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Hedge Pink. Saponaria officinalis, L. — Hants. 
Hedge Speaks. (1) Fruit of Pranus sffinosa, L. — Wilts. House- 
hold Words, vol. X. p. 174. 
(2) Fruit of Rosa canina, L. — Glou. Hal. Wr. 
Hedge Taper. Verbascum Tliapsus, L. — Lupton’s Notable Things, 
i. 16. Prior, p. 107. See Hag-taper. 
Hedge-thorn. Cratcegus Oxijacantlia, L. — Park. Theatr. Prior, p. 
107. See Hawthorn. 
Hedge Vine. Clematis Vitalha, L. — A name invented by Turner 
(Names). Prior, p. 107. 
Hedge Violet. Viola sylvatica, Fr. — Dev. 
Hedgeweed. Sisymbrium officinale, L. — Dr. J. Hill, Herb. Brit., 
1769. 
Hedioke. See Headache (1). 
Heg-berry. Fruit of Primus Padus, L. — Ger. Ciimb. (Winder- 
wath) ; Prior, p. 107. A.S. hege, hedge, from its growth in hedges; 
though children at Langwathly (Cumh.) used to say ‘ we caw them 
hegherries because they heg our teeth,’ i. e. set the teeth on edge. 
‘Groweth very plentifully in the north of England, especially at a 
place called Heggdale, neere unto Eosgill in Westmorland, and in 
divers other places about Crosbie Eavenswaith, and there called Heg- 
herrie tree.’ Ger. 1322. See Hag-berry and Heckberry. 
Heg Peg Bushes. Primus spjinosa, L. — Glou. 
He Heather. See Heather, He. 
He Holly. Ilex Aquifolium, L. — Nliumb. ‘In Northumberland 
we hear of he-holly and she-holly, according as it is with or without 
prickles.’ Henderson’s Folk-lore of the Northern Counties (ed. ii.), 
p. 100. 
Heid-wark. See Headache (3). 
Heihow. Nepeta Gleclioma, Benth. — Ger. Appx. Hal. 
HeirifF, or Heiriffe. See Harif. 
Helde. ‘The wild tansy. Culpeper.’ Hal. Wr. This would be 
Potentilla anserina, L., but we do not find the name in Culpeper. 
Helfringwort. ‘The plant consolida media. See a list in MS. 
Sloane, 5, f. 4.’ Hal. Wr. This would be Ajuga reptans, L. See 
Consound. 
Hellebore, Bastard. Helleborus viridis, L. — Lyte. 
Hellebore, Black. (1) Helleborus niger, L. — Ger. From the old 
Latin name, and also possibly in allusion to the colour of its roots and 
seeds. It has ‘ small huskes full of blacke seedes,’ and ‘ the rootes 
are manie, with long blacke strings comming from one head.’ Ger. 
825. Prior, p. 108. 
(2) Astrantia major, L. — Lyte, who calls it ‘the true blacke Helle- 
bor,’ and says it ‘ hath rough blackish leaves.’ 
