ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
Blue Foxglove. Campanula Traclielium, L. —Sal. (Tilstock). 
Blue Gramfer Greygles. Scilla nutans, Sm. — N". & Q. 4, iv. 345. 
Blue Grass, or Blue-gerss. Various species of Carex . — W. Scotl. 
Jamieson. Alopecurus geniculatus, L., is called Blue-grass by Neui- 
nicb, probably in error. 
Blue-heads. Scahiosa succisa, L. — Sal. (Corvedale). 
Blue-kiss. Scahiosa succisa, L. — Suss. 
Blue-legs. Agaricus pcrsonatus, L., in reference to the colour of tlie 
stem. — Carnb., Norf. 
Blue Moor-grass. A book-name for Sesleria ccerulea. Scop. 
Blue Poppy. Centaurea Cijanus, L. — Cockayne, iii. 314. 
Blue Pocket. Aconitum ^ pyrarnidale,^ and other species. — T. Forster’s 
Pocket Encyclopaedia of Natural Phenomena. 
Blue Runner. Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. — N. Bucks. 
Blue Seggin. ‘The blue flower-de-luce.’ Bus fcetidissima, L. — 
Ayrs. Jamieson. 
Blue Starry. Aquilegia vulgaris, L. — Hal. 
Blue Stars. Veronica ChamoBclrys, L. — Stirl. 
Blue Tar-fitch [i. e. Tare Vetch). Vida Cracca, L. — Clies. 
Blue Thistle. Carduus lanceolatus, L. — Wore. 
Blue Tops. (1) Centaurea nigra, L. — Wore. 
(2) Scahiosa succisa, L. — TForc. 
Bluette. See Blewit. 
Blue Violet. (!•) Gentiana verna, L. — Dur. (Teesdale), With, 
ed. vii. 
(2) Viola sylvatica, Fries. — Clies. 
Bluid-tongue. Galium Aparine, L. — E. Bord.Voi. E. Bord. ; Scotl. 
Wilkinson. ‘ Children with the leaves practise phlebotomy upon the 
tongue of those playmates who are simple enough to endure it.’ — Bot. 
E. Bord., p. 100: a custom which seems general in Scotland, and 
occurs also in Cheshire. 
Bluidy Bills. Digitedis pnir pur ea, L. — Lanarks. Jamieson. 
Boar’s, or Bore’s, Ears. Primida. Auricula, L. (of gardens). — N. 
Scotl. Jamieson. A corruption of Bear’s Ears, which see. ‘ A bear 
is called a hoar in Scotland, especially in North Scotland.’ — Jamieson. 
Boar’s Foot. Hellehorus viridis, L. — S. Bucks. 
Boar Thistle {i. e. Bur Thistle, which see), Hal. (1) Carduus 
lanceolatus, Jj . — E. Anglia, Forby ; S. Bucks; Hants, Vlo]!. ', Norf.; 
Sal.; Staff. Pitt, Essay on Weeding; Suff. Holl. ; Suss. Holl. ; Wore. ; 
Midland District, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 5. ‘ The Carduus lanceolatus, 
haying very strong prickles, and so called in opposition to the Sonchus 
aryensis, the sow thistle, having weaker prickles ! ’ — Holl., cited as a 
fair sample of his derivations. 
(2) C. arvensis, L. — Gard. Chron. 1860, p. 802. 
