ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 291 
In allusion in (1) to the appearance of the two-flowered peduncles ; 
in (2) to the twin spikes of fructification. 
Knight-Cross. Lychnis Chalcedonic.a, L. — Bradley’s Family Diet. 
(1725). See Cross of Jerusalem. 
Knight’s Pondwort, Knight’s Water Sengreen, Knight’s-wort, or 
Knight’s Woundwort. Stratiotes aloides, L. — Lyte. Prior, p. 128. 
Knight’s Spur. Delphmium Consolida, L., and allied species. — ^ In 
base Almaigne Riddersporen, that is to say Knightes spurred Lyte. 
Prior, p. 128. 
Knipper-nut. (1) Bunium flexuosum, With. — Baxter. 
(2) Lathy rus macrorrhizus, Wimm. — By Prior (p. 127) assigned in 
error to Vicia Orohus, DO. 
Knitback. Symphytum officinale, L. — Ger. Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 128. 
See Backwort. 
Knitbeen, Conifer. ^Symphytum tuberosum, L., is called Comfer 
Knitheen in Aberdeenshire, where a preparation, made by boiling the 
root in oil or lard, is extolled by old women for hardening and 
strengthening fractures.’ Murray’s Northern Flora (1836), p. 121. 
Knobs. Flower-heads of LavandiUa vera, DC. — Ches. 
Knobs, Gold, or Golden. See Gold Knops. 
Knobs, Horse. See Horse Knobs. 
Knobtang. Fucus nodosus, L. — Treas. Bot. Prior, p. 128. 
Knobweed (in allusion to the hard, round flower-heads). Centaurea^ 
nigra, L., C. Cyanus, L., and C. Scahiosa, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
Prior, p. 128. 
Knockheads. Plantago lanceolata, L. — Herb of the Field, p. 117. 
Cfr. Kemps. 
Knolles. Brassica Rapa, L. — With. ed. ii. Kent, Bay, E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 16 ; Grose; Pegge, E. D. S. Gloss. C. 3. Hal. (Knoll). In 
E. D. S. Gloss. B. 11 spelt Knowles. Prior, p. 128. 
Knop Sedge. Sparganium ramosum, L. — Turn. Herb. See Bede- 
sedge. 
Knops, Gold. See Gold Knops. 
Knops, Horse. See Horse Knops. 
Knopweed. Centaurea nigra, L. — With. ed. ii. Prior, p. 128. 
Knot-berry. Ruhus Chamcemorns, L. — North, Ger. Emac. ; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. Prior (p. 128) says ‘ from the knotty joints of the 
stems,’ but in the north ‘ knot’ means a hill, and the plant grows in 
such elevated situations. Cfr. Cloud-berry, and see also Cnout- 
berry for another suggested derivation. 
Knotgrass. (1) Polygonum aviculare, L. — Turn. Herb. Wr. Lyte 
calls it Male Knotgrass. N. Bucks.; dies.; 8.- IF. Cumh.; Sal.; Yks. 
This is the ‘hindering knotgrass ’of Shakespeare (Midsummer Night’s 
