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A DICTIONARY OF 
Larick (Gael, larach). Larix eiiropcm, DC. — Invernesssh. ; Ren- 
frewsh. Jamieson. 
Larick’s Lint. ‘ Great golden maiden-hair. ScotV Jamieson ; i. e. 
Polytriclium commune, L. 
Larkspur. (1) Linaria vulgaris, Mill. — BucJis. 
(2) Delphinium Consolida, L., and the general name for the garden 
species of Delphinium. — Lyte, Prior, p. 132. There are many slight 
variations of the name : e. g. Lark’s-claw (Lyte, Prior, p. 132), 
Lark’s-foot (Tusser, E. D. S. Series D.), Lark’s-heel (Ger. ; Nhamp. 
Nth. Gloss., Wr., Prior, p. 132), and Lark’s-toes (Ger., Prior, p. 
132). Clare (Shepherd’s Calendar) refers to ‘the tail-topped lark- 
heels, feathered thick with flowers ; ’ and ‘ larkes heeles trymme ’ 
occurs in the Two Noble Kinsmen, Act i. 
Lathe. ‘A weed. Som.’ Wr. We cannot identify this. 
Latherwort. Sajwnaria officinalis, L. — An A.S. name referring to 
well-known property of the plant. Cockayne, ii. 397. See Soapwort. 
Lank. Sclicenus nigricans, L. — Lane. ‘A mile from Eochdale, 
on the Imhery, the country people call it Lauk. They strew their 
houses with it in Lancashire.’ Merrett’s Pinax, p. 58. 
Launceley. See Lancell. 
Laurel. (1) Laurus nohilis, L. — Lyte. Also called Bay Laurel 
and Roman Laurel. The name is variously spelt in old writers. 
Chaucer has Laurer and Lorer (see Ilah), and Hal. quotes Lauter 
from a MS. of Lydgate. Jamieson has Laurere and Lauren. Lorry 
is another form, given in Archaeologia, xxx. 388. 
(2) Daphne Laureola, L. — Turn. Herb., &c. ‘Vulgus aut Laury 
aut Lauriell aut Lowred Turn. Lib. In Turn. Names Loury. Hal. 
and Wr. have Lauriole. This is also called Copse Laurel (Hal. 
Wr. ; Hants. Phyt. iii. 798, o. s. ; Wight, FI. Yect.), Spurge Laurel 
(Ger., and still the common book-name), and Wood Laurel {Bucks. ; 
Glou. ; Hants. Phyt. iii. 798, 0. s. ; Wight, FI. Yect.). 
(3) Pruniis Laurocerasus, ♦L., is nowadays commonly so called. 
Prior, p. 132, This is also known as the Cherry Laurel. The 
Portugal Laurel is P. lusitanica, L, 
Laurestine, or Laurestinus. Viburnum Tinus, L. — Prior, p. 133. 
Laus tihi. A name for Narcissus p)oeticus, L., which was apparently 
in general use about three hundred years back. Turner (Names) 
speaks of it as growing ‘ plenteously in my Lordes gardine in Syon, 
and it is called of diverse, whyte Laus tibid He also alludes to it in 
his Herbal (pt. i. p. 62) : ‘We call it in some places of England 
white laus tihi.'' In Turn. Lib. there is a long note upon the name, 
which it may be worth while to transcribe : ‘ Nec erat ulla herba quo 
me magis narcisso torsit, nam postquam vigestes ejus picturam et 
deliniationern vidissem, et quam potui diligentissime perpendisse usq. 
tamen potuit inveniri, qui banc mild herbam potuit exhibere, multo- 
minus ejus aglicu nome indicare, tande quu ai recreandi gratia in 
Northfolcia rusticarer, ambulanti commodu puella nondum septennis 
in vico mihi obviam venit, dextera manu alborum florum manipulum 
