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Lichwort. Parietaria officinalis, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. Prior, 
p, 134. It grows ‘ neere to old wals in the moist corners of churches 
and stone buildings.’ Ger. 261. 
Lid. See Leed, White. 
Lide Lily. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Gordon’s ed. of Cul- 
peper (1802), i. 189. So called from its time of flowering. ^ Lide, 
the month of March, A.S. Udmona'6, now obsolete. “ The vulgar in 
the West of England,” says Aubrey, “ doe call the moneth of March, 
lide. 
Eate leeks in Lide and ramsins in May, 
And all the year after physicians may play.” ’ 
E. D. S. Gloss. B. 19. 
Life Everlasting. Antennaria margaritacea, Br. — Park. Parad. 375. 
Lig, or Liggan. Fucus vesiculosus, L. — Cornw. 
Light Crottles. Lecanora pallescens, Ach. — Scotl. 
Lightnings. Papaver Rlioeas, L. — Benricksli. ‘ About Wooler it 
was wont to be called the Thunder-flower or Lightnings ; and children 
were afraid to pluck the flower, for if, perchance, the petals fell off in 
the act, the gatherer became more liable to be struck with lightning ; 
nor was the risk small, for the deciduousness of the petals is almost 
proverbial.’ Bot. E. Bord., p. 31.- 
Lightwort. Mertensia maritima, Don. — Dr. J. Hill (Herbarium 
Britanicum, 1769) gives this name, but it is only an equivalent for 
Pneumaria, a name he proposed for the plant. ‘ Grows among stones 
or oakes like a dried turfe near the ground.’ Mascal’s Government 
of Oattel, p. 18. 
Lilac (from the Persian lilag). The general name of By ring a 
vulgaris, L., which was also originally adopted by Matthiolus as the 
scientiflc name. Melia Azedarach, L. , is called by Europeans in the 
Punjab Persian Lilac (Aitchison’s Cat. Punjab Plants, p. 31), and in 
the Mauritius, according to Bouton, Indian Lilac. Prior, p. 134. 
Lilac, German. See German Lilac. 
Lillie riall (in Hal. and Wr. Lilly Royal), a corruption of Puliall 
royall. Mentha Pulegium, L. — South, Hal. Wr. 
Lily. (1) The general name for the genus Lilium, L. candidum, L., 
being the lily par excellence. Prior, p. 134. 
(2) Narcissus poeticus, L. — Wartu. (Fillongley), where a field in 
which it grows is ‘ familiarly known in the neighbourhood as the 
Lily Field.’ Phjd. iii. 945, 0. S. Dr. J. A. H. Murray writes to us : 
‘ In Scotland Lily is applied generically to the two common Narcissi ; 
N. poeticus being the White Lily, and N. Pseudo-narcissus the Yellow 
Lily or Daffodilly. Sometimes, however, Lily is applied specifically to 
N. poeticus, as opposed to Daflodilly.’ 
(3) ‘ The wild convolvulus.’ Hal. Wr. This may be either Con- 
volvulus sepium, L., or C. arvensis, L. ; the latter is known by the 
name in Hants, and Suss. 
(4) Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — Hants. ; Wight, FI. Yect. 
