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(4) Achillea Ptarmica, L. — W. Scotl. Jamieson. 
(5) Heracleum Sphondylium, L. — Olou. 
Hardhead, Woolly. Scahiosa succisa, L. — Cormo. 
Hardhow. Calendula officinalis^ L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. 
Hard-iron. (1) Centaurea nigra^ L. — dies. ; Lane. ; Staff. With, 
ed. ii. 
(2) Ranunculus arvensis, L. — Leic. (Glenfield) ; Midland Counties, 
E. D. S. Gloss. B. 5 ; North, Hal. Wr. adds, ‘ Triplex \_Atri]jlexl^ 
patula,' but this is a mistake. 
Hardock. A word found in old editions of Shakespeare in K. Lear 
(Act iv. sc. 4), and referred by Dr. Prior to Arctium Lappa, L. Wr. 
See Prior, p. 100. Hal. spells it Hordock. 
Hard Hush. Juncus effusus, L. — Lyte. 
Hard- thistle. Carduus arvensis, L. — East, Hal. Wr. 
Hare, or Hare’s, Bell. See Bell, Hare. 
Hare-bottle. Centaurea nigra, L. — Markham’s- Farewell to Hus- 
bandry, Bk. ii. p. 43 (1638). 
Hareburr. Arctium Lappa, L. — Treas. Bot. Perhaps a misprint 
for Hurrburr. 
Harefoot. Geum urhanum, L. — ‘ ‘‘ Sanamunda avence is an herb 
that som men calli]? harefote : he ber> a yelowe floure.” Gl. Sloane, 5.’ 
Cockayne, hi. 330. 
Hare Nut. Bunium flexuosum.. With. — Yks. Hal. Wr. E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 17. ‘ Hares are fond of the green leaves.’ Deering (Cat. 
Stirp. p. 40). 
Hare Parsley. ‘In Aubrey’s Wilts,'- probably Antliriscus sylvestris, 
Hoffm.’ Prior, p. 102. This is no doubt the plant intended, as the 
name, though not localised, is not unfrequently thus applied in books, 
e. g. ‘ There is a plant known as hare parsley, of which rabbits aro 
extremely fond.’ Young Fancier’s Gmdo, July 4, 1874. 
Hareweed. See Hairweed (2). 
Harewort. ‘In Latin called Aristolochia.’ Mascal, Government of 
Cattel, pp. 220, 228. Probably a misprint for Hartwort. See 
Heartwort (1). 
Hare’s Ballocks. See Ballocks. 
Hare’s Beard. Verhascum Thapsus, L. — Grete Herbal (Hareberde), 
Ger. 
Hare’s Colewort. See Colewort, Hare’s. 
Hare’s -Ear. A name applied in modern books to Bupleurum 
rotundifolium, L., but originally given by Gerard to some foreign 
species of the same genus, in allusion to its ‘ having in the middle of 
the leafe some hollownesse resembling the same, which hath caused 
me to call it Hards eares.’ Ger. 485. Prior, p. 101. 
Hare’s Eye. Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — Ger. Ajipx., Hal. Wr. 
