A DICTIONARY OF 
Barley, Wall. (1) Hordeum murinum, L. — Turn. Herb,; irom its 
growth near walls. 
(2) Loliiim 'perenne, L, — Lyte, p. 504. 
Barley, Way. Hordeum murinum, L. — Ger. Emac. ; from its frequency 
by the roadside. 
Barley, Wild. Hordeum murinum, L. — E. Bord. : Bot. E. Bord. A 
general name for this plant. 
Barley-big. Hordeum vulgar e, L. E. Anglia, Eorby. A pleonasm, hig 
being a Northern name for harley. — Hal. Wr. 
Barley-plum. ‘A kind of dark purple plum.’ — West. Hal. Wr. 
Barliche. ‘Barley. MS. Douce, 291, f. 16.’ — Hal. 
Barm-leaf. Melissa officinalis, L. — With. 
Barnabas. Centaurea solstitialis, L. — Hal. 
Barnaby’s Thistle, or St. B. T. Centaurea solstitialis, L., from 
its flowering about St. Barnabas’ day (June 11). — Prior, p. 15. 
Barne. ‘A kind of flower mentioned in Hollyband’s Dictionarie, 
1593.’ — Hal. Wr. We do not know it. 
Barnwort. ‘ See Banwort,’ — Hal. 
Baron’s Mercury. Male plants of Mercurialis perennis, L. — Lyte; 
but probably a mere confusion between ‘ baron ’ and ‘ barren.’ See 
Boy’s Mercury. 
Barren Hempe. Cannahis saliva, L. (male plants). — Lyte, p. 71. 
Barren Ivy. ‘Creeping Ivy. — Bailey.’ — Hal. Wr. This is the 
small-leaved form of Hedera Helix, L., which grows on hedge-banks. 
Barren Strawberry. A modern book-name for Potentilla Fragarias- 
trum, L. 
Barrenwort. Epimedium alpinum, L. A name invented by Ger. 
(p. 389), who says : ‘ I have thought good to call it Barreniuoort in 
English ; bicause .... being drunke it is an enemie to conception.’ 
— Hal. Wr. ; Prior, p. 15. 
Barrow Boses. Rosa spinosissima, L. — Pem&. (Tenby). Possibly from 
their growth there on sand-hills near the sea, one meaning of harrow 
being a hillock. See Hal. 
Barweed. Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Som. (Taunton). 
Basam, Basom, Bassam, or Bisom. (1) Barotliamnus scoparius, 
Wimm. — Dev. Hal. ‘ Erom its use in making brooms or besoms. 
“ As yellow as a basom,’’ is a common S. Devon expression.’ 
(2) ‘ Basam, the red heath broom.’ — Dev. Hal. Wr. This is pro- 
bably Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. See Broom (2). 
Base Broom. Genista tinctoria, L. — Lyte, 667 ; Hal. Wr. Eefer- 
ring, according to Prior, p. 15, not to its low growth, but ‘ to its being 
used as a base to prepare woollen cloths for the reception of scarlet and 
other dyes.’ Lyte, however, does not so understand it. He says, ‘ It 
