INDEX. 



417 



Magical Isle of O'Brazil or Be- 



gara, 283. 



Malherbe, family of, 8. 

 Malt found in Egyptian tombs, 



79. 



Manuscript (see Medical). 

 Mary and Catherine de Medicis 



(see Guise), 240. 

 May-lily (see Lily of the Valley), 



266. 



Meconopsis, 392. 

 Medical MS. of Murogh O'Ley 



(Irish), 283. 

 of Stockholm, 85, 



88, 89, 109, 135, 142, 169, 196, 



214, 274, 275, 277, 285, 345, 



346, 355, 369. 



(Welsh) called Med- 



dygon Myddvai, 279. 



Meddygon Myddvai, a Welsh 

 medical MS., 279. 



Mermaid, 352. 



Milites genestella, order of, 21. 



Milmountain (see Mountain flax), 

 307. 



Motto of the James family, 23 

 (note). 



Moxa, 353. 



Mug-wort (see Wormwood), 350. 



Mullein (Verbascuni), its names, 

 59 ; medicinal properties, 60 ; 

 employment in incantations, 

 61 ; for preserving figs, 61; stu- 

 pefy ing fish, 61; dyeing hair, 61, 

 62 ; use of seeds as a dye, and 

 length of time which they pre- 

 serve their vegetative powers, 

 61 ; British species, 61. 



Myosotis(see Forget-me-not), 118. 



Myrica gale, the Swedish law for 

 its protection confirmed in 

 1440, 76. 



Nail-wort (see Saxifrage), 358. 



Narcissus (see Daffodil), 83 ; 

 placed by the Chinese before 

 their gods, 85 ; sacred to the 

 Furies, 85. 



Nettle (Urtica), 1; medical uses, 

 2, 3 ; as an esculent, 3 ; used 

 for cloth and paper, 4; Ger- 



man legends about, 4 ; grows 

 in any soil, 6 ; used for ren- 

 net, 6 ; as a dye, 6 ; for fod- 

 der, 7 ; for pigs and poultry, 

 7 ; for making hot-beds, 7 ; 

 name of the, 7 ; in the armo- 

 rial bearings of the family of 

 Malherbe, 8 ; species indige- 

 nous to Britain, 8 ; nettle- 

 seeds supposed to have been 

 brought by Julius Csesar to 

 Britain, 8; its poison stings, 

 9, 14; dock-juice a remedy 

 to its sting, 11 ; provincial 

 charms relating to, 12 ; al- 

 luded to by old writers, 12; 

 butterfly grubs feeding on the 

 nettle, 13; supposed to im- 

 prove strawberries growing 

 near it, 13. 

 None-so-pretty (see Saxifrage), 35 8. 



O'Brazil or Begara, magical isle 



of, 283. 

 Ockley, Surrey, roses on graves 



at, 219. 



Onions, growing near roses, 235. 

 Oriflamme, Philippe I. acquires 



the right to wear it in battle, 



395 and note. 

 Orpine (see Livelong), 258. 

 Ouris and shiris in Ireland, 309. 

 Oxalis (see Woodsorrel), 52. 

 Ox-eye of wormwood, 354. 



Papaver (see Poppy), 386. 



Park-leaves (see St. John's-wort), 

 96. 



Parliament, Act of, against this- 

 tles, 334 ; of France, 226 

 (note), 227. 



Paul's Betony (see Speedwell), 

 292. 



Peat of the Falkland Islands, 

 plants composing, 176. 



Perikatipole, or "leap in the 

 field," 332. 



Periwinkle ( Vinca), situations in 

 which it flourishes, 344, 346 ; 

 segments of corolla contorted, 

 345 ; called St. Catherine's 



