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A DICTIONARY OF 
Dentelion, Dentylion, Deutiliuin. Leontodon Taraxcicum, L. — E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Scotl. Jamieson. 
Deptford Pink. Dianflius Armeria, L. — Prior, p. 65. This is the 
plant usually so-called, and is figured in Ger. Emac. (p. 594) as Dept- 
ford Pink. Gerard’s original description would seem to refer rather 
to D. deltoides, L. He says : ‘'There is a wilde creeping Pinke, which 
groweth in our pastures neere about London, and other places, hut 
especially in the great field next to Deptford, by the path side as you 
go from Eedriffe to Greenwich, which hath many small tender leaves, 
shorter than any of the other wilde Pinkes ; set upon little tender 
stalks, which lie flat upon the ground, taking holde of the same in 
sundrie places, whereby it greatly encreaseth ; whereupon doth 
growe little reddish flowers. The roote is small, tough, and long 
lasting.’ — Ger. 476. 
Deusan, ‘ A kind of apple or any hard fruit, according to Minsheu. 
See Elorio, p. 163. Still in use, Forhy, i. 92.’ — Hal. Wr. It is clearly 
a kind of aj)ple in the illustrative quotation from Quarles given by 
Nares. 
Deutery. See Dewtry. 
Devil - in - a - Bush. (1) Nigella damascena, L. (gardens). — Glou. 
‘ From its horned capsules peering from a bush of finely-divided 
involucre.’ — Prior, p. 65. 
(2) Paris quadrifoJia. — Perthsh. Here also the flower is surrounded 
by four leaves. 
Devil on both sides, or Devil o’ both sides. Rammculiis arvensis^ 
L. — Bucks . ; Durli. (Hartlepool) ; Warw. The prickly achenes are 
supposed to account for the name. 
Devil’s Bit, or Deil’s-bit (L. morsus diciboli). Scaliosa siiccisct’Jj. 
— Grete Herball, &c. A. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; Sal. ; Wilts. ; Yks. ; 
E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; S. Scotl. Jamieson ; Prior, p. 65. From the 
well-known legend that the devil bit off a portion of the root in order 
to destroy its medicinal properties, a story invented to account for its 
premorse root. 
Devil’s Bit Scabious. See Devil’s Bit. — /S'.-Bv Cumb. 
Devil’s Brushes. A general name for ferns in the ‘ Black Countr}^’ 
—NT. & Q. 3, ii. 342. 
Devil’s Candlesticks. Nepeta Gleclioma, Benth. — 'Wario. 
Devil’s Churn Staff. Eiqfiorhia Helioscopia, L. — Sal. (Ellesmere) ; 
Ireland (Belfast). From its poisonous properties. See Churn Staff. 
Devil’s Claws. (1) Ranunculus arvensis, L. — Wight, FI. Yect. So 
called from the dislike which farmers have for one of the worst of 
weeds, and from the hooks which terminate each seed. 
(2) Lotus corniculatus. L. — Som. (Bristol), Trans. Medico-Botanical 
Soc. of London, 1832-33, p. 89. 
Devil’s Coach Wheel. Ranuncidus arvensis, L. — Hants. (Hayling 
Island), Bromfield’s MS. 
