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A DICTIONARY OF 
Fumitory. Fumaria officinalis, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; N. 
Yks. All the old authors suppose the name to be given ‘ from the 
belief that it was produced without seed from vapours rising from the 
earth ’ (Prior, p. 86) ; but it is rather curious that the root when fresh 
pulled up gives off a strong gaseous smell, remarkably like the fumes 
of nitric acid, hence probably the belief in its gaseous origin. Coles 
(A. in E.) says it was so named ‘ because being of a whitish blew 
colour, as smoak is, it appeareth to those that behold it at a distance 
as if the ground were all of a smoak.’ 
Fumitory, Climbing. Corydalis claviculata, DC. — R. Cat. 
Fumusterre. Fumaria officinalis, L. — Grete Herball. See 
Fumitory. 
Fumy-ball. ‘A puff-ball? Hall’s Satires, p. 99.’ — Hal. Wr. 
Funge. ‘(A.H.) A mushroom.’ — Wr. Funges. ‘Mushrooms’ 
(A.N.).— Hal. 
Fur Apple. See Fir Apple. 
Furbelows. Laminaria hidhosa, Lamour. — ‘ This is the largest British 
species of the Laminariece, its frond in some instances forming, when 
spread out on the ground, a circle twelve feet in diameter. Its com- 
mon name is Furbelows .^ — Phycologia Britannica, iii. Tennyson (Sea 
Dreams) has — 
‘ While you were running down the sands, and made 
The dimpled flounce of the sea-furbelow flap, 
Good man, to please the child.’ 
Mrs. Gatty thinks L. saccharina is the species here intended : see N. & 
Q. 4, ii. 516. 
Furze. Ulex europoeus, L. — Ger. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Dev. ; 
Kent ; Norf. Sometimes spelt Furres, and more rarely Furre, as if 
the usual form of the word were plural : thus in Turn. Lib. ‘ aliqui a 
whyn alii a furre nominant.’ Prior, p. 87. Lyte includes Genista 
anylica, L., under this name. 
Furze, French. Ulex europoeus, L. — With. ed. iv. 
Furze, Great. Ulex europoeus, L. — Lyte. 
Furze, Ground. Ononis arvensis, L. — Lyte, Coles, A. in E. 
Furze, Needle. Genista anglica, L. — Pratt, Prior, p. 87. 
Furze, Tam. Ulex nanus, Forster. — Cornw. ‘ Tam = dwarf.’ 
Furze-ball. Lycoperdon, L., more especially L. Bovista, L. — 
Deering (Cat. Stirp.). 
Furzen. Ulex europoeus, L. — Dors. Tusser, Hal. Wr. 
Furzen Bushes. Ulex europoeus, L. — Ger. 
Fuss-balls. Lycoperdon, L. — Ger. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Var. 
dial. Hal. Wr. (Fusball) ; Prior, p. 87. 
