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A DICTIONARY OF 
Devil’s Stinkpot. Phallus imjnidicus, L. — Yks. Pliyt. vi. 159, n. s. 
Devonshire Beauty. A white dwarf garden species of Phlox. — Glou. 
Devonshire Myrtle. Myrica Gale, L. — S. Dev. 
Dewberry. (1) Ruhus ccesius, L. — Is generally so called in books 
and popular use. Lyte, &c. ; Prior, p. 66. In With. ed. ii. it is called 
Dewberry-bush. Hal. and Wr. assign the name in error to B. 
Chamcemorus, L. 
(2) Bihes Grossularia, L. — Coles, A. in E. ; Hal. Wr. ; Suss. 
Culpeper. 
Dewcup. Alchemilla vulgaris, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. An appropriate 
name, as it is frequently seen with drops of dew or of rain lying in 
the foliage, which do not wet the leaves but roll about on the hairy 
surface. 
Dew Grass. Dadylis glomerata, L. — Prior, p. 66. Skinner has 
‘ Deiv-grass, Ischsemon sativum, fort, quia rorem copiosum imbibit et 
colli git.^ 
Dewtry. Datura Stramonium., L. — ‘ From L. Datura (see Hudibras, 
iii. c. 1).’ — Prior, p. 66. Hal., and Wr., who spells it also Deutery 
(p. 383, which see for illustrative quotation). 
Deye Nettle. (1) Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — E. Bord. ' Deye, or 
Dae-nettle, not Day-nettle, as usually written. The name is very old, 
and seems to be derived from the belief in its injurious effect upon 
labourers employed in agriculture. (See Prompt. Parv. sub verb. 
‘ Deye.’) Labourers in harvest are sometimes affected with whitlow, 
and they ascribe the disease invariably to the sting of the Deye-nettle^ 
Bot. E. Bord. p. 162. 
(2) Stachys sylvatica, L. — E. Bord., where it is ‘believed by the 
common people to sting like the common nettle.’ — Bot. E. Bord. 
Dicky Daisy. A general name for wild flowers among children in 
dies., applied more especially to Beilis perennis, L. 
Dicky Daisy, Large. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L. — dies. 
(North wich). 
Dicky-dilver. Vinca major, L., or V. minor, L. — Suff. Moor. 
Dickies. A general name for thistles. — S. Dev. 
Dickies, Milky. Sonchus oleraceus, L. — Dev. 
Die-weed. See Dye-weed. 
Didder-grass. Briza media, L. — Lane. E. D. S. Lane. Gloss. 
Diddery Docks. Briza media, V.—Durh. 
Dill. (1) Holdich says this name is ‘ often applied by husbandmen’ 
to EEthusa, Foeniculiim, Daucus, and Torilis infesta. ‘ When our fore- 
fathers had clover-seed to sell, they sometimes used to recommend it 
by saying that it had neither dock nor dill in it,’ In Hal. and Wr. it 
is ai)plied in this sense to the ‘two-seeded tare’ (probably Vida 
Mrsuta) and ‘hedge parsley’ (probably Anthriscus sylvestris, Hoffm.). 
