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HAlfc-ttOURS IN THE GREEN LANES. 



It goes by the name of Aaron's Rod, and High 

 Taper, in allusion to the hollow flower-stalk, which, 



Fig. 181. 



Hair of Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris). 



when the plant 

 has died off, 

 dries up and 

 can be used for 

 holding tapers. 

 " High," how- 

 ever, is a corrup- 

 tion of Ug, or 



Hair of Honey- 7 . , ~ 



suckle (Zon.- hag, the Saxon 

 SwaST"^ name for the 

 hawthorn. The 

 seed of the Lousewort (Pe- 

 dicularis palustris), a pretty 

 plant with elegantly cut 

 leaves and pink flowers, 

 growing abundantly on the 

 adjacent marshes, is anothei 

 object worth examination by 

 the young student. Not less 

 interesting are the hairs 



Fig. 183. 



