OF BRITISH PLANTS. 157 



MOOR-BALLS, from their globular form and occurrence in 

 the lakes upon moors, Conferva segagropila, L. 



MOOR-GRASS, Sesleria cserulea, Scop. 



MOOR-WHIN, or MOSS-WHIN, a whin that grows on 

 bleak heaths and mosses, Genista anglica, L. 



MOOR-WORT, see WORTS, Andromeda polifolia, L. 

 MOREL, Fr. morelle, It. morello, dim. of moro, a Moor, 

 L. Maurus, so called from its black berries. 

 GREAT-, the deadly nightshade, 



Atropa Belladonna, L. 

 PETTY-, the garden nightshade, 



Solanum nigrum, L. 

 also a fungus, Fr. morilk, Morchella esculenta, P. 



MORGELINE, from the French, L. morsus gallince, the 

 henbit, Veronica hederifolia, L. 



MOSCHATELL, It. moscatellina, from L. moschus, musk, 

 through mosco, moscado, musky, and its dim. moscadello, a 

 plant so called from its faint musky odour, 



Adoxa Moschatellina, L. 

 Moss, Fr. mousse, L. muscus. 



,, BOG-, Sphagnum. 



,, CUP-, Cenomyce pyxidata, Ach. 



ICELAND-, Cetraria islandica, Ach. 



,, IRISH-, Chondrus crispus, Lyng. 



,, EOCK-, Koccella tinctoria, Ag. 



WATER-, Fontinalis antipyretica, L. 



MOSS-BERRY, or MOOR-BERRY, the cranberry, from its 

 growing on moors or mosses, Vaccinium Oxycoccus, L. 

 Moss CAMPION, from its moss-like growth, 



Silene acaulis, L. 



MOSS-CROPS, from crop, a head of flowers, and its place 

 of growth. Ray and Plukenet (Aim. p. 201) say that in 

 Westmoreland it is called by this name, because sheep are 

 fond of it. It means merely moor-flowers. 



Eriophorum yaginatum, L. 



