ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Fat Hen. A name applied to various plants, but especially to 
certain Chenopodiaceoe having thick succulent foliage. See Prior, 
p. 74. Leichardt named ‘ Fat Hen Plains,’ Australia, from a species 
of Atriplex or Chenopodium (perhaps C. erosum, Br., which is still so 
called in Australia, according to Woods’ Contributions to Flora of 
Australia, p. 25), with which and the shoots of a sow thistle he was 
glad to eke out the scanty subsistence of his party. 
(1) Chenopodium alhum, L. — dies. ; Cumh. E. D, S. Gloss. C. 8, p. 
xix. ; Line. Brogd., E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6; JSforf. ; Suff.; Suss. Parish; 
Yks. This is probably ‘ the wild orache’ mentioned by Hal. and Wr., 
and also the plant intended in E, D. S. Gloss. B. 2, 0. 4 (Surr.), and 
C. 7, by the names ‘ Chenopodium,'' ‘ the plant goosefoot,’ and ‘ goose- 
grass {Chenopodium),'' respectively. 
(2) Chenopodium Bonus-Henrieus, L. — Surr. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 3 ; 
Prior, p. 75. 
(3) Chenopodium rubrum, L. — Deering (Cat. Stirp. Nottingh.). 
(4) Chenopodium Vulvaria, L. — Norf. 
(5) Atriplex patula, L. — Yks. (Wakefield); E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Prior, p. 75. 
(6) Atriplex erecta, Huds, — Herts. 
(7) Atriplex hastata, Huds. — With. ed. ii. 
(8) Polygonum Fagopyrum, L. — N. Bucks. 
(9) Nepeta Olechoma, Benth. — Bucks. 
(10) Chrysanthemum segetum, L. — Hants. 
(11) Capsella Bursa-pastoris, L. — Glou. 
(12) Artemisia vulgaris, L. — S. Bucks. 
The name may also be taken to mean weeds in general ; in E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 5 {Mid-Yks.) we have ‘Fatten, weeds.’ 
Father of Heath. Erica TetraJix, L. — N. Yks. 
Fatten. See Fat Hen. 
Faverel. (1) ‘An onion.’ — Hal. Ger. Appx. 
(2) Draba verna, L. — Dr. J. Hill, Herb. Brit. 1769. 
Faverole. ‘Water-dragons.’ Ger. Appx. Hal. Calla p)alustris,Y. 
Fayberry, Faeberry, or Feaberry. (1) Fruit of Riles Grossularia, 
L. — Ger., Cotgrave, Hal.; S. Counties, Bailey’s Diet.; dies. Ger.; 
Lane.; Sal. (Hartshorne) ; North, Grose; Warw. ; Yks.; Prior, p. 75. 
In Lawson’s New Orchard (1638) Feaberry; in his Country House- 
wife’s Garden (1637) Feberry. Ger. calls the bush Feaberry-bush. 
(2) ‘ Very rarely signifies a whinberry’ {Vaccinium Alyrtillus, L.). 
— Sal. (Hartshorne). 
Feabes. See Fabes. 
Feaberry. See Fayberry. 
Feal Broom. See Broom, Feal. 
Feapberry. See Fayberry. — Culpeper. 
Feapes. See Fabes. 
Feasils. ‘Kidney beans.’ — West, Hal. Wr. From the L. PhaseoJus. 
Ger. calls them Faselles. 
