maula, by transposition 

 of the u, from L. malva, M. sylvestris, L. 



MAWSEED, G. magsamen, Pol. mak, poppynseed, 



Papaver somniferum, L. 



MAWTHER see MATHER. 



MAY or MAY-BUSH, from its time of flowering, the 

 hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha, L. 



MAY-LILY, the lily of the valley, 



Convallaria majalis, L. 



MAYWEED, from may, a maiden, Da. mo, Ic. mey, and not 

 from the month, a plant used for the complaints of young 

 women, Gr. irapdeviov. See MAGHET. 



Pyrethrum Parthenium, L. 

 STINKING-, Matricaria Chamomilla, L. 



MAYDWEED, says Lupton, (b, 8, n. 46), "is a stinking 

 hearbe, having a flower like a dayseye," one so named 

 from being used in the same cases as the inathers and 

 mayweeds, Anthemis Cotula, L. 



MAY-WORT from the month of its flowering, 



Galium cruciatum, L. 



MAZZARDS, from L. manzar, explained in Pr. Pm. by 

 " spurius, pelignus," a wild, a spurious cherry, 



Prunus avium, L. 



MEADSWEET, see MEADOW SWEET. 



MEADOW BOUTS, Fr. bouton d' or, the wild bachelor but- 

 ton of moist grass-lands, Caltha palustris, L. 



MEADOW CLARY, Salvia pratensis, L. 



MEADOW CRESS, Cardamine pratensis, L. 



MEADOW PARSNIP, Heracleum Sphondylium, L. 



MEADOW PINK, the ragged Robin, 



Lychnis flos cuculi, L. 

 and the maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides, L. 



MEADOW RUE, from its finely divided rue-like leaves, 



