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in all our Herbals, and all our Floras, inclusive of the 

 Flora Londinensis and Gray's Natural Arrangement, till 

 the end of the first quarter of this century, when the term 

 " Forget-me-not " was introduced with a pretty popular 

 tale from Germany, and superseded it. It was called 

 Scorpion-grass from being supposed, on the doctrine of 

 signatures, from its spike resembling a scorpion's tail, to be 

 good against the sting of a scorpion. Lyte tells us (b. i. 

 c. 42) that in his day, 1578, it had " none other knowen 

 name than this." Myosotis, L. 



SCOTCH ASPHODEL, a plant of the Asphodel tribe com- 

 mon in Scotland, Tofieldia palustris, Huds. 



SCOTCH FIB, from its growing wild in Scotland, 



Pinus sylvestris, L. 



SCOTCH THISTLE, the thistle adopted as the badge of 

 Scotland in the national arms, usually taken to be the 

 musk thistle, Carduus nutans, L. 



but according to Johnston in East. Bord. 



ODOpordon Acanthium, L. 



SCOURING RUSH, or SCRUB-GRASS, a rush-like plant used 

 in scouring utensils of wood or pewter, the Dutch rush, a 

 species of horsetail, Equisetum hyemale, L. 



SCRAMBLING ROCKET, a corruption of Crambling. 



SCRATCHWEED, Fr. grateron, from gratter, scratch, the 

 goose-grass or cleavers, Galium Aparine, L. 



SCURVY-GRASS, -CRESS, or -WEED, from its use against 

 scurvy, Cochlearia officinalis, L. 



SEA-BEET, Beta maritima, L. 



SEA-BELLS, -BINDWEED, or -WITHWIND, 



Convolvulus Soldanella, L. 



SEA-BELT, Laminaria saccharina, Lam. 



SEA-BUCKTHORN, Hippophae rhamnoides, L. 



SEA-BUGLOSS, Pulmonaria maritima, L. 



SEA-CALE, or -KALE, a cale or colewort that grows by 

 the sea-side. Crambe maritima, L. 



