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A DICTIONARY OF 
(2) Anemone Pulsatilla, L. — ‘ In Cambridgesliire where they grow 
they are named Coventry bels.^ Ger., p. 309. 
Bells, Crow, or Yellow Crowbells. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. 
— Ger. 
Bells, Hedge. (1) Convolvulus sepium, L. — Cumh., Staff. Prior, 
p. 107. 
(2) Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Ger. 
Bells, Lint. ‘ The blossom or flower of flax when growing. Burns.'* 
— Jamieson, who gives hell as the general Scotch name for the flower 
of a plant. 
Bells, Peach. Campanula persicifolia, L. — Dev. 
Bells, Sea. Convolvulus Soldanella, L.- — Ger. 
Bells, Steeple. Campanula pyramidalis, L. — Dev. 
Bells, Witch, or Witches. (1) Campamda rotmidifolia, L. — Scoth 
Jamieson; Edinh.; Za?zar^s., Jamieson. 
(2) Centaurea Cyanus, L. — North, Hal.; Edinh, 
Bells, Wood. Scilla nutans, Sm. — N. Bucks. 
Bells, Yevering. Pyrola secunda, L. — Prior, p. 257. 
Bell Thistle. Carduus lanceolatus,Jj. — Yks. (Northallerton ), Warm. 
Possibly C. nutans may be intended, on account of the drooping habit 
of the flowers. 
Bell Woodbind. Convolvidus sepium, L. — Bullein, fob 21. 
Belly wind. Clematis Vitalha, L. — Hants (Tichborne). 
Belweed. Centaurea nigra, L. — Ger. Appx. Perhaps Bcdlweed is 
intended. 
Belwort. ‘ The name of a herb. In MS. Sloane, 5 f. 3, the Latin 
name given is acandus, and in f. 8, pullimonaria, the word being spelt 
hellewort in the latter instance.’ — Hal. 
Ben, or White Ben. Silene inflata, L. — Prior, p. 19. A corrup- 
tion of Behen, Cucuhalus Behen being an old name of the plant. 
Bendock. GEnanthe crocata, L. — Kent, Gard. Chron., 1843, p. 412. 
This is probably a corruption of Bane-dock, a name appropriate to this 
plant, the poisonous properties of which have frequently caused fatal 
results. 
Bendstraw, Ladies. See Bedstraw. 
Benewith Tree. Prompt. Parv., Hal. "Wr. ‘ This appears to be the 
woodbine \_Lonicera Periclymenuni], which in Swedish is called heen- 
tved. Linn. FI. Suecica. Verelius explains the Icelandic heinwid to be 
ossea pericliminis species, a bony kind of honeysuckle — heinivid signi- 
fying bone- wood.’ — Prompt. Parv. The ivy, which is called Bentwood 
in Bot. E. Bord., may, however, be intended. See Bindwood. 
Benione. The name of a plant mentioned by Walton (Complete 
Angler, part i. chap. ii.). ‘ There is a herb Benione which being 
hung in a linen cloth near a fishpond makes him [the otter] to avoid 
