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and in the comyng up is lyke fenell .... and it is the worste wede 
that is except terre.’ — Fitzherhert. 
(2) Peucedanum palustre, Moench. — Grete Herhall. 
Dog-fingers. Digitalis purpurea, L. — Som. (Bristol), Trans. Medico- 
Botanical Soc. of London, 1832-33, p. 88. Burnett (Medical Botany) 
gives Dog’s Fingers as a name in use in Wales. 
Dog Finkle. Anthemis Cotula, L. — North, Grose; E. Yks. Marshall, 
E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2. 
Dog Flower. Clmjsanthemum Leucantliemum, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. 
Gloss. 0. 8. 
Doggies. Linaria vulgaris, L. — Aherdeensli. 
Dog Gowan. N. Scotl. ‘ Weak-scented feverfew.’ — Jamieson. This 
is probably Matricaria inodora, L. 
Dog Grass. Triticum repens, L. — Ger. Cumh. See Prior, p. 67, 
who refers the name to T. caninum, L. ; both species were probably 
so called. ‘ Sic dictum,’ says Skinner, ‘ quia canes eo tanquam naturali 
emetico utuntur.’ 
Dog Heather. Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — Aherdeensli. 
Dog-hip (in Aherdeensli. Dog’s-hippens). The fruit of Rosa canina, 
L. — Bcotl. Jamieson. 
Dog-job. The fruit of Rosa canina, L. — Yks. (E. Holderness), E. 
D. S. Gloss. C. 7; Whitby (Dog-jugs), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2. 
Dog-jumps. The fruit of Rosa canina, L. — Yks. (Whitby), E. D. S. 
Gloss. 0. 2. 
Dogmouth, Dogmooth. Antirrhinum majus, L. — N. Line. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 6. Pratt gives Dog’s-mouth. 
Dog Nettle. (1) Lamium purpureum, L. — Clies. 
(2) Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — Berw. Pratt. 
(3) Glossed Urtica urens in Cockayne, iii. 322. 
Dog Oak. Acer campestre, L. — Yks. (Tadcaster). 
Dog-poison. Mlthusa Cynapium, L. — Treas. Bot. 
Dogrise. Euomjmus europmus, L. % — The name occurs in Turn. 
Names under Cornus, but it is not applied to that shrub. 
Dog Rose. Rosa canina, L. — An old name in very general use ; 
the shrub, according to Prior (p. 67), was ‘ so called from its [com- 
parative] want of scent and beauty.’ Theis (Gloss, de Botanique) 
says ‘ parce qu’elle a longtemps etc en vogue pour guerir de la rage,’ 
a belief dating from the time of Pliny. See Ger. 1089. 
Dog Rowan Tree, the fruit Dog Rowans. ‘ The red elder ’ 
[Fihurn7/,m Opulus, L.] — Scotl. (Lanarks.), Jamieson. Dog is used 
here as in dog elder, to denote spurious. In this case it is the berries 
which at first sight resemble those of the rowan {Pyrus Aucuparia, L.). 
Dogs and Cats. Trifolium arvense, L. — Moray, El. M. 
