INDEX. 



413 



Cytisus (see Broom), 15. 



Daffodil (Narcissus), names of 

 the, 83 ; origin of the botani- 

 cal name, 84 ; sacred to St. 

 Perpetua, hoop-petticoat daf- 

 fodil to St. Catherine, and 

 Narcissus nutans to St. Julian, 

 85 ; origin of English name, 

 85 ; uses in medicine and en- 

 chantment (from the Stock- 

 holm Medical MS.), 86; root 

 poisonous, 87; a spirit distil- 

 led from it, 87; admitted duty 

 free into France by a decree 

 of 1855, 87; employed as an 

 embrocation, 87; British spe- 

 cies, 87. 



Daffydd ap Gwillim, his "broom 

 grove," 17, 18. 



Daisy (Bellis), not found in 

 North America, its frequency 

 elsewhere, 63; favourite flower 

 of Chaucer, 64 ; emblem of 

 fidelity in love, 64 (note); 

 given as the "device" of Chau- 

 cer in a MS. of the fourteenth 

 century, 64 (note); poetical 

 notices of, 64 ; Celtic legend 

 of its origin, 67 ; legend given 

 by Chaucer, 68 ; names of, 69, 

 70 ; the badge of Languedoc, 

 69; sacred to St. Margaret, 69; 

 medicinal properties, 69 ; but 

 one British species, 70. 



Dandelion (Leontodon), children 

 blowing its downy seeds for 

 prognostication, and old be- 

 lief, 151 ; rarely out of blos- 

 som, 152; its beauty, 153; 

 uses, 153; medicinal qualities, 

 155; stalks used for pipes, 155. 



David's harp (see Lily of the 

 Valley), 266. 



De Claves said to revivify plants 

 from their ashes, 93. 



Devices, borne on shield, &c., 

 before really heraldic, 397. 



Digitalis (see Foxglove), 241. 



Distribution of plants, principles 

 affecting, 186. 



Dominican friars represented as 



dogs, 399. 

 Drosera (see Sundew), 31. 



Earth-smoke (see Fumitory), 88. 

 Eastern Desert of Egypt (see 



Ruttum), 26. 

 Eberstein, legend of, 5. 

 Epilobium (gee Willow-herb), 164. 

 Equisetum (see Horsetail), 41. 

 Erica (see Heather), 172. 

 Erythrrca (see Centaury), 285. 

 Euphorbia (see Spurge), 356, 372. 

 Eye of ancient Egypt, 402 (note). 

 Eyebright (Euphrasia], 298. 



Fairies, a recipe to see, 239; live 

 in foxglove, 243 ; robes, 307. 



Faith, innate in the human 

 mind, 96, 308. 



Felwort ( 8Ke Gentian), 376. 



Fennel (Fceniculum), used as a 

 charm to drive away evil spi- 

 rits, 107; used for sauce, 108; 

 its name, 108 ; produces "dill- 

 water," 108 ; medicinal pro- 

 perties, 108 ; supposed to be 

 eaten by snakes to restore their 

 eyesight, 110 ; a sweetmeat of, 

 110; olive oil flavoured with, 

 110 ; used by the Arabs as a 

 vegetable, 110 ; its importance 

 in Southern Europe, 110; Ita- 

 lian idiom relating to, 110 ; 

 used by the ancients to give 

 strength and hardihood, 110; 

 its distribution, 112. 



Fern, oak, 242. 



Fig-wort (see Brown-wort), 38. 



Flag (see Iris), 394. 



Flax, Mountain (Linum), 307 ; 

 the "fairies' flax," strength and 

 delicacy of its fibres, 307 ; 

 legend of the introduction into 

 Ireland of the art of flax-dres- 

 sing, 308 ; social gatherings 

 and curious belief, 309 ; invi- 

 sible assistance, 309 ; prejudice 

 against linen, and against the 

 Irish for wearing it, 311 ; scan- 

 tiness of it in the wardrobe of 



