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whicli still bears in Norfolk a similar appellation. See Cockayne, iii. 
xxxii. and 320, col. 2. Hal. and Wr. have ^Beggary: full of weeds. 
East' 
Belamour. ‘ A flower : 
“ Her ruddy cbeeks like unto roses red, 
Her snowy brows like budded helamoures” 
Spen. Sonn. 64. 
I have not yet discovered what flower is here meant. It seems to be 
applied to the lily or iris in F. Q. ii. vi. 16. Yet the construction is 
too obscure to determine, any thing.’ — Nares. 
Beldairy, or Bildairy. Orchis mascida, L., and 0. Morio^ L. — 
Aherd. Phyt. ii. 360, N. S. 
Belder-E,oot. CEnantlie croccda^ L. — Wight, PI. Vect. 
Belene. Hyoscyamus niger, L. — ‘ The name seems derived from its 
bell-shaped capsules ; helle, a bell ; hellen, furnished with bells ; and 
the final e is the usual final distinctive form of names of worts.’ — 
Cockayne, ii. 371 ; iii. 313. See Prior, p. 109, under Henbane. 
Bell, or Bells, Dead Man’s, or Men’s. (1) Digitcdis 'purpurea, L. 
— E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Scotl. {Aherd., Claeh., Edinb., Forf., Moray, 
Perth). 
(2) Fritillaria Meleagris, L. — Bal, 
Bell, Cow. Eilene injlata, Sm. — Scotl., Ploricultural Cabinet. 
Bell, Easter. Stellaria Holostea, L.' — Prom its time of flowering, 
and the shape of the half-expanded blossoms. — Dev. 
Bell, Hare, or Hare’s. A general name for (1) Campanula rotundi- 
foUa, L. — W. dies., N.E. Yks. The spellings Hairbell or Airbell 
are quite modern, and seem to have been adopted in accordance with 
a fancied derivation of the name, which, however, is quite without 
authority. The name itself is unexplained. Prior, p. 101. 
(2) Scilla nutans, Sm. — Ger. (Index). Park. Parad., p. 120. Dev. 
(Teignmouth). 
Belladonna. Atropa Belladonna, L. — Prior, p. 19. 
Bell-bind. Convolvulus sepium, L. : i. e. the bindweed with bell 
flowers. — Ess., Buff. (Bell-bin) Moor. 
Bellbinder, or Bellwinder. Convolmdus sepium, L. — T. Porster’s 
Pocket Encycl. of Nat. Phenomena, p. 83 (1827). 
Bell-bine. (1) Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Camb., N. Ess., Norf. 
(2) Convolvulus sepium, L. — Buff. 
Bell Bottle. Scilla mdans, Sm. — S. Bucks. 
Belle-blome. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Hal. AYr. 
Belleisle Cress. Barba.rea prcecox, Y . — Prior, p. 19. ‘This species 
is generally thought to have been introduced to Europe from the New 
World, whence the names of American or Belleisle Cress, from the 
straits of that name between Labrador and Newfoundland.’ — PI. Vect. 
Beller. See Billers (3). 
