ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Eav. Avena sativa, L. — Do7's. Dors. Gloss. Hal. says, ‘ the spike- 
let of the oat. Oats when planted are said to he haved. Dev. See 
Eeliq. Antiq. ii. 80.’ 
Haver, or Havver. Aveiia sativa, L. — Hal. Cimh. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8; N.-W. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6; North, Bulleyn, Eay; Yks. 
(East), E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2 ; (Mid), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 5, where is also 
‘ Havvermeal, oatmeal.’ Prior, p. 104. 
Haverdrils. Daffodils {Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L.). — Ches. 
Haver- or Havver-Grass. The northern name for ‘ oat-grass.’ Hal. 
has ‘ Wild oats. Cotgrave.’ 
(1) Bromus sterilis, L. — It is ‘much like to otes in leaves, stemmes, 
and eares.’ Lyte. 
(2) Avena elatior, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8. 
(3) Bromus mollis, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8. 
Havver, Duck. See Duck Havver. 
Haw, or Haws. (1) A general name for the fruit of Crataegus Oxya- 
cantha, L. — Cumh. (Central), E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8 ; Dors. ; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. ; Clou. ; Sal. Hartshorne ; Wilts. ; Yks. ; Forfarsh. 
(2) Avena sativa, L. — Hants; Norf.; Buff. Dors. Gloss. ‘The ear 
of oats. Kent.’ Hal. 
Haw-bu»5S. Oratcegus Oxyacantlia, L. — Nithsdale, Jamieson. 
Hawdod. Cejitaurea Cyanus, L. — ‘ Haivdod hath a hlewe floure & 
a fewe lytle leaves, and hath fyve or syxe hraunches floured in the 
top, and groweth commonly in rye upon leane grounde.’ Fitzherbert’s 
Boke of Husbandry, 1586 : in the 1598 ed. spelt Hudods. This may 
he the plant intended in the Diary of John Hobson (Yorkshire 
Diaries, Surtees Soc., 296) : ‘ 8th May, 1730. He also told me that in 
the fields in summer, there grows a flower call’d haivdods, which with 
a touch will bend down as if they had broken.’ We know of no plant 
having this peculiarity. 
Hawen. ‘Hawthorn-berries. Hawethen, the hsiwiliom.’ Hal. Wr. 
Crataegus Oxyacantlia, L. 
Hawgaws. Emit of Crataegus Oxyacaidlia, L. — Surr., as mentioned 
in a case of poisoning at Shedley, Oct., 1875. See Brit. Medical 
Joum., Oct. 16, 1875. 
Hawk-berry. Prunus Padus, L., and P. Avium, L. — Stirlmgsh. 
Hawk-bit. A modern book-name, considered by Prior (p. 104) as 
synonymous with Hawkweed [Hieracium), but assigned by Babington 
to the genus Ayargia, 
Hawk-nut. Bunium jiexuosum. With. — With. ed. ii. Probably 
this means Hog-nut. Prior, p. 104. 
Hawks-beard. A book-name for the species of Cregyis. — 'With. ed. 
ii. Prior, p. 104. 
Hawk’s-bill Bramble. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — From its curved 
spines. E. Anglia, Eorby. 
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