ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Fool’s Ballocks. See Ballocks. 
Fool’s Cicely. jEtlmsa Cijnajpium^ L. — With. ed. ii. 
Fool’s Parsley, ^tlmsa Cijnapium, L. — W. dies.; Suff.; Wore.; 
N. rzes. Prior, p. 82. 
Fool’s Stones. Orchis Morio, L. — Tn Ger. and other early writers 
O. mascula, L., was also included under this name, and thus also 
shared the English name of the plant. 
Fool’s Water Cress. Helosciadium nodiflorimi, Koch. — Pratt. 
Because those who are ignorant or unobservant may mistake it for 
watercress. 
Foos, or Fouse. Sempervivum tectorum, L. — Aherdeensh. ; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. ; Scotl. Jamieson ; Forfarsh. ; Moray. Hal. and Wr. 
give Fooz, ‘ the herb Sempervivum teucriumj a misprint for tectorum. 
Forbete. ‘ The herb devil’s-hit.’ — Hal. Scahiosa siiccisa, L. 
Fordboh. ‘ The herb dodder. The Latin is epitime is MS. Harl. 
978.’ — Hal. Wr. 
Forebit. ‘ The herb devil’s-hit.’ — Cotgrave. Hal. Wr. Scahiosa 
succisa, L. 
Forebitten More. Scahiosa succisa, L. — Ger. Index. ^. e. hitten- 
off root, ^ more or mor having formerly had the sense of “root,” as it 
has still in the western counties.’ — Prior, j). -82. 
Forget-me-not. (1) Veronica diamcedrys, L. — N. Scotl.; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. ; Dev. ; Suff. ; Yks. 
(2) Myosotis palustris, With. — TF. dies.; S.-W. Cumh. ; Dev.; E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Yks. ; Prior, p. 82. 
(3) Myosotis arvensis, Hoffm. — S. Dev.; Yks. (Tadcaster). 
(4) Ajuga diamcepitys, L. — Ger. 
Forks and Knives. Lycopodium clavatum, L. — ‘The spikes are 
called Forks and Knives, according as they are single, double, or 
triple.’ — E. Bord, Bot. E. Bord. 
Fortune Teller. Leontodon Taraxacum, L. — Alluding to the 
children’s custom of blowing off the down to tell the time. 
Fouets. Sempervivum tectorum, L. — Scotl. Jamieson ; Edinh. 
Foul B-ush. Euonymus europceus, L. — Bucks. 
Four-leaved Grass. Paris quadrifoUa, L. — Prior, p. 84. In Ger., 
Park. Theatr., &c., this name is applied to a four-leaved variety of 
Trifolium repens, L. 
Fow, Fows. Sempervivum tectorum, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Fowler’s Service. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gdexin. — Pratt. ‘ Boyes and 
fowlers use the berries as baites to catch blackbirds, &c.’ — Coles, A. in 
E., 305. 
Fowl - foot. Ornithopus perpusillus, L. — Lyte. The seed-pods 
resemble birds’ feet. 
