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Grass, Tongue. (1) Stellar ia media, L. — Ireland. ‘ Among garden 
cresses called by the vulgar name of Tongue-grass.' Threlkeld. 
(2) Lepidium sativum, L. — Ireland. ‘Sold by the silly name of 
Tongue-grass.' Tbrelkeld. 
Grass, Totter {Wight, FI. Vect. ; Nhamp. Nth. Gloss.; Notts.; 
Butt.; Suss.), or Tottering {Camh. ; Yks.). Briza media, Y. 
Grass, Traleen. Cynosurus cristatus, L. — Ireland. Statistical Acct. 
of Scotland (1845), xiv. 467. 
Grass, Trembling. Briza media, L. — Suff. ; Yks. (Tadcastcr) ; 
E. Bord. Dot. E. Bord. 
Grass, Triple. The species of Trifolium. — Bullein, Book of Simples, 
fol. 32. The ‘ triple grass ’ of Moore’s Melodies (‘ The Shamrock’) is 
probably of the same genus. See Shamrock. 
Grass, Turkey. Galium Aparine, L. — Probably from a reason 
similar to that given under Goose-grass (1). ‘ A Year with the 
Wild Flowers,’ by Edith Waddy, p. 62 (1874). 
Grass, Tussock. Aira ccespitosa, L. — Pratt. ‘ Grooving in tufts, it 
occasions irregularities, tussocks, or hassocks, as they are vulgarly 
called, in meadows.’ Mart. Mill. Prior, p. 240. 
Grass, Twitch. (1) Triticum repens, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 
8 ; E. Anglia, Forby ; Norf. Holl. ; Nhamp. 
(2) Alopecurus agrestis, L. — ;S.-TF. Cumh. 
Grass, Twopenny. Lysimacliia Nummularia, L. — Turn. Names, 
Prior, p. 241. 
Grass, Velvet. IIolcus lanatus, L. — Treas. Bot. 
Grass, Vernal. The common book-name ioi Anthoxanthum odora- 
tum, L. — Prior, p. 242. 
Grass, Vetch. A book-name for Lathy rus Nissolia, L. — ‘A vetch 
with grassy leaves.’ Prior, p. 97. 
Grass, Viper’s. (1) An old name for Scorzonera hispanica, L., 
apparently invented by Gerard. It is a translation of its Latin name 
Viperaria, which in its turn came from the Spanish Scorzonera ; it 
was ‘ so called bicauso it is accounted to be of force and efficacie 
against the poisons of vipers and serpents, for vipera, a viper, is 
called in Spanish scurzo.' Ger. 599. 
(2) Echium vulgar e, L. — Wight, FI. Vect. See Bugloss, Viper’s. 
Grass, Waggering. Briza media, L. — N. Yk^. 
Grass, Wall Penny. Cotyledon Umhilicus, L. — A name invented 
by Turner. 
Grass, Wart. Euphorbia Helioseopia, L. — Cumb. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8. From the use of its milky juice as a cure for warts. See 
Wartweed. 
Grass, Water. (1) Nasturtium officinale, P. Br. — Ireland, Tbrel- 
kold, who says, ‘ It is called about the street by the abusive name of 
Water-grass ; ' Belfast, Flora Belfastiensis. 
(2) Various species of Equisetum. — Warw. 
