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A DICTIONARY OF 
the conntry places ; where the people, not knowing what they were, 
called them Butch beech trees .’’ — Loudon, Arboretum. 
Beech, Horn. Carpimis Betulus, L. — Warner (Plantse Woodfordi- 
enses), 1771. Prior, p. 118. See Hornbeam. 
Beech, Horse, Horst, or Hurst. Carpnnus Betulus, L. — ‘ Prom its 
growth in hursts, and some resemblance of its leaves to those of the 
beech tree.’ Prior, p. 121. Kent, Camden (Britannia); Hal. 
Burley Hurst Wood, Mobberley, Cheshire, was remarkable for the 
number and size of its hornbeams ; they appeared to be self-sown. 
Beech, White. Carpinus Betulus, L. — dies. 
Beech Fern. Pohjpodium Phegopteris,!^. — W.Cumh. The common 
book name for this species, in reference to its specific name. 
Beechwheat Polygonum Fagopyrum, L. — Under this heading Uem- 
nich has the following extract ; ‘ The English tei-m Buckwheat seems 
to be a corruption. I am rather inclined to think it ought to be 
Beechwheat, from its likeness in shape and colour to the beech-mast, 
also from its classical name Fagopyrum. I have likewise seen it 
termed Beechivheat in an English treatise on husbandry, written in 
the reign of Henry YIII. Bath Papers, iii. 291.’ 
Beedy’s Eyes. Viola tricolor, L. — Som. Hal. Wr. 
Bee-flower. (1) Oplirys apifera, L. — Wight, El. Yect. The lip is 
‘ in form and colour so like a bee, that any one unacquainted there- 
with would take it for a living bee sucking of the flower.’ — Holme, ii. 
109 ; Prior, p. 17. 
(2) Cheiranthus Clieiri, L. — Park. Parad. p. 258. Line. ‘Wall- 
flowers, commonly called Bee-flowers, . . . are good for bees.’ — 
A New Orchard and Garden, by W. Lawson, p. 15 (1638). 
Bee-larkspur. Delphinium grandiflorum, L., and other cultivated 
species. ‘ From the resemblance of the petals, which are studded 
with yellow hairs, to the humble-bee whose head is buiied in the 
recesses of the flower.’ — Treas. Bot. Prior, p. 18. 
Bee Nettle. (1) Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — Prior, p. 18. 
(2) G. versicolor, L. — dies.; Scotl. Pratt. 
(3) Lamium album, L. — Leic. 
Bee Orchis. A common but not an old name for Ophrys apifera, 
L. — Prior, p. 18. 
Bee’s-uest. Daucus Carota, L. — Ger. Emac. From the nest-like 
shape of its inflorescence. Prior, p. 18. See Bird’s-nest (1). Hal. 
and Wr. quote Skinner as assigning this name to ‘a kind of flax:’ 
his words, however, are, ‘ secundum Gerardum Linariae species.’ But 
in Ger. Emac. it is assigned to Daucus. 
Beesom. Sarothamnus scoparius, Wimm. — W. Dev. Marshall: E. 
D. S. Gloss. B. 6. 
Beet. (1) Beta maritima, L. — The Latin name is said to be given 
from the resemblance of its seeds to the /3 of the Greek alphabet. The 
resemblance, however, is not very apparent. — Cockayne, iii. 313. 
Prior, p. 18. 
