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They pull the little blossom threads. 



From out the knot-weed's button heads. 



And put the husk with many a smile. 



In their white bosoms for a while, — 



Then if they guess aright the swain 



Their loves' sweet fancies try to gain ; 



'Tis said, that ere it lies an hour, 



'Twill blossom with a second flower. 



And from the bosom's handkerchief 



Bloom as it ne'er had lost a leaf." — J. Hardy. 



470. P. MARiTiMA. S>ca l^cmpS. Sea and river banks, plentiful. 

 B. Lamberton moor ; and sometimes in theLammermoors. — D. On 

 the muir at Unthank. Aug. — The spikes of this, and of P. coro- 

 nopus, droop before the flowers are evolved, when they become 

 erect. 



471. P. CORONOPUS. Sea and river banks. June-Aug. 



472. LiTTORELLA LACusTRis = Plantago uniflora, Huds. Fl. 

 Aug. 53. — Margins of ponds. D. The lough on Holy Island. — B. 

 Coldingham loch : Mill-pond of Northfield farm : Dulaw moss burn : 

 in a burn above the Press plantations, and similar localities on Cold- 

 ingham moor, J. Hardy. Side of a pond at Primrose hilL — N. "At 

 Hoseley lough in Northumberland," D. Richardson, 1762; and it 

 still grows there. June, July. 



473. Chenopodium ALBUM. ifHplesi. Waste grounds and culti- 

 vated fields, a common weed. Autumn. — It is an old saying, " Boil 

 Myles in water, and chop them with butter, and you vrill have a good 

 dish." J. Hardy. 



474. Ch. botryoides. Babington in Proc. Berw. N. Club, i. 178. 

 On the links of Holy Island, where it was first pointed out to 

 several members of the " Club " by Mr. Babington. It had been 

 previously considered to be Ch. rubrum of Smith ; and Professor 

 Amott makes the botryoides a variety of that species. See also 

 Watson's Cyb. Brit. iii. p. 496. Autumn. 



475. Ch. bonus-henricus. dTIototrg^liotfetn : TOtltl ^pinagt. 

 Waste grounds about villages. Summer. — A Berwickshire name 

 for this plant — ^mttitig ILiafitJi — indicates the observation of one of 

 its favourite habitats, viz. the nigh vicinity of the blacksmith's work- 

 shop. The leaves are applied to ulcerated legs ; and to irritable 

 ulcers some have found no application give so much relief as a leaf 

 renewed fresh every morning. An ointment made from the leaves, 

 simmered in hog's lard and bees' wax, is also a favourite nostrum. 

 One who prepared this ointment extensively called the plant Wild 

 Mercury. 



476. Atriplex rosea. Babington in Trans. Berw. N. Club, i. 

 177 ; and in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. i. 13. — "This plant is in pro- 

 fusion on the S.W. side of Holy Island, a httle above high water 



40. Chenopodium murale. " Holy Island, between the town and castle," 

 Thompson. Has been sought for in vain. 



