INDEX. 



421 



regarding, injurious to the in- 

 terests of religion, 269. 



Tutsan (see St. John's-wort), 96. 



Tythymal (see Spurge), 372. 



" Under the rose," 215. 

 Urtica (see Nettle), 1. 

 TJrticeee, 2. 



Verbascum (see Mullein), 59. 



Veronica (see Speedwell), 292. 



Vinca (see Periwinkle), 344. 



Viola (see Violet), 195. 



" Violet-crowned," 200. 



Violet ( Viola), its virtues, 195 ; 

 uses for medicine and food, 

 195; in French confections, 

 197; violene and emetin, 197 

 and note ; the Cuychunchulle 

 of Dr. Bancroft, 198 ; its beau- 

 ties, 198 ; old belief respect- 

 ing, 198; used in graveyards 

 of Wales, 199; dies violaris 

 of the Romans, 199 ; an espe- 

 cial favourite in Greece, 199 ; 

 at Athens, 200 ; for chaplets, 

 &c., 200 ; legends attached to 

 it, 201 ; its distribution, 201 ; 

 emblem of truth, 202 ; Prize 

 bestowed on the troubadour, 

 and afterwards in the floral 

 games of Toulouse, 202; its 

 perfume, 201 ; violet and 

 nightingale, 203 ; names of 

 204 ; British species, 204.- 



Wahlenburgiae, confined to 

 southern hemisphere, 116. 



Wake-robin (see Cuckoo-pint), 

 206. 



Waybrede or waybret (see Plan- 

 tain), 382. 



Wayborn or wayfron (see Plan- 

 tain), 382. 



"Welcome to our house," 372. 



Werd (see Gul), its signification, 

 232. 



Westminster Abbey, &c., monu- 

 ments in, 20. 



Whitlow -wort (see Saxifrage), 

 358. 



Willow-herb (Epilobium], its 

 names, 164, 166 ; its down 

 used for gloves, &c., 165 ; a 

 substitute for tea, 165 ; used 

 for food, and in beer, 165 ; 

 British species, 166. 



Witches thimble (see Bell-flower), 

 114. 



Woodsom (see Woodsorrel), 52. 



Woodsorrel (Oxalis), 52 ; used in 

 fevers, 53 ; why called alleluya 

 and cuckoo' s-meat, 53, 54 ; 

 for sauce, 53 ; " green sauce," 

 53 ; salt of lemon, 53 ; used 

 by St. Patrick to illustrate 

 the Trinity, 54 ; an article of 

 food, 55 ; sensitiveness of its 

 leaves, 58; British species, 58. 



Woolblade (see Mullein), 59. 



Wormwood (Artemisia), 350 ; 

 knights in "trial by combat" 

 pledged that they bore no 

 herb or other charm, 350 ; 

 Gerarde condemns Pliny for 

 giving a charm with worm- 

 wood, 350; his own credulity, 

 351 ; medicinal properties of 

 wormwood, 351, 353; Scotch 

 legend of origin of its use for 

 consumption, 352 ; used to 

 drive away insects, 353 ; to 

 procure sleep, 353 ; " worm- 

 wood coal," to produce 

 dreams, 353 ; down for 

 Moxas, 353 ; wormwood beer 

 called "purl," 353; "ox-eye" 

 of, at All Soul's College, 354 ; 

 in Germany, 354 ; as a pre- 

 ventive of plague, 354 ; Bri- 

 tish species, 354 ; southern- 

 wood, its Arab names, 355 ; 

 not indigenous to Britain, 355 ; 

 account in Stockholm MS., 

 355. 



"You have spoken roses," 263. 



Zaffouroonee. legend of, 163. 

 Zythus (see Beer), 79 ; used for 

 softening ivory, 79. 



