162 POPULAR NAMES 



destruction of flies, mousckes, and as Albertus Magnus 

 says (1. vii. 345) : 



" Vocatur fungus muscarum, eo quod in lacte pulverizatus 

 interficit muscas." 



and this seems to be the real source of the word, which, by 

 a singular caprice of language, has been transferred from 

 this poisonous species to mean, in the popular acceptation 

 of it, the wholesome kinds exclusively. Agaricus, L. 

 MUSK ORCHIS, from its scent, 



Herminium monorchis, RB. 



MUSK THISTLE, from its scent, Carduus nutans, L. 

 MUSTARD, according to Diez, from L. mustum, new wine, 

 which he says is used in preparing it. It seems far more 

 likely to be the Sp. mastuerzo, from L. nasturtium, cress, 

 so called, it is said, from nasitortium, a naso torquendo, 

 alluding to the wry faces and sneezing that it causes. 



Brassica alba, Bois. 



BLACK-, Brassica nigra, Bois. 



BOWYERS-, Lepidium ruderale, L. 



GARLIC-, Erysimum Alliaria, DC. 



HEDGE-, Sisymbrium officinale, L. 



MITHRIDATE-, Thlaspi arvense, L. 



TOWER-, Turritis glabra, L. 



WILD-, see CHARLOCK,BrassicaSinapistrum, Bois. 



MYPE, Wei. maip, Gael, neip, given in Gerarde (p. 871) 



as a name of the parsnip, a corruption of L. napus, and 



properly meaning the turnip, Brassica Bapa, L. 



MYRTLE, It. mirtillo, dim. of mirto, L. myrtus, Gr. 



Myrtus communis, L. 



NAILWORT, perhaps more correctly Agnail-wort, the 

 whitlow-grass, from its supposed curative powers, in cases 

 of agnail, Draba verna, L. and Saxifraga tridactylites, L. 



NAKED LADIES, G. ndkte jungfer, from the pink flowers 

 rising naked from the earth, the meadow saffron, 



Colchicum autumnale, L. 



