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not used with us for besoms, that ever I saw, nor is fit for such a use.’ 
Syn. ed. iii. 471. 
Heath, Black. Erica cinerea, L. — Hants. (New Forest). 
Heath, Black-berried (With. ed. ii.), or Berried (Treas. Bot.). 
Book-names for Emjpetrum nigrum, L. 
Heath, Broom. Erica Tetralix, L. — K. Cat. 
Heath, Cornish. See Cornish Heath. 
Heath, Father of. Erica Tetralix, L. — N. Yks. 
Heath, French. See French Heath. 
Heath, Gold. Sphagnum, L. — Hants. (New Forest). 
Heath, Irish. See Irish Heath. 
Heath, Long. Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — ‘ There is in this countrie 
two kinds of Heath, one which beareth his flowers alongst the 
stemmes, and is called long heath. The other bearing his flowers in 
tutteys or tuftes at the toppes of the branches, the whiche is called 
smal heath.’ Byte, p. 677. 
Heath, Red. Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — Hants. (New Forest). 
Heath, Saint Dabeoc’s. A book-name for Daheocia poUfolia, Don., 
founded, like the Latin generic name, on an old Irish dedication of 
the plant: ‘Erica S. Dabeoci Hibernis D. Lhwyd.’ Bay’s Hist. 
Plant, lib. xxx. 98. Bay adds : ‘ Mulierculse superstitiosae surculos 
ejus secum circumferunt adversus incontinentiam.’ Prior, p. 107. 
Heath, Sea. A modern book-name for Frankenia Imvis, L. — Prior, 
p. 107. 
Heath, Small. (1) Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — Hants. (New Forest). 
(2) Erica Tetralix, L. — Lyte, p. 677. See Heath, Long. 
Heath Bell. Campanula rotundifolia, L. — With. ed. vii. 
Heath Bramble. Ruhus coesius, L. — Lyte. 
Health-Cypress. A book-name for Lycopodium alpinum, L. (Bob- 
son’s British Flora, 1777); an old name for it was Muscus clavatus 
foliis cupressi . — Prior, p. i07. 
Heath Pea. A book-name for Latliyrus macrorrhizus, Wimm. — 
With. (ed. vii.) calls it Heath Peasling. Prior, p. 107. 
Heather. The general north-country and Scotch name for Heath. 
(1) Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — Yks. ; E. Lord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Moray. 
(2) Erica Tetralix, L. — /S'.-IF. Curnh. ; N'. Yks.; Scotl. Jamieson; 
Ireland (Belfast). 
(3) Erica cinerea, L. — W. dies.; S.-JF. Cumb. ; N. Yks.; Ireland 
(Antrim, Down). Prior, p. 106. 
Heather, Bell. Erica Tetralix, L. — Hants. (New Forest). 
Heather, Carlin. Erica cinerea, L. — Scotl. Jamieson ; Forfarsh. 
Heather, Cat. See Cat Heather. 
Heather, Dog. Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — Aherdeensh. 
