ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 39 
Benweed. Senecio Jacoboea^'h. — 8cotl. Jamieson; Ayrsli. Ireland 
(Antrim and Down). 
Benwort. Beilis perennis, L. — >S'. IF. Cumb. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Benwyttre. Lonicera Periclymenum, L. — Prompt. Parv. Hal. AVr. 
See Benewith Tree. 
Berber. Berberis vulgaris, L. — Hal. Wr. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Berbine. Verbena officinalis, L. — Kent, Hal.; Cockayne, iii. 313. 
Bergamot. (1) Monarda fistulosa, L. (gardens). Erom tlio smell 
of the plant exactly resembling the perfume known as oil of 
bergamot. Prior, p. 20. 
(2) A species of mint, probably the Bergamot mint [Mentha citrata, 
Ehr.) of Hooker’s Student’s Flora, with yariegated leaves, is tho 
plant so called in London gardens. 
Berries. Fniit o^ liibes Grosstdaricc, lu. — Cumb.; Dumf.; Nltuinb. ; 
Line. Brogden’s Gloss. ; Yhs. 
(2) Rubus fruticosus, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(3) ‘ Currants,’ according to Nemnich. 
Berry. Eruit of Ribes Grossularia, L. — North. Hal. Wr. ; Yh's. 
(AVhitby). ‘ WeTl soon find out if he’s Yorkshire,’ said the Lon- 
doner, ‘ ask him if he likes 6erry-pie.’ E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2. N. Line. 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6, where we have ‘ &erry-pie, gooseberry pie ; berry- 
tree, a gooseberry bush.’ 
Berry Alder, or Berry-bearing Alder. See Alder. Prior, p. 20. 
Berry-bearing Poplar. Popidus monilifera, L. — ^ The berry dmaring 
poplar, brought from Nottinghamshire by Mr. Cartwright ‘into Hol- 
land Pen, thrives very greatly, and much exceeds the Lombardy ; 
they are 18 or 20 feet high in six years.’ — Young’s Agric. Survey of 
Line. (1799), p. 212. 
Berry-tree. See Berry. 
Bertery. Sambucus nigra, L. — Ylcs. (Northallerton). 
Bertram. Pyretlirum Partlienium, L. — Lyte. ‘A corruption of 
Lat. Pyrethrumi’ — Prior, p. 20. Parkinson (Theatr. Bot.) assigns the 
name to Anaeyelus Pyretlirum, DC. 
Besidery. ‘ A kind of baking pear. Kersey.' — Hal. 
Bessy Banwood. (1) Beilis perennis, L. — Ylcs. (Whitby) E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 2. 
(2) ‘ Some say violets also.’ — Yhs. (Whitby) Id. 
Betayne. Stachys Betonica, Benth. — Prompt. Parv. Hal. Lyte. See 
Betony. ‘ It hath been formerly called Betayne, or Betaine.' — Coles, 
A. in E., p. 12. 
Bethlem Star. Ornitliogalum (probably 0. umbellatum, L., more 
especially). — With. ed. ii. See Star of Bethlehem. 
Bethwine. (1) Convolvulus sepium, L. — S. Buchs. 
(2) Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — Hants. 
