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Fern, Wood. Poly podium valgare, L. — Norf. From its growing 
on trees. 
- Fern Bracken. See Brackins. 
Fernsmund (i. e. Fern-osmnnd). Osmund a regalis, L. — ‘An herb of 
some called water-fern, hatli a triangular stalk, and is like polipody, 
and it grows in bogs and hollow grounds. Markham’s Cheap and 
Good Husbandry, 1676.’ — Hares. 
Fescue (from Lat. Festuca). Festuca ovina, L., &c. — Prior, p. 78. 
Fetch. Vida saliva, L.— -Ger. Chaucer has Fetche. Hal. AFr. 
The word is still in use, especially in the plural form Fetches. Sal. 
(Pulverbatch), &c. 
Fetches, Wild. Vida Oracca, L. — Clackmannansli. 
Feverfew. (1) Pyrethrum PartUenium, L. — Prior, p. 78. See 
Feather-few. 
(2) Erythrcea Centaurium, L. — dies. This is probably an old name 
for the plant ; Cotgrave calls it Feaverwort. 
Feverfoullie. See Feather-few. 
Feverefox. See Feather-few, 
Feverwort. See Feverfew (2), 
Fews. Sempervivum te&torum, L. — Jamieson. 
Fiddle. Daucus Carota, L. — N. Line. 
Fiddle-cases. Rhinanthus Crista-galli, L. — Wight, FI. Yect. 
Fiddle Grass. Epilohium Uirsutum, L. — Yks. 
Fiddles. Ecroplmlaria aquatica, L. — N. Line, E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; 
Yks. (Tadcaster). See Fiddle-wood. 
Fiddles, Snake’s. Iris foetidissima, L. — Wight. 
Fiddle - wood. Scroplmlaria aquatiea, L. — E. Yks. So called 
because the stems are by children stripped of their leaves, and 
scraped across each other hddler-fashion, when they produce a 
squeaking sound. 
Field Ash. Pyrus Aueuparia, Gaertn. — Lyte. 
Field Balm. See Balm, 
Field Basil. See Basil. 
Field Cypress. Prior, p. 78. See Cypress. 
Field Kale. Sinapis arvensis, L. — Oumh. (Field Keall), E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 8. 
Field Madder. A common modern book-name for Sherardia 
arvensis, L. — Prior, p. 78. 
Field More. Either Daueus Carota, L., or Pastinaea saliva, L. — 
See More, and cfr. Cockayne, ii. 383. 
