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A DICTIO:SARY OF 
Hvlder. An old spelling of elder (Sarnbucus niqra. L.). — See 
Prompt. Parv. p. 137. 
Hyrnehard. ‘ The herb Ballweed.’ Hal. Wr. Probably Centaurea 
nigra, L. 
Hyssop. Hyssopus offbcinalis, L. — Lyte, Prior, p. 121. 
Hyssop, Hedge. See Hedge Hyssop. 
Hyssop, Stitch. Genista anglica, L. — Hants. 
Hyven, or Hyvin. Hedera Helix, L. — Camh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; 
Yks. (Swaledale), E. D. S. Gloss. Q.l) E. Yks. E. D. S. Gloss, B. 2. 
Iceland Moss. Cetraria islandica, Ach. — ‘ So called,’ according to 
Prior (p. 122), ‘ from its abundance in Iceland, whence it is imported 
for medicinal and culinary purposes ; ’ but in Pharmacographia (p. 
672) it is stated that ‘none is exj^orted from Iceland,’ and that it is 
‘ very little employed in Iceland, and only in seasons of scarcity.’ 
Ice-leaf, Wild. Verhascum Tliapjsus, L. — Bucks. (Marlow). 
Ife. Taxus haccata, L. — Sujf. Hal. Wr. 
Imbreke. Semperviimm tectorum, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. 
Incarnation. Dlanthus Carijopliyllus, L. — Turn. Lib. (Incarna- 
cyon). See Carnation. 
Indian Eye. Dianthus pluinarius, L. — Tusser (Five Hundred Points), 
mentioned in a list of ‘ Herbes, branches, and flowers, for windowes 
and pots’ (E. D. S., Series D.). ‘So called from the eye-shaped 
marking of the corolla ’ (id. p. 332). Cf. French oeillet. 
Indian Grass. (1) Molinia coendea, L. — Sold under this name by 
tobacconists for cleaning i:>ipes. 
(2) Ciiscuta Trifolii, Bab. — Gard. Chron., 1843, p. 629. 
Indian Moss. A garden name for Saxifraya Jiypnoides, L. 
Indian Pink. (1) A garden name for Dianthus chinensis, L. 
(2) Lychnis Flos-cuculi, L. — Glou. (Cheltenham, India Pink). 
(3) Dianthus CaryophyJlm, L. — Glou. (Indy Pink). 
Indian Wheat. Zea Mays, L.- — Lyte. The name was occasionally 
heard in Liverpool twenty or thirty years ago. 
Innin, or Innion. An onion. — Glou. (Cotswolds), Cots. Gloss. Hal. 
has Ingan(8^?(,^.). Jamieson gives Ingowne, and other variations of 
the word occur. 
Inul. Inula Helenium, L.- — Prior, p. 122. 
Irby-dale Grass. Euphorbia Helioscopia, L. — Line. Dr. E. M. 
Bowstead writes that this plant is so called at Irby-dale, near Laceby, 
Line. , where it is abundant, and used by the poor peoi^le as a cure for 
warts, and ‘ applied as a poultice to venomed wounds with good effect.’ 
