ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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■udld plum, yellow in colour, and very late in ripening.’ Mid-Yhs. 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 5. Hal. Wr. ‘ A fair-sized but bigbly astringent 
blue plum, which grows abundantly in the district, and sometimes 
even in the hedgerows.’ Cleveland Gloss. In E. D. S. Gloss. C. 7 
(Holderness), Hoss-gogs. 
Horse Gold. Ranunculus hUbosus, L., R. acids, L., R. repens, L., 
and R. arvensis, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. Wr. 
Horse Gowan. See Gowan, Horse. 
Horshele (Grete Herball), Horseheele (Lyte), Horseheale (Ger. and 
Park. Theatr,), Horselder (Ger. Appx.). Inula Helenium, L. — See 
Prior, p. 119. Hal. and Wr. have ‘ Horselder, the herb campanula; 
it is called horselle in MS. Med. Line. f. 281, elicampane;’ and ‘ Horse- 
helme, a kind of herb mentioned in MS. Lincoln Med. f. 290.’ The 
latter is also given in Markham’s Way to Get Wealth (1638). 
Horsehelme. See Horshele. 
Horse-hoof. Tussilago Farfara, L. — Ger. E. Bard. Bot. E. Bord. 
Prior, p. 119. 
Horse-hove. Tussilago Farfara, L. — Turn. Herb. Lyte, who gives 
its French name as Pas de Cheval, and says the leaves are ‘ like to a 
horse foote.’ 
Horse Jags. ‘Wild Plums.’ Ylcs. Hallamsh. Gloss. A variety 
of Prunus domestica, L. 
Horse-jug. A small red plum, also called Horse Plum. — Clies. 
Horse Knobs. Cenfaui'ea nigra, L . — North Country, Bailey’s Diet. ; 
Yhs, (Whitby), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2; {E.), E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2. C. 
Scabiosa, L., is sometimes distinguished in lies, as Great Horse 
Knobs. Prior, p. 119. 
Horse Knops. (1) ‘ Pleads of knapweed.’ NoiiJi, Bay (E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 15) ; ‘ Knopweed.’ Var. dial. Hal. Wr. Centaurea nigra, 
L. — Climb. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8; Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. ; N. Yks. Cleve- 
land Gloss, ; E. Bord. Bot. E. IBord. (Horse’s Knops). In E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 7 (Holderness), Hoss Knops. 
(2) Centaurea Scabiosa, L. — N. Yks., Cunib. (Winderwath). 
Horse Knot. Centaurea nigra, L. — Scotl. Jamieson ; North, Hen- 
derson’s Eolklore of the Northern Counties (ed. ii.), p. 99, where a 
mode of divination practised with it is recorded. 
Horse Mint. A name applied generally to the wild mints. 
(1) Mentha sylvestris, L. — Lyte, Prior, p. 119. 
(2) Mentha rotundifolia, L. — Glou. ; Wight, El. Yect. ; E. Yks. 
(3) Mentha hirsuta, L. — N. Line. ; Wane. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Horse Mushroom. A very general name for Agaricus arvensis, L. 
Yks. Prior, p. 119. 
Horse Parsley. Smyrnium Olusatrum, L. — Prior, p. 119. 
Horse Pens. Rhinanthus Crista-galli, Y.—Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8. Pens probably means pence. See Hen Pen. In Yks. Horse 
Pennies, Hallamsh. Gloss. 
