ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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this name has equivalents in French and German, as 'well as in Latin 
and Greek (see Lyte, 372). ‘ The powdered seeds have been used 
externally from the earliest times for the destruction of pedicuU in the 
head and other parts of the body, both in the human subject and in 
cattle ; hence the German name Idusesamen, signifying louse-seeds.’ 
Bentley and Trimen’s Medicinal Plants, tab. 14. It is called Lyce- 
hane in Pharmaco-pinax. 
Lousy, Loozie, or Lucie Arnut, or Arnit. (1) Bunimn fiexuosum^ 
With. — Forfar sh. FI. Forf. ; Moray, FI. M. ; Stirling sh. from which 
county a correspondent writes : ‘ I think from a supposition that they 
caused lice to grow in children’s heads.’ ‘ Children dig up the roots 
and eat them, but they are hindered from indulging to excess by a 
cherished belief that the luxury tends to generate vermin in the 
head.’ Bot. E. Bord., p. 85. 
(2) Arena elatior, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Lousy Beds. Lyclinis diurna, Sibth. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Lousy Grass. Bpergula arvensis, L. — Agricultural Gazette, June 19, 
1875 (p. 787), but not localised. 
Lousy Soldiers’ Buttons. Lyclinis diurna, Sibth. — Lane. A cor- 
respondent writes : ‘ An old Lancashire nurse says she would not 
have gathered one, as a child, for anything, because they are so often 
covered with small insects. ’ 
Love-ache. See Lovage. 
Lovage. In Lyte and other early works this is applied to Levisti- 
cuin officinale, Koch., but in modern British books it is assigned to 
Ligusticum scoticum, L. — In Prompt. Parv. it is spelt Loveache. 
Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 138. 
Lovage, Water. (Enantlie crocata, L. — The roots ‘ are dayly by the 
ignorant women in Cheape-side sold to people more ignorant than 
themselves by the name of Water Lovage f Ger. Emac. 1060. 
Love. Clematis Vitalha, L. — ‘The gentlewomen call it Love.' 
Park. Theatr. p. 384. Prior, p. 138. 
Love and Idleness. See Love-in-idleness. 
Love-apples. Lycopersiciim esculentum, Mill. — Prior, p. 138. 
Love-bind. Clematis Vitalha^ L. — Hal. Wr. 
Love-entangle. ‘ The nigella. Cornw.' Hal. Wr. Nigella damas- 
cena, L. — Perhaps this should rather be Love-in-a-tangle or Love-in- 
tangle. Cfr. Love-in-a-mist. 
Love-in-a-mist. Nigella damascena, L. — Ess. ; N. Line. (Bottes- 
ford). Love-in-mist ; E. Suss. Prior, p. 138, who gives also Love- 
in-a-puzzle, a garden name found in Flora Historica and elsewhere. 
Love-in-idleness. Viola tricolor^ L. — Lyte, Hal. Wr. 
‘ Maidens call it Love-in-idleness.' 
Mids. Night’s Dream, Act ii. sc. 2. 
Glou. (Fairford); Nhamp. Nth. Gloss.; Oxf; Warw. Wr. The name 
