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Dragons, Water. CalJa ^lalustris, L. — Ger. Pratt gives Water 
Dragon as a name for Caltlia jpaJustris, but we are inclined to suspect 
that this is an error, caused by the similarity of the two Latin names. 
Dragons’ Heads. Antirrhinum majus, L. — Bucks. 
Dragon’s Mouth. (1) Digitalis purpurea, L. — Buss. 
(2) Antirrhinum majus, L. — N. Line. 
Dragonwort. Polygonum Bistorta, L. — Culpeper. A name given 
like Snakeweed and Adderwort on account of its writhed root. But 
the Dragonwort of Gerard and other old authors was Arum Dracun- 
culus, L. 
Drake, Drank, Drawk, or Dravick. A name which signifies, 
according to Prior, ‘ darnel, cockle, or weeds in general ; ’ and which 
is applied by him (p. 68) to '• Bromus sterilis and Arena fatua, L., &c.’ 
In Ger. Index we have ‘ Drauicke and Drake, that is wilde otes,’ 
which appears from the figure to be Bromus sterilis ; in Ger. Emac. 
there is a figure, seemingly of B. secalinus, of which Johnson says ‘ in 
Brabant they call it Drauich, in English Drauke ; ’ and Park. (Theatr.) 
gives the same figure, and says it ‘ is called both by the Dutch and us 
Dravick and Dravick oates.^ Eitzherbert (Boke of Husbandrie) has 
the following passage, which seems to refer to B. secalinus : ‘ Dracke 
is lyke unto rye tyll it begynne to sede, and it bathe many sedes lyke 
fenell sedes, and hangeth downeward.’ In the 1598 edition of the 
same work the name is printed Drake. Holdich states that B. secalinus 
is called Drauk in Norf. and in many parts of England. Eobson 
(Brit, Elora, 1777) applies the name to various species of Bromus. 
Holl. bestows all the above forms of the name upon Lolium perenne, 
L. Drake {Suff. Moor; Suss. Holl.) and Drawk {E. Anglia, Forby ; 
Kent ; Norf. ; Stiff.) are applied to L. temuleiitum, L. ; while Lychnis 
Githago is called Drawk in the Grete Herball. The name thus has 
much the same extended signification as Darnel, which see. Drook 
(which see) is another form of the same word. Bay (N. Country 
Words) has Drank. Hal. and Wr. give ‘ Drake, the darnel grass. 
East.* 
Drank, a name given in Hah, Wr., With., and others, for ‘darnel- 
grass,’ is almost certainly a misprint for Drauk .(which see). Eay 
(Syn.) gives it for Bromus sterilis, L., and other species, and this is 
the earliest occurrence of it which we have met with. 
Drant. ‘ The herb rocket. It is the translation of e^'uca in MS. 
Lansd. 560, f. 45, written in Lancashire.’ — Hal. Wr. 
Draper’s Teasel. Dipsacus fullonum, L. — Hemnich. 
Dravick. See Drake. 
Drawling. (1) Eleocharis coespitosa, Link. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
(2) A species of Eriopliorum. — Peebles, Jamieson. 
Drew. Chorda jilum, Lam. — Orkneys, Jamieson. 
Driftweed. The cylindrical portion of the frond of Laminaria 
digitata, Lam. — Catalogue of Pharmaceutical Society’s Museum. 
Droke. (1) Bromus secalinus, L. — Yks. Wakefield Gloss. This is 
doubtless the plant intended in E. D. S. -(Whitby) Gloss. C. 2 : 
