ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Bloody Twig, or Rod. Gornus sanguinea, L.— Pratt, ISTemnicli. 
From the colour of its twigs. 
Bloody Wallier. Cheiranthus Cheiri, L. — West. Hal. Wallier is a 
corruption of Warrior. 
Bloody Warrior, or Warriors. Cheiranthus Cheiri, L., especially 
the double dark-flowered variety. Hal. ; Prior, p. 25. Corn. ; N. and 
S. Dev. ; Dors. Barnes ; Midd. (London) ; Nhamf. Baker ; Sal. (Elles- 
mere) ; Som. Jennings ; Suss. Pulman. 
Bloom-fell, or Fell-bloom. Lotus corniculatiis, L.' — Jamieson. 
Anderson (Essays, i. 419) gives Fell-hroom as a name for this plant. 
Blooming Sally, i. e. Flowering Willow. Egnlohium angustifolium, 
L., and occasionally hirsutum, L. — Belfast, Antrim, Doiun, FI. Belf. ; 
Sally is a corruption of Lat. Salix, the Epilobiums being known as 
Willow herbs. 
Bloomy-down. Dianthus harhatus, L. — Pulman. 
Blowball. Leontodon Taraxacum, L., because children blow the 
ripe fruit from the receptacle to tell the time of day, and for other 
purposes of divination. See Daily Telegrajpli, May 29, 1873, where ‘ a 
feathery ball of thistle down ’ is erroneously said to have been em- 
ployed. Hal. assigns this name to Centaurea Cyanus, but incorrectly, 
as is evident from the quotation which he gives in illustration 
‘ Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, 
Or shake the downy hlowhall from his stalk.’ 
Sad Shepherd, p. 8. 
Wr. has the same error; in both cases Uewhall is probably intended. 
Prior, p. 25. 
Blower. Leontodon Taraxacum, L. ‘ A child’s name for the downy 
heads of dandelion.’ Wr. See Blowball. 
Blubber Grass. ‘Different species’ of Bromus, from their soft 
inflated glumes ; in particular mollis, which infests barren pastures. 
East.'* Hal. Wr. Forby, Norf. Cyc. Agric. 
Blue-ball. Sedbiosa succisa, L. — Suss. 
Blue Bannets {i. e. bonnets). Scabiosa succisa, L. — Lanarlcs. 
Jamieson. 
Blue Bell, or Bells. From the colour and shape of the flowers : 
‘ In Douch Blauw clocxkens, that is to say in Latine campanida 
ccerulea.’’ — Lyte. 
(1) Campanula rotundifolia, L. — Lyte (spelt Blewbelles) ; Cumb. E. 
D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; Dev. (Teignmouth) ; Dors. ; Herts. ; Moray (Elgin), 
FI. Moray; N.E. Yks. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Prior, p. 25. 
(2) Scilla nutans, Sm. — Cockayne, iii. 314. Bucks. ; W. dies. ; S. W. 
Cumb. ; Dev. (Teignmouth) ; Dors. ; Clou. ; Herts. ; Leic. Pulteney in 
Herb. Mus. Brit.; Oxf., W. of Eng.; Dts. (Tadcaster); Warw. Prior, 
p. 25. 
Bluebell, The Little. Viola canina, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
