ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 309 
Lingwort. Veratrum album, L. — Lyte. In Turn. Lib. Lyngwort. 
‘ The plant angelica.’ Wr. : some error is to be suspected. 
Linn-tree. See Linde. 
Lint. Linum ifsitatissimum, L. — Turn. Herb., Grose. E. Bord. Bot. 
E. Bord. ; Scotl. Jamieson ; AherdeensJi. ; Ireland (Antrim and Down). 
‘ Linthaw and Linthill in Berwickshire, and Linthaugh in the parish 
of Ford, probably derive their name from the cultivation of Lint upon 
them.’ Bot. E. Bord. p. 45. Jamieson has Lint-bells and Lintbows, 
meaning the flowers and seed-pods of flax respectively. 
Lint, Fairy. Linum catharticum, L. — E. Bord. ‘ From the abun- 
dant harvests of this elegant weed on our upland pastures, prepared 
and manufactured by supernatural skill, the “good people” were 
wont, in the olden time, to procure their requisite supplies of linen.’ 
Bot. E. Bord. 
Lint-bells. See Bells, Lint. 
Lint-bennels. See Bennels (2). 
Lint-bow, i. e. Lint-boll. Linum usitatissimum, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Lintels (a corruption of lentils). ‘ Tares in corn.’ ' Hal. Probably 
Vida hirsuta, L., but cfr. Lints. Hal. and Wr. also have Lincels, 
which is probably a misprint. iV/iamp. Nth. Gloss. 
‘ The bearded rye was in the row. 
The lintel in the pod.’ 
Clare’s MS. Poems, quoted in Nth. Gloss. 
Lints. Vida sativa, L. — ‘Tares are called lints in Lincolnshire.’ 
Hal. N.-W. Line.: ‘Lentils, tares, vetches,’ E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6; 
Ylis. (Holderness), E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 7 (Lintins). 
Lion’s Foot. From the shape of the leaf. 
(1) Alcliemilla vulgaris, L. — Grete Herball. It was an A.S. name 
(see Cockayne, ii. 397). ‘ In Latin . . . Planta leonis, Pes leonis . . . 
in Frenche Pied de Lion : in high Douch . . . Lewenfusz.’ Lyte. Ger. 
calls it also Lion’s Paw. Prior, p. 135. 
(2) Helleborus niger, L. — Grete Herball, Turn. Lib. 
Lion’s Mouth, or Lions’ Mouths. (1) Antirrhinum majus, L. — 
Suss. Ger. calls this Lion’s Snap. Prior, p. 140. 
(2) Linaria vulgaris. Mill. — Suss. 
(3) Digitalis jpurpurea, L. — Suss. 
(4) Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. — Suss. Parish, 
Lion’s Paw. See Lion’s Foot (1). 
Lion’s Snap. See Lion’s Mouth (1). 
Lion’s Teeth. Leontodon Taraxacum, L. — Bullein, Book of Simples, 
fol. 10. A translation of the generic name. 
Liquorice, Wild. Ononis arvensis, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; 
N. Tks. ; Dumfriessh. ; Invernessh. ; Moray, FI. M. ‘In the season 
of flowering the root is dug up and eaten by children, in idleness, as 
a substitute for the liquorice-root of the apothecary.’ Bot. E. Bord., 
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