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Cheshire, as far south as Salop ; also in Scotland and Ireland. Blae, 
or hlea, refers to the colour of the fruit. Willan has ‘ Blea, hlay, a 
bluish colour, as in the May -berries, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 7 ; and Mr. 
W. H. Paterson, writing from Belfast, saj* : ‘ Blae is blue, or rather 
livid : thus — “ You’re blae with cowl.” ’ In E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2 (Yks., 
Whitby), we have ‘ Bleea, of a dusky blue or leaden colour.’ Prior, 
p. 24 ; Hal. Wr., &c. 
Blakeberry. An old form of Blackberry. 
^ Blake-beries that on breres growen.’ 
William of Palerne, 1. 1809 (1350). 
Blakethorn. See Blackthorn. 
Blanket Leaf. Verhascum Thapsus, L., from the woolly texture 
of the leaf. JVarw. 
Blaver, or Blavert. (1) Centaurea Cyanus, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. ; Beriv. Bot. E. Bord. ; North, Hal. ; B,oxb. Jamieson. Cotgrave 
has blaves and blaveoles for this plant and the ‘ wild poppie ’ : also 
‘ blavier, of or belonging to come, or corneland.’ 
(2) ‘ Some give the same name to the violet.’ — Bcotl. Jamieson. 
(3) Papaver duhium, L. — Moray, El. M. 
Blaverole. Centaurea Cyanus, L. — Hal. (under Blow-ball). See 
Blaver (1). 
Blawing Garss. Molinia coeridea, Moench. — Lanarhs., Jamieson. 
Blawort. ‘ From hla, livid, and ivort, an herb.’ — Jamieson. 
(1) Campanula rotundifolia, L. — Lanarhs., Jamieson. In Tire’s 
Hist, of Eutherglen (1793), Blawart is given as the general Scotch name 
for this plant : ‘ It has given a proper name to some places in Scot- 
land, as Blawart-hiW in the parish of Eenfrew’ (p. 241). 
(2) Centaurea Cyanus, L. — Hal. Wr. E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Edinb . ; Forf. , El. Eorf. ; N. Bcotl. J amieson. In Brown’s MS. and in 
Aberdeensh. this is pleonastically called Blue Blawort. See Blewart. . 
Blayberry. See Blaeberry. 
Bleaberry. (1) Vaccinium Myrtillus, L. (See Blaeberry.) — Prior, 
p. 24. 
(2) Sometimes applied to Vaccinium uliginosum, L. — Treas. Bot. 
Bledewort. ‘ The wild poppy.’ — MS. Sloane ; Hal. 
Bleeding Heart. (1) Cheiranthus Cheiri, L. — West, Hal. ; Prior, 
p. 24. 
(2) A cultivated variety of cherry. 
Bleeding Hun. Cyclamen europceum, L. — Irel. (AVexford). 
Bleeding Willow. Orchis Morio, L. — S. Bachs. 
Bleedy Tongues. Galium Aparine, L. — Moray, El. Mor. See 
Bluid-tongue. 
Bleggs. The fruit of Rahus fruticosus, L. — Yks. 
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