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A DICTIONARY OF 
assigned 'to no particular species of poplar, nor have v^e met with it 
elsewhere. 
Bitter-wort. (1) Various species of Gentiana. — Ger. 352; in 
Coles, A. in E., 190, either O. Amarella or G. campestris ; in Park. 
Theatr. G. lutea and G. cruciata. Prior, p. 23. 
(2) In Cockayne, iii. 314, Byterwort is glossed Leontodon Taraxa- 
cum. 
Bity-tongne. Polygonum Ilydropiper, L. — Cumh, From its sharp 
pungent taste, like the Latin Hydropiper. 
Bizzom. Sarothamnus scoparius, Wimm. — TF. Dev. E. D. S. Gloss. 
B. 6. 
Blab. Rihes Grossularia, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. ‘ So called from its 
globular form.’ See Blob, 
Blacebergan. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — ‘This term occurs in an early 
list of plants in MS. Hunter, 100.’ Hal. 
Black Alder, or Aller. See Alder. 
Blackamoor. Typha latifolia, L. — Wight, El. Yect.; Hal. Wr. 
Blackamoor’s Beauty. Scaliosa cdropurpitrea, L. — Som. Jennings; 
Hal. Wr. 
Black Archangel. See Archangel. 
Blackball. Tilletia caries, TuL, and Ustilago carho, Tul. — E. Bonl. 
Bot. E. Bord. 
Black Bent. See Bent, Black. 
Blackbern. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — N. Lane. E. D. S. Lane. Gloss. 
Blackberry. (1) Ruhus fruticosus, L. — A general popular and 
book-name for both the fruit and the shrub producing it. Turn. 
Lib, has ‘ Blakhery-hushe : fructus ejus Yocatur ant hlacheberys ant 
hlakebyers aut bumble-berys.’ Hal. says : ‘ The fine weather which 
is generally experienced at the latter end of September and the begin- 
ning of October, when the blackberries ripen,’ is called in Hants the 
hlachherry summer. 
(2) Pdhes nigrum, L. — Cumh. E, D, S. Gloss. C. 8, Hal. Wr. ; Yks. 
Clevel. Gloss. , also Holderness, where ‘ the bramble berry is never so 
termed, as is usual in the south.’ E. D. S. Gloss. C. 7. E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. 
(3) Vaccinium Myrtillus, L. — Ger. N. Yks. 
(4) Prunus spinosa, L. — Bailey’s Dictionary. 
Black Bindweed. See Bindweed. 
Black Blegs. Emit of Ruhus fruticosus, L. — Ylis. Wr. 
Black-bowours, or bowwowers. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord.; North, Brockett; Hal. Wr. 
Blackboyds. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — W. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Black Briar. Apparently Ruhus fruticosus, L. — Mascal, Govern- 
ment of Cattel (1662), j^p. 188, 233. 
