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A DICTIONARY OF 
Horse Pipes. Equisefnm maximum^ L. — Ireland (Belfast), Flora 
Belfastiensis. In Aherdeensh. E. linosum, Sm., is so called, while in 
Yks. (Northallerton), E. arvense, L., is known as Horse-piping. 
Horse Plum. A small red plum. — dies. The same as Horse-jug. 
Horse E-adish. The general name for Armoracia riisticancij Eupp. 
— Ger. Prior, p. 119. 
Horse-shoe. Hippocrepis eomosa, L. — Ger. More commonly known 
in books as Horse-shoe Vetch. Prior, p. 119. 
Horse Sorrel. Rimiex Hydrolapatlmm, L. — Lyte. One of its old 
names was Hippolapathum. 
Horse-tail. Various species of Equisetum. — Turn. Lib, Ger, N. 
Bucks. ; Yks. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. {E. maximum, L.). Prior, 
p. 119. 
Horse Thistle. Lactuca virosa, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. 
Horse-thristle. Apparently Carduus lanceolatus, L. — S. Scotl. jMac- 
taggart, Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopaedia, p. 104. 
Horse Thyme. (1) Calamintha dinopodium, Benth. — Turn. Names, 
Prior, p. 119. 
(2) Thymus Serpylhim, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. ; Wr. 
Horse-tongue. Ecolopendrium vidyare^ Syn. — Dors. Dors. Gloss. 
(Hoss-tongue). 
Horse Violet. Viola canina, L. (including V. sylvatica, Fr.). — Ess. 
Horse-well Grass. Veronica Beccahunga, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. This 
is equivalent to Horse Water-cress, as Jamieson gives Well-grass 
and Well-kerse as Scotch names for Nasturtium officinale, Br. 
Horse’s Breath. Ononis arvensis, L. — TForc. 
Horst Beech. See Beech, Horse. 
Horts. Vaccinium Myrtillus, L. — Dev. 
Hose-doup. Mespjilus germanica, L. — Roxhurglisli. Jamieson. 
Hose Grass, or Hose Gerse. IIolcus lanatus, L. — Ayrsh. Jamieson. 
Hose-in-hose. A peculiar variety of garden Polyanthus, where the 
calyx becomes petaloid, giving the appearance of one corolla within 
another. Glou., E. Suss. 
Hoss-daisy. dirysanthemum Leucanfhemum, L. — West, Pulman. 
Hoss-gogs. See Horse-gogs. 
Hoss Knops. See Horse-knops. 
Hoss Tongue. See Horse Tongue. 
Hot Planets. ‘ The blight in corn.’ Hal. Wr. Probably some 
species of parasitic fungus. 
Houka. Meiiin atliamanticum, Jacq. — Nliumh. (Thockerington), 
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