ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 57 
Bog Strawberry (see Strawberry). Coinarum palustre, 
of Man. 
Bog-thrissel. Carduus palustris, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Bog Trefoil. Menyantlies trifoliata, L. — Yks. Erom its clover-like 
leaves which grow in boggy places. (French, trefle de marais.) 
Bog Violet. Plnguicula vulgaris, L. — Hal. Cuinb.; Ylis.; East, 
Wr. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2. Prior, p. 26. 
Bolas. ‘ A bullace.’ — Hal. Wr. See Bellas. 
Bolbonac. Lunaria biennis, L. — Lyle, who says it is so called ‘ of 
the herboristes.’ — Prior, p. 26. 
Bolder, or Boulder. Scirpus lacustris, L. ‘The rush used for 
bottoming chairs .’ — Norf ; Hal. Wr. 
Boleweed, or Bolleweed. (1) Centaur ea nigra, L. — Hal. Wr. 
Bolewort. ‘Bishop’s weed.’ — Topsell’s Hist. Beasts, p. 77 ; Hal. 
Wr. 
Bolgan-leaves. Lapsana communis, L. — Scotland. ‘ Perhaps from 
Isl. holg-a, tumere, or Su. G. lolginn, swollen, q. “ swelling leaves,” 
as being supposed by the vulgar in S. to be efficacious in removing 
swellings.’ — Jamieson. Bolgan is a Scotch word for ‘ a swelling that 
becomes a pimple.’ — Id. 
Bolimonge. Polygonum Fagopyrum, L. — Byte.' 
Bellas, or Bullas. ‘ A small wild plum, the fruit of the sloe or 
blackthorn. \_Prunus spinosa, L.] The last form is general ; the first 
Mid-Yorkshire. The word is the synonym for what is bright, black, 
or sour: “As bright as a hullas.’’ ’ — E. D. S. Gloss. C. 5. 
Bolt, or Bolts. (1) An equivalent of Buttercups in Park. Theatr. 
— Hal. ; Prior, p. 26. 
(2) TroUius europceus, L. — Ger. Appx. 
Bolwes (i. e. ‘ halls, the hard round heads of the wort.’ — Cockayne, 
iii. 315). Centaur ea nigra, L. 
Bomariskie. ‘ An herb, the roots of which taste exactly like 
licorice; perhaps th.Q Astragalus glycypMllus oi Linn. Upp. Clydes. '' 
— Jamieson. It is almost certainly Ononis arvensis, L. See 
Liquorice. 
Boneflower. Beilis perennis, L . — North of Eng. — Hal. Wr. E. D. 
S. Gloss. B. i. 3. 
Boneset. Symphytum officinale, L, ‘Eracturas ossium consolidat, 
quotidiana experientia attestante, unde et Anglice a nonnullis Boneset 
dicitur.’ — R. Cat. p. 80. The name also occurs in Buddie’s MS. 
Bongay. jEscuIus Hippocastanum, L. — Suff.; IST. & Q. 5, ii. 326. 
Bongrace moss. Splachnum rubrum. Hemnich. 
Bonny Bird Ee, or Een. (1) Veronica Chamoidrys, L. — Cumb. ; 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
