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A DICTIONARY OF 
probably mean Psamma arenaria, Beany. See Prior, p. 19, and Bot. 
E. Bord., p. 209. 
Bent, Black. (1) Alopecurns agrestis, L. 
(2) Planfago lanceolata, L. — Bucks. 
(3) Juncus squarrosusy L. — North, Wincb, Bot. Guide ; Bur. 
(4) Narclus stricta, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Bent, Broad. Psamma arenaria, Beauv. — Scotl. Edmonston’s MS. 
Bent, Hendon. Cynosurns cristatus, L. — Midd. ‘The hay of 
Middlesex is often of good quality. Hendon, perhaps, produces the 
hay which has the best name in the market. The Hendon hent {Cyno- 
surus cristatus) is well known to the dealers, and is seldom found 
except on good meadow-ground.’ — Journ. Eoyal Agric. Soc., 1869, 
p. 25. 
Bent, Harrow. Elymns arenarius, L. — Scott. Edmonston’s kIS. 
Bent, Bose. Juncus squarrosus, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Bent, Sea. Carex arenaria, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Bent, Star. Juncus squarrosus, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Bent, Stool. Juncus squarrosus, JL. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Bent, Sweet. Lu7mIco campestris, Willd. — Ayvsh. 
Bent, The Mother of. Elymus arenarius, L. — Outer Hebrides, 
Macgillivray, Journ. Nat. and Geogr. Science, ii. 93. 
Bent, Way. Hordeum murinum, L. — Turn. Herb. 
Bent, Whirl. Juncus squarrosus, L. — Ciimb. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Bent, White. Nardus stricta, L. — Nhumb. 
Bent, Wire. Nardus stricta, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Ben throw. ‘ Stamp bentbrow with young Marigolds and strein it!’ — 
Langham’s Garden of Health, p. 384. We do not know what plant 
is here intended. 
Bent Grass. (1) Agrostis vulgaris, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord.; 
Cumb. Hal. 
(2) Aira ccespifosa, L. — S. W. Cumb. 
(3) Aira fiexuosa, L. — S. W. Cumb. 
(4) Cynosurus cristatus, L. — Martyn’s Elora Eustica (1V93). 
Bent Grass, White. Agrostis alba, L. — Baxter. 
Bentles. Triticum junceum, L. — Suff. Moor. Bentles'i^ also a name 
given to low, sandy, flattish land on the sea-shore of Suffolk, where 
nothing but this coarse reedy bent seems to thriye or grow. Moor’s 
Suff. Gloss. 
Benton Pry. Aira ccBspitosa, L. — S. TF. Cumb. 
Bents. See Bent. 
Bentwood. Hedera Helix, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. See Bene- 
with. Tree and Bindwood, 
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