ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 147 
Deer-balls. EUiphomyces granulatus^ Fr. — An explanation of the 
name will be found in Park. Theatr. p. 1320. 
Deer-hair, or Deer’s-hair. Eleocliaris cmspitosus, Link. — Nhumh. 
(Cheviots), Bot. Guide ; Scotl. Jamieson ; Highlands ; Forf. ; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. ‘ From its tufts of slender stems looking like coarse 
hair.’ — Prior, p. 65. 
Deer’s Foot Grass. Agrostis setacea, Curt. — Wight, FI. A"ect. 
Deer’s Milk. Euphorhia amygdcdoides, L. — Hants. (New Forest). 
Deer’s-weed. Nemnich. No doubt a misprint for Dier’s (Dyer’s) 
Weed, which see. 
Deil’s Apple - riennie. Matricaria Chamomilla, L., or an allied 
plant. — Fi om the superficial resemblance of the foliage to that of the 
true Apple-riennie, which see. Stirlingsh. 
Deil’s Apple Trees. See Apple-trees. 
Deil’s-bit. See Devil’ s-bit. 
Deil’s Bread. Buniwn fiexuosum, With. — Yhs. See Deil’s Meal 
and Deil’s Oatmeal. 
Deil’s Darning Needle. Scandix Pecten, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. 
Deil’s Elshin (^. e. devil’s awl). Scandix Pecten, L. — Berwicksh. 
Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, 1870. 
Deil’s Foot. The tubers of Orchis latifolia, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. 
Deil’s Kirn Staff. Euphorhia Helioscopia,Y. — TF. /Scof/. Jamieson. 
See Devil’s Churn Staff. 
Deil’s Meal. Anthriscus sylvestris, Holfm., and other hedge Umbcd- 
liferae. — Dumfries. Deil from its supposed poisonous qualities, which 
many of this tribe possess ; meal, in the sense of ground corn, from 
the light powdery appearance of its bunches of fiowers. Cf. Naughty 
Man’s Oatmeal and Deil’s Oatmeal. - 
Deil’s Oatmeal. Bunium fiexuosum, With. — Yks. Cf. Deil’s Meal. 
Deil’s Snuff-box. See Devil’s Snuff-box. 
Deil’s Spoons. From the shape of the leaves. 
(1) Potamogeton natans, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
(2) Alisma Plantago, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Deith-bell (?'. e. death-bell). Fritillaria Meleagris, L. (in gardens). 
Cumh. (Langworthy). From the dingy, sad colour of the bell-shaped 
flowers. 
Delt- Orach. Atriplex patida, Sm. — ‘An orach whose leaves are 
triangular, like a Greek letter h.’ — Prior, p. 65. 
Denny. ‘A plum ripe on August 6th. See MS. Ashmole, 1461.’ — 
Hal. Wr. 
