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Jack-by-the-hedge. (1) Alliaria officinalis, Andrzj.— Turn. Herb. 
(Jack-of-the-liedge) ; Lyte; Prior, p. 123; W.Ches.; Merionetlisli., 
Phyt. vi. 95, isr. s. ; Suss.; N. Yks. ; N.-W. Line. E. D. S. Grloss. 
0. 6 (Jack-in-the-hedge). In Wilts. Jack-run-along-the-hedge. 
(2) Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — Suss. Parish (Jack-in-the-hedge). 
(3) Tragopogon pratensis, L. — E. Suss. 
(4) Linaria minor, L. — Berks. (Clewer, Jack-in-the-hedge). 
Jack Durnils. The tubers of Bimium flexuosum. With. — Cumh. E. 
D. S. Gloss. 0. 8. Jack Jurnals is another form of the word. In 
N. Yks. Jack Jennett. 
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon. From the early closing of the flowers. 
Ornithogalum umhellatum, L. — dies. 
Jack- in-box, Jack-in-a-box, or Jack-in-the-Box. (1) Arum macu- 
latum, L. — Bucks. (Wycombe). 
(2) A hose-in-hose variety of garden primrose {Primula vulgaris, 
lj.).—Norf. 
Jack-in-prison. Nigella damascena, L. — N.-W. Line. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 6 ; Suss. Parish. 
Jack-in-the-bush. (1) Alliaria officinalis, Andrzj. — Glou.;Heref. 
(2) Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. — Roxhurglisli. Jamieson. 
Jack-in-the-green. A variety of Primula vulgaris, L., in which the 
calyx is transformed into leaves. — Gard. Chron., April 8, 1876, p. 472. 
Called also Jack-in-green-doublet, Staf. 
Jack-in-the-hedge. See Jack-by-the-hedge. 
Jack Jennett. See Jack Durnils. 
Jack-jump-about. (1) Angelica sylvestris, L. — AYr. 
(2) jBgopodium Podagraria, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. ; Tr«rir. 
(3) Lotus corniculatus, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
Jack Jurnals. See Jack Durnils. 
Jack-of-the-Buttery. Sedum acre, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 123. 
Jack-of-the-hedge. See Jack-by-the-hedge. 
Jack-run-along-the-hedge. See Jack-by-the-hedge. 
Jackanapes-on-Horseback. ‘The Eranticke, Eantasticke, or Foolish 
Cowslip, in some places is called by country people Jacke an Apes on 
horse-hacke, which is an usuall name with them, given to many other 
plants, as Daisies, Marigolds, &c., if they be strange or fantasticall, 
differing in the forme from the ordinary kinde of the single ones.’ 
Park. Parad. 247. The name Jack (1) is probably an abbreviation of 
this. Coles (A. in E.) gives the name to a variety of the marigold 
{Calendida officinalis, L.). 
Jackets -and]- Petticoats. The ‘ hose-in-hose ’ Polyanthus. — Cumh. 
(Winderwath). 
Jackstraws. Plantago lanceolata, L.— -F/r^. ‘ We used to call the 
spikes ‘ ‘ J ack straws," and many a good game I have had with them 
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