ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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iBayoerries. The fruit of Laurus nohilis, L. Lyte, p. 688. Wr. 
This is a pleonasm : see Bay : Beam-tree (which see) is a similar 
instance. The name is still in use, ‘ bay-berries ’ being obtainable at 
chemists’ shops. 
Bay Lambs. Male flowers of Finns sylvestrls, L. — YJ^s. (NTorth- 
allerton). 
Bayle. Aubrey (Nat. Hist, of Wilts.) mentions a meadow plant by 
this name. We have not been able to identify it. 
Bay Oak. Querctis sessiliflora, Sm. — Berks. (Newbury), ‘ Folia 
huic obscurius viridia et minus profunda sinuata quam vulgaris, unde 
a vulgo circa Newberry oppidum The Bay -Oak, i. e. Lauro-quercus 
dicitur.’ E. Syn. iii. 440. The name probably refers only to a local 
variety. 
Bays, Willow. Salix pentandra, L. — Staff. (Wolverhampton). 
From the aromatic bay-like smell of its leaves. 
Bay Willow, or Bay Willow-herb. (Misprinted Bay Yellow-herbe, 
in Ger. Emac., 479.) Epilobium angustifolium, L. Has ‘ leaves Hke 
the greatest willow or ozier.’ — Ger. 387. 
Baziers [i. e. bear’s ears]. Primula Auricula, L, This name occurs 
in the refrain of a South Lancashire May-song — 
‘ The baziers are sweet in the morning of May.’ 
See Book of Hays, i. 547 ; and E. H. S. Gloss. C. 3. 
It is in general use in South Lancashire (see N. & G., 4, vii. 350) 
and in the Eastern counties (N. & G., 3, ii. 305). See also E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 3. 
Bazocks. Sinapis arvensis, L. — Yks. (Whitby). E. H. S. Gloss. 
C. 2. 
Bead-sedge. See Bede-sedge. 
Beam Tree. Pyrus Aria, L. A contraction of White Beam Tree. 
See White Beam. ‘ Beam, without the white prefixed, is a vague 
term, meaning in A.S. a tree generally, so that Beam-tree is a silly 
pleonasm, a tree-tree.’ Prior, p. 16. 
Bean. Vida Faba, L. — Prior, p. 16. 
Bean, Flat or Fig. A name for some species of Lupinus. — ‘ After 
the Hutch name, because [the seeds] are flat and round as a fig that 
is pressed.’ — Coles, A. in E. ; E. Cat., 110. 
_Bean Trefoil. — ^ Sometimes applied to Menyanthes irifoliata.' 
Treas. Bot. 
Bear, Beer, Beir, Bere. TIordeum vulgare, L. — Yks. Clevel. Gl. ; 
Scotl. Jamieson; Ayrs. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Hal. Wr.; Cockayne, 
iii. 313 ; Prior, p. 17. 
Bear Berry, or Bear Bilberry. Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, L. — 
Aberd. ‘ From its fruit being a favourite food of bears.’ Prior, p. 
17 ; but is this explanation founded on fact ? 
