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A DICTIONARY OF 
fighting my fifty against my neighbour’s fifty.’ Miss Flues (Rambles 
in Search of Wild Flowers, p. 239). 
Jack-weed. Ranunculus arvensis, L. — Oxf. 
Jacob’s Chariot. Aconitum Napellus, L. — Ess. (gardens). 
Jacob’s Ladder. (1) A general name for Polemonmm cocruleum, L., 
given on account of its successive pairs of leaflets. Prior, p. 123. In 
(2) on account of the alternate leaflets ; and in (3) from the long spike 
of alternate flowers. In the cases of (4) and (5) there must be some, 
different reason. 
(2) Polygonatum multijlorum, All, — Ger. Berks. (Newbury). 
(3) A garden species of Gladiolus. — Olou., Stiff. 
(4) Atropa Belladonna, L. — Ayrsh. Jamieson. 
(5) Chelidonium majus, L. — Sal. 
Jacob’s Staff. Verhascum Thapsus, L. — Currib. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Jacob’s Sword. Iris Pseudacorus, L. — Aherdeensli. 
Jags, Butter. See Butter Jags. 
Jags, Horse. See Horse Jags. 
James's Weed, or James’s Wort. Senecio Jacohcea, L. — Sal. Lyte 
calls it St. James’s Wort. See Prior, p. 202. 
Janet-flower. ‘ “ Caryophyllata, janet-fioiverJ^ Wedderburn’s Yoc. 
Supposed to be the Queen’s Gilliflower, Ilesperis matronalis, L.’ 
Jamieson. Perhaps rather Dianthus Caryopliyllus, L. Cfr. Jonette. 
Jaundice Tree {Cornw.), or Jaundice Berry. Berber is vulgaris, L. 
— From a belief (on the ‘ doctrine of signatures ’) in the superstition 
that the yellow under-bark of the shrub indicated its value as a cure 
for the yellow disease. ‘The bark, taken as a decoction in ale or 
white wine, is said to be purgative, and to have proved highly effica- 
cious in the cure of jaundice ; hence, in some parts of the country, 
we have heard the plant called the Jaundice Berry. ^ Hogg’s Yegetable 
Kingdom, p. 34. 
Jayweed. Anthemis Cotula, L. — Suss. 
Jean Cherry. Prunus Avium., L. — A spelling of Gean Cherry, 
which see. Pratt. 
Jeelico. Angelica sylvestris, L. — A corruption of the Lat. name. 
E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Jeenepre, or Jenepyre. Juniperus communis, L.- — Grete Herball. 
Jamieson has Jenepere; E. Bord. (Bot. E. Bord.), Jennyper-bush ; 
in Turn. Herb. Jenefer. 
Jenny Green-teeth. Lemna minor, L. — Wane. (Birmingham). 
This is also the name of a well-known Lancashire ‘ boggart,’ who was 
reported to haunt ‘ pits and pools,’ and from whom it has probably 
been transferred to the plant. See N. & Q. v. 156, 216, 287, 365, for 
an account of the ‘ boggart.’ 
Jenny-run-ith-ground. Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. — N. Line. (Flix- 
borough). 
