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er stalk eight feet high, spadix one and one-half by seven inches, 
spathe when pressed open, one by one one-half feet. A smaller 
species of this plant is grown for the bulb which is a common ar- 
ticle of food here. 
Manila, P. I. 
SOME ver:\iont plaxt names. 
By C. F. Saunders. 
In the course of a recent trip through the Green ^Mountain re- 
gion of Vermont, I noted several plant names current among the 
people, which I do not find given in the books. In the hope that 
they may prove of interest to readers of The American Botan- 
ist^ I append them here. 
Riidbeckia hirta, bull's eye daisy ; an interesting variant of ox- 
eye; a common name of CJirysantJiemiim leiicantJicnuiin. 
Malva iiwschata, musk rose; an instance of the survival of the 
ancient use of the word rose, which far from being confined to the 
genus, Rosa, was extended in its meaning in old times to flowers 
in general. Similarly the word violet was used by ancient writers 
to include many plants of different sorts. 
Vicia Cracca, wild pea; from its pea like fruit. This plant 1 
found so abundant in some fields as to give them the appearance 
in July of being blanketed over considerable areas with purple 
sheets. The farmers seemed to think the presence of it improved 
the hay. 
Brassica Campcstris, kale; probably a survi\-al of the word ap- 
plied in England to other species of Brassica, a variety of cabbage 
being the best known. 
Dantlionia spicata, June grass. This grass appears in great 
abundance in grass fields which have been allowed to run out of 
cultivated stocks, and makes a fair hay if cut in June, whence the 
common name. 
Riibus odoratus, mulberry, also thimbleberry. The latter 
name, also applied in some sections to the black raspberry, is ob- 
viously suggested by the form of the fruit, but how mulberry 
should become attached to this plant is an enigma. One man 
told me he thought the leaf had perhaps suggested a relationship 
to the mulberry. 
