ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Homewort. The Saxon name for Sempervivum tedorum, L. — 
‘ Planted on a roof it was sujiposed to protect from thunder.’ Cock- 
ayne, iii. 329. 
^ Homlocke. See Hemlock. 
Honesty. (1) A general name for Lunaria hlennis, L. — Ger. Appx. 
Bucks.; Ches. ; Ess.; Line. (Bottesford) ; Som. Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 
116. ‘ There is a jDopular superstition that wherever Honesty flourishes, 
the cultivators of the soil are very honest.’ M. Pluos (Eambles in 
Search of AVild Plants, p. 13). 
(2) Clematis Vitalha, L. — ‘In English, of most country people 
where it groweth, Honestie.’ Park. Theatr. 384. Camb., N. Ess., 
GIou., Norf., Oxf., Warw. 
Honesty, Maidens’. See Maiden’s Honesty. 
Honesty, Small. Dianthus p)luinarius, L. — Lyte. Applied to Pinks 
generally by Ger. 
Honewort. Fetroselinum segetiim, Koch. — From its employment in 
the treatment of a swelling on the cheek called a bone, for details of 
which see Ger. Emac. 1018. In some modern books this plant is 
called Corn Honewort, and Si son Amomuni, L., Hedge Honewort, 
the two having been placed in the same genus (Sison) by some 
writers, as in Smith’s English Flora, but these are mere book-names. 
Prior (p. 116), following Babington (Manual), erroneously assigns the 
name to Trinia vulgaris, DC. 
Honey-blob. Fruit of Rihes Grossularia, L. — Scotl. 
Honey-crach. ‘ A small plum, very sweet, nientioned by For])y.’ 
Hal. AVr. 
Honey-flower. Ogdirys apifera, L. — Kent (Folkestone), Gard. Chron. 
1878, i. 832. 
Honey-stalks. Trifollum repens, L. — Wartv. ‘Clover flowers, 
which contain a sweet juice. It is common for cattle to overcharge 
themselves with clover and die.’ Nares. Hal. AVr. So Shakespeare : 
‘ AVords more sweet and yet more dangerous 
Than baits to fish or honeystalks to sheep.’ 
Titus Andronicus, Act iv. sc. 4. 
Honey-stick. Clematis Vitalha, V.—Glou., Wane. 
Honey-suck. (1) Flowers of Trifolium pratense, V.— Hants. HolL; 
Nhainp. Nth. Gloss. ; Som. Holl. ; West, Hal. 
(2) Lonicera Periclymenmn, L. — Dors. (Honey-zuck), Dors. Gloss. ; 
Soni. ; West, Hal. AYr. 
Honeysuckle. A general name for (1) Lonicera Peridymenum, L. 
—Turn. Names; W.^lies. ; S.-IF. Cumb. ; E. Bor d. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
N. and E. Yks. ; West, Pulman; Som. Jennings; Perthsh. Scottish 
Naturalist, April, 1871; Prior, p. 116. 
(2) Lotus cornicidatus, L. — Ches. 
(3) Cornus succtca, L. — Yks. (AYhitby). ‘ Its fruit resembles that of 
the common honeysuckle.’ Phyt. i. 104, o. s. 
