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clepeth hillure : lie ys much worth to rj^pe hocch.” Elyot [T. Cooper’s 
1559 ed.] explains lauer to be “ an herbe growynge in the water, lyke 
to alisander, but hauynge less leaues : some doe call it bilders or bell- 
ragges.” ’ — Prompt. Parv. It is difficult to say what plant is intended 
here, as Elyot (or more correctly Cooper) goes on to say : ‘ Some 
name it yealow watercresses.’ The colour of the plant militates against 
its being Helosciadium nodifiorum, Koch, which the descrijition other- 
wise resembles, and which is still called Billers in I)ev. See Bell- 
ragges. 
(2) Heracleum Bphondylium, L. — Dev. 
(3) Nasturtium officinale^ L . — Derry {Kilved), Biller or bellerm 
‘ the common name for water-cress among the lower classes.’— See 
Bilders. 
Billie Beatie. Parietaria offieinalis, L. — Irel. (Belfast). 
Billy Button. (1) Geranium Rohertianum, L. — Bucks. 
(2) Sometimes applied in gardens to the double-flowered variety of 
Saxifraga granulata, L. 
(3) Scabiosa arvensis, L. — Yks. (Bedale). 
(4) Beilis per ennisy L. (the garden form).— /Set?. (Ellesmere). 
Billy-clipper. Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Sal. (Hanwood). Clip 
= to embrace, A.S. See Hal. 
Billy White’s Buttons. Stellai'ia Holostea, L. — Wane. Phyt. vi. 
416, N.S. 
Bind. Lonicera Periclymenum, L. — Prompt. Parv. (Bynde). 
Bind, Common. Convolvulus (probably both C. arvensis and C. 
sepium). — Turn. Lib. N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6, ‘ pronounced 
with short id 
Bindcorn. Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — Scotl. Jamieson, from ils 
twining round the stems of corn. Hal. has ‘ Bindcorn, buckwheat ; ’ 
but the above is probably meant. 
Bindweed {i. e. the weed that hinds, a name applied to several 
plants which climb up and clasp the stems of other plants). 
O Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Turn. Names; Hal.; Hants, IIoll. ; 
Kent, Holl. ; Line. Brogd, ; Suss. ; N. and E. Yks. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. Also a bookname and in general use. Prior, p. 20, This 
is usually pronounced hindiueed, but Mr. Peacock (E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6) 
says that in N. Line, the i is short. 
(2) Convolvulus sepium, L. — Turn. Names ; Hants, Holl. ; Suff. 
Moor’s Gloss., where it is also given as Bineweed. 
(3) Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — ‘In the fens.’ — Holdich, W. Clies. 
Cumb. 
(4) Lonicera Periclymenum, L.— I7i:s. (Craven). 
(5) Senecio Jacoboea, L. — Scotl. (S. Eenfrewsh.), Jamieson. In this 
case a corruption of buniveed, having no connection with bind in the 
sense explained above. 
(6) Tamils communis, L., according to Nemnich ; but this is 
doubtful. 
Bindweed, Black. Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — Lyte, Prior, p. 23. 
