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ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
Hal. and Wr. have Gromaly and Gromyl. Soo Graymile. Prior, 
p. 98. 
Groose-berries (Grouse-berries). Empetrum nigrum, L. — Cumh, 
(Winderwatb). 
Grosers, or Grozers. Fruit of Ribes Grossularia,^ L. — North, Hal. 
Wr. ; Nhumb. ; Fifesh, Jamieson. Different spellings are Grosard 
[Inverness), Grosert [Scotl. Jamieson), Grosier [North, Grose), 
Grossers [N.-E. Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8). Soo also Groset. 
Turn. (Names) has ‘ A goosobeny bush, a groser bush.’ 
Groset, or Grozet. Ribes Grossularia, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Scotl., Lanarksh., Roxb. Jamieson. Hal. has ‘ Grozot-oyes, goggle- 
eyes. South.'* 
[Grost. ‘ The star thistle. It is wrongly explained in Arch. xxx. 
408.’ Hal. Wr. We do not find this name at the reference given, 
but instead Grostys, which is queried ‘ gooseberries.’] 
Ground Ash. (1 and 2) See Ash, Ground. 
(3) In Line, a young ash-plant is so called. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 6. 
Pulman. Hal. and Wr. also give this name for an ash sapling. 
Groundavey, i. e. Ground Ivy. Nepeta Glechoma, Benth.— Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. (Grund-Davy) ; Scotl. Jamieson (Grundavie) ; Moray 
(Elgin). 
Ground Box. See Box, Dwarf, or Ground. 
Ground Elder. See Elder, Ground. 
Ground Enell. Scandix Peden, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. and Wr. 
print the name incorrectly Ground-evil. 
Ground Fern. Nephrodium Thelypteris, Desv. — Wight, F\. Vect. 
Ground Furze. Ononis arvensis, L. — Lyte, Coles, A. in E. 
Ground-hele. Veronica qfficmalis, L. — Lyte, who gives its German 
name as Grund-heyl. Hal. has ‘ Ground-halo, the herb gromwell ; ’ 
but probably the same name is intended, though wrongly identified. 
Prior, p. 98. 
Ground Honeysuckle. Lotus corniculatus, L. — dies. 
Ground Ivy. (1) Nepeta Gledioma, Benth. — Lyte, Wr. S.Budcs.; 
CAes. (Ground Iwens); /S.-IF. Cumb. ; Oxf.; Yks. ; E. Bord. Bot. 
E. Bord. French, lierre terrestre ; Lat. hedera terrestris. ‘ Ground 
ivie frequently, although Lobel judgeth the Hedera helix, or barren 
ivio, more properly to deserve that name.’ Park. Theatr. 677. 
(2) Hedera Helix, L., the barren trailing form which grows on 
hedge banks. Ger. 
(3) Convolvulus sepium, L. — Dev. 
(4) Ajuga Chamcepitys, L. — ‘ Ground Ivio, after the Latino word 
Iva* (Park. Theatr. 284), which was the old name for this plant. 
(5) Vinca minor, L., according to the old English Medical MS. in 
Archcoologia, xxx. (p. 376). 
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