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A DICTIONARY OF 
(1) Buttercups (which see). In Normandy the name ‘ emhrasse 
toutes les Eanuncules jaunes.’ Le H^richer (Essai sur la flore popu- 
laire de Normandie), p. 36. 
(2) Caltha palustris, L. , which Lyte calls Brave B. 
(3) ‘ Some [species of Geranium'] are called in many places of Eng- 
land Bassinets.'' — Park. Parad., p. ‘230. Lyte calls G. sylvaticum 
Bassinet Geranium. 
Bast. Tilia jyarvifolia, L. ‘In Lincohiia a rusticis (ut nos monuit 
D. Martinus Lister) Bast dicitur, quoniam ex ejus corticihus funes 
texunt.’ — Eaii Historia Plantarum, ii 1695. Prior (p. 16) gives ‘Bast- 
tree, Tilia europoeaf L.’ — See Bass. 
Bastard Pellitory. Achillea Ptamnica, L. — Leering (Cat. Stirp). 
Erom its resemblance to the Pellitory of Spain [Anacyclus Pyretlirurrif 
DC.). 
Bat in Water. ‘ Water-mint,’ L, — Hal. Wr. We can find no 
explanation of this name, and do not know where it originally occurs. 
Batter Dock. (1) Petasites vulgaris, Desf. — Ches. 
(2) Potamogetan natans, L. — Ches. Wilbraham’s Ch. Gl. 
(3) Rumex obtusifoliiis, L. — Sal. (Ellesmere). ‘ Beware of a breed, 
if it be but a batterdock,' is a Shropshire proverbial sajdng. 
Baulmemint. ‘Water mint.’ Florio. — Hal. Wr. 
Bawdmoney. See Baldmoney. 
Bawd-ringie. Meum atliamanticum, L. — Pertlish. 
Bawme {or Banm, With. ed. ii.). Melissa officinalis, L. — Lyte, 
p. 259 ; Hal. ; Ches. ; Cumb. ; N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6. 
Balm was formerly in great repute in Cumb. as a medicinal plant, 
and Bawm-tea is still a cottager’s antidote to feverish ' colds. Baum- 
tea is also in use in Line, (see E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6.), and in Ches. 
Banm-leaf. MeHttis Melissopliyllum, L. (A translation of the 
specific name.) With. ed. ii. 
Baw-tree. Samhucus nigra, L. — N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6. 
See Bore-tree. 
Bawtry-salad. ‘The weeds which come down the river Trent in 
summer time when the drains and ditches which communicate with it 
in the earlier part of its course are being cleaned.’ — N. Line. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 6. 
Bay, or Bay-tree. Laurus nohilis, L. — Lyte, p. 688. ‘ In old works 
hay means a berry generally, as the bayes of iv^me, but as those of 
the sweet bay, the lauri baccas of Virgil, were an article of commerce, 
the term came to be applied to them exclusively, and was thence 
extended to other evergreens, much as is laurel at the present day.’ — 
Prior, p. 16. 
Bay, Dwarf. (1) Daphne Mezereum, L. — Baxter. 
(2) Daphne Laureola, L. — Prior, p. 16. 
Bay, Rose. A frequent book-name for Epilobium angusti folium, L. 
Skinner says ; ‘ Sic dictum, quia folia Laurum .... flores purpurei 
rosam referunt.’ 
