1892.) Popular Names of Plants. 365 
RANUNCULACE. 
Clematis Virginiana, traveller's joy ; wild hops. N. H. 
devil's darning needle. So. Vt. 
Anemone nemorosa, wild cucumber. 
Mayflower. Boston. 
Hepatica triluba, mouse-ears. Mason, N. Hi, 
Mayflower. Hemmingford, P. Q. 
Anemonella thalictroides, wind-flower. Mansfield, O. 
Thalictrum polygamum, rattlesnake-bite. N. H. 
muskrat-weed; musquash weed. South- 
bridge, Mass. 
Thalictrum dioicum, shining grass.!_ Weathersfield, Vt. 
Ranunculus (double garden buttercups), golden daisies. Richland 
Go.; O: 
Ranunculus aquatilis, var. trichophyllus, moss (gives name to “ Moss 
Creek,” Carroll Co., Mo.). 
Caltha palustris, May-blobs. Salem, Mass. 
coltsfoot. Stratham, N. H. 
Coptis trifolia, yellow-root. N, H. : 
Nigella Damascena, love-in-a-mist ; lady-in-the-green. N. E. and 
Westward. 
lady-in-a-chaise. N. H; 
devil-in-a-bush. Northern Ohio. 
‘ St. Catherine’s flower. (Locality ’) 
: ragged lady. Wisconsin. 
Aquilegia Canadensis, honeysuckle. N. E. ; Peoria, Ill. 
rock-lily. Mason, N. H. 
cluckies. Annapolis Co., N. S. 
: meeting-houses. New England. 
Aconitum Napellus, Venus’ chariot.” Brookline, Mass. 
Acte spicata, var. rubra, snake-berry. Belleisle, N. B. 
NYMPH/ACEE. 
Nelumbium luteum, chinquapins. Carroll Co., Mo. 
“phar advena, cow-lily. Washington Co., Me. 
dog-lily. New England. 
beaver-lily. Me. 
bull-head lily. N. H. 
ducks. Chestertown, Md. 
Ps also, Jmpatiens. The name is given because of the silvery appearance 
2 the when immersed in water. 
2 ,.° Swans are hidden in the hood. 
Quy. docks, as in spatter-dock ? 
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