ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 23 
Baldeyebrow. Anthemis Cotula, L. — N. of England, Cockayne, iii. 
xxxi. See Balder Brae. 
Baldmoney (or sometimes Bawdmoney, wliicli Camden says is its 
Yorkshire pronunciation). 
(1) Meuin athamanticum, Jacq. Ger. App. Yks., Camden; IVestm., 
Bay — ‘ In Westmorlandia, about two miles from Sedberg in the way 
to Orton, abundantly in the meadows and pastures, where it is known 
to all the country-people by the name of Band-money, of which name 
I can give no account.’ — E. Cat., p. 209. Prior (p. 13) derives the 
name from the Latin valde hona, but the evidence he adduces in 
favour of this supposition seems to us insufficient. Sir W. J. Hooker 
(Brit. Plo.) says: ‘ Bald, or Baldmoney, is a corruption of Balder, the 
Apollo of northern nations, to whom this plant was dedicated.’ See 
Balder Brae for a similar dedication. 
(2) Oentiana, various species. — Ger. Parkinson (Theatr.) limits the 
name chiefly to O. lutea and G. cruciata, and in his index calls G. 
Amarella Bastard B. Coles, A. in E., applies it to G. Amarella or G. 
campestris. — Cockayne, iii. 313. 
Baldwein. ‘ Gentian.’ — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. See Baldmoney. 
Baldymony. See Baldemoyne. 
Balewort. Papaver somniferum, L. — ^Erom healo, bale, mischief.’ 
Cockayne, iii. 313. 
[Balin, 
‘ Having th’ herbe haJin in his wounds infus’d.’ 
Great Britaines Troy, 1609. — Wr. 
Is not this a misprint for Balm ?] 
Ballagan. Lapsana communis, L. — Ayrsli. : Pratt. 
Ballock Grass. Orchis mascula, L. — Lyte, p. 222. See Cockayne, 
iii. 313; Hal. Wr. ; Prior, p. 14. 
Ballocks, or Balloxe. A book-name applied by Turner, Lyte, Gerard, 
and other old writers, to various orchids ; it is merely the equivalent of 
the Latin orchis. Orchis Morio is Fool’s B. in Lyte ; 0. hircina. 
Hare’s B. of the same author ; Spiranthes autumnalis is Sweet B. in 
Ger., etc. — Hal. 
Ball Thistle. A species of Echinops. — Ger. ; Hal. YVv. 
Ballweed. (1) Centatirea nigra, L. — Hal. Wr. 
(2) In Ger. (p. 990), apparently a species of Echinops.^ 
Balm (in Lyte’s Index, Banlm). Melissa oficinalis, L. Contracted 
from Balsam ; Lat. Balsamum. Prior, p. 14. 
Balm, Bastard. Melittis Alelissopliyllum, L. — Prior, p. 14. With., 
ed. iv., calls this Balm-leaf. 
Balm, Field. Calamintha Nepeta, L. — Treas. Bot. 
Balm of Warrior’s Wcnnd. Hypericum perforatum, L,, given as an 
old name in Hooker’s Brit. Flora. ‘ The wine wherein the leaves 
thereof have been boyled hath power to consolidate and close up 
woundes.’ Lyte. — See also Ger. 433, where a recipe is given for the 
