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A DICTIONARY OF 
Bottry (^. e. Bore tree), or, tautologically, Bottry-tree. Samhuciis 
niyra, L. — E. Yks. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2. 
Boulder. See Bolder. 
Bountree. Samhuciis nigra, L. : tlie fruit Bountree Berries. — 
Scotl. Jamieson. 
Bourage. Minsheu gives this spelling of Borage. 
Bourholm. Arctium Lappa, L. — MS. Sloane, 5 f. 3 ; Hal. Wr. 
Bourtree. Samhucus nigra, L. — Turn. Lib. ; Scott. (Borders), 
Jamieson; Ayr.; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord.; Moray, FI. M. ; Perthsh. 
Prior, p. 27. ‘ It seems to have received its name from its being 
hollow within, and thence easily hared by thrusting out the pulp.’ — 
Jamieson. The same name is apphed to ‘a small air-gun made of a 
twig of elder with the pith taken out.’ An elder shrub is called a 
Bourtree bush. 
Boutree, Boutrey, or Boutry. Samhucus nigra, L. — Cumh., Ayrsli., 
Irel. 
Bouts, Meadow. Caltha palustris, L. — Clies. See Boots. Prior, 
p. 27. 
Bowel-hive, or Bowel-hive Grass. Alcliemilla arvensis, Scop. — E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Scott. N. & Q. 2, v. 48. ‘ Because it is said to 
be an effectual remedy in the hoiuet-hive of children ; ’ a disease 
which subsequent writers consider either as ‘ the irritation caused by 
intestinal worms,’ or as ‘ flatulency or heaving of the bowels with 
wind’ (op. cit. 266, 303). Jamieson says it is ‘an inflammation of 
the bowels to which children are subject.’ 
Bowens. Senecio Jacohoea, L. — Cumh. 
Bowers Mustard. See Boor’s Mustard. 
Bow Fistle, or Thistle. Carduus tanceotatus, L. — dies. 
Bow Kail. ‘ Cabbage, Scott. So called from the circular form of 
this plant. For the same reason its Belg. name is huyshootd — 
Jamieson. 
Bowlochs (Gaelic, huaghattan). Senecio Jacohoea, L. — S. Wigtonsli. 
Jamieson. 
Bowweed. Centaurea nigra, L. — Hal. 
Bowwood. Centaurea nigra, L., and C. Scahiosa, L. — Ger. (Appx.) 
Bowyer’s Mustard. Thtaspi arvense, L. — Ger. It is suggested by 
Skinner that ‘ Bowyer ’ was the name of some apothecary by whom 
it was employed, but it is a corruption of Boor’s Mustard (which 
see). Prior, p. 27. 
Box, or Box Tree. Buxus sempervirens, L. — Lyte. A general 
name. Prior, p. 27. 
Box, Dwarf, or Ground. Buxus sempervirens, L. (the small variety 
used for edgings). — Lyte. 
