ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 21 
Britain only upon Kilmington Common, near that town. See Journal 
of Horticulture, Oct. 7, 1875. 
Axfetch, Ax-seed, or Axwort, apparently Coronilla varia, L. — Ger. 
Hal. Wr. 
Axweed. ^gopodium Podagraria, L. — Prior, p. 11. 
Aye-green (Lat.). Sempervivum tectorum, L. — Lane. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 3, where it is spelt Aigreen. Hal. Wr. A name given by Turner 
(Herb.), who says: ‘The leaves are grene : wherefore we thynke 
that Ay green is a better name for it than Singrene ’ (which see). — 
Prior, p. 13. See note in Prompt. Parv. on Howsleke, p. 251. 
Ayshweed, Hal. Wr. See Aiseweed. 
Azzy-tree. Crataegus Oxyacantlia, L. — S. Bucks. 
Bacchar. ‘ The herb ladies’ glove. A full description of it is given in 
Holme’s Academy of Armory, p. 88.’ — Hal. Wr. It is impossible to 
identify the plant from Holme’s description. 
Baccobolts. Typha lat if alia, L., from a resemblance in the spikes to 
a roll of tobacco. — Wight, FI. Vect. 
Bachelor’s {or Batchelor’s) Buttons. A name given to many flowers, 
usually from their round form or button-like appearance. — Prior, p. 13. 
(1) Ranunculus acris, L., the double-flowered garden form, — Lyte. 
Ger. mentions that it was in his time so called ‘about London,’ as is 
still the case. — Oxf. 
(2) A similar form of Ranunculus aconitifolius, L, — Ger. 
(3) Lychnis d.iurna, Sibth. Hal. Wr. — >S.-TF. Cumh.; Ess.; Kent 
(Folkestone); Buff. (Moor); Buss.; N. Yks. — Of the double red or 
white flowered form, which is still common in cottage gardens, 
Johnson says — ‘ The similitude that these floures have to the iagged 
death buttons anciently worne in this kingdome gave occasion to our 
gentlewomen and other lovers of floures in those times to call them 
Bachelour’s Buttons’ — Ger. Emac. 472; Hal. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. ; 
Warw. 
(4) Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. — Buss. ; N. YJes. 
(5) Btellaria Holostea, L. — B. Bucks.; Buff.; in this instance referring 
to the button-like capsules. See Shirt-buttons. 
(6) Lychnis Githago, L. — Gard. Chron. 
(7) Lychnis Flos-cuculiy L. — E. Buss. 
(8) Bcabiosa arvensis, L. — Hal. Wr. Glou. 
(9) Bcabiosa succisa, L. — Glou. 
(10) Tanacetum vulgare, L. — Gard. Chron. 
(11) Achillea Ptarmica, L., the double-flowered garden form. Curtis, 
Flora Londinensis. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
(12) Pyrethrum Barthenium, L. — Btirl. 
(13) Centaurea Cyanus, L. — Derb. ; Yks.; With. ed. ii. 
(14) Centaurea nigra, L. — Lrel. (Belfast); FI. B. 
(15) Centaurea Bcabiosa, L. — Olou. 
(16) Beilis per ennis, L. — Gard. Chron. Bal. (the garden daisy). 
(17) Arctium Lappa, L. (flower-heads of). — Hal. Wr. 
Bachelor’s Buttons, Bed. Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — Buff. 
