ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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(9) Arum maculatum, L. — Glou. 
(10) Orchis ruascula, L. — Berks. 
Lady’s Foxglove. Verhascum Thapsus, L. — With. ed. ii. 
Lady’s Frills. A garden variety of Primrose {Primula vuBjaris^ 
Lady’s Garters. (1) The striped garden variety of Plialaris arun- 
dinacea, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Boxhurghsh. (Kelso), Science 
Gossip, 1876, 39. Prior, p. 130. 
(2) Rubus fruticosus, L. — Roxburglish. Bot. E. Bord. See Garten 
Berries. 
Lady’s Glove. Lotus corniculatus, L.—Nliamp. Kth. Gloss. ; Wr. 
Lady’s Hair. (1) Briza media. — Lyte, Ger. (Our Ladle’s Hair). 
Camb. ; Ess. ; Norf. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(2) Adiantum Capillus-veneris, L. — Park. Theatr. (Index), Wr. 
Lady’s Laces. The striped garden variety of Plialaris arundinacea, 
L. — Park. Index, Wr. Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. Prior, p. 130. 
Lady’s Lint. Stellar la Holostea, L. — Dev. Probably from the 
white threads in the centre of the stalks. 
Lady’s Looking-Glass. Campanula Speculum, L. — Park. Theatr., 
Wr. In Prior (p. 130) erroneously assigned to C. hybrida, L. 
Lady’s Mantle. A very general book-name for Alchemilla vulgaris, 
L. — Turn. Herb. (Our Ladies Mantell), Lyte, Wr. Olou. ; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 130. ‘ Our Ladies Mantle, from the pretty- 
nesse of the leaf.’ Coles, A. in E., 118. In Mexico ‘a splendid 
Ipomcea, the azure blossoms of which are from four to five inches 
across, and set so close together that hardly a leaf is to be seen, and 
the whole plant resembles a blue cloak,’ is known as Manto de la 
Virgin, Seemann’s Botany of Yoyage of H.M.S. Herald, p. 264. 
Lady’s Meat. (1) Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Clackmannansh . 
(2) Leaves of Crataegus Oxyacantlia, L. — Scotl. Cfr. Bread-and- 
cheese. 
Lady’s Milk. ‘ Carduus lacteus.’ Wr. This is probably Carduus 
Marianus, L. — See Milk Thistle. 
Lady’s Milk Sile. (1) Cardamine pratensis, L. — Yks. In the 
north to sile milk is to strain it, and the tin sieve, in form like the 
wide part of a funnel, through which it is strained, is called a milk- 
sile. It is possible the name of the flower is derived from a fancied 
resemblance in shape to the milk-strainer, and it would be no more 
far-fetched than likening them to ladies’ smocks (see Lady’s Smock), 
but note (^. 
(2) Pulmonaria officinalis, L. — Clies. Sile is the Cheshire pronun- 
ciation of ‘ soil,’ in this case meaning a ‘ stain,’ and the name is 
derived from a legend, still current in the county, that a portion of 
the Blessed Virgin’s milk fell on the leaves and caused the white 
spots seen on their surface. Cfr. Milk Thistle. 
Lady’s (Our) Milkwort. Pulmonaria officinalis, L. — Lyte. See 
Lady’s Milk Sile (2). 
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