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A DICTIONARY OF 
Maiden-hair Grass. . See Maiden-hair (4). 
Maidenheads. Sanguisorha officinalis, L. — Yks. (Tad caster). 
Maiden-lips. ‘ The plant lappago.^ Wr. 
Maiden Mercury. Male plants of Mercurialis annua, L. — Lyte. 
See Girl’s Mercury. 
Maiden Oak. Quercus sessilijiora, Ehrh., as distinguished from Q. 
pedunculata, Ehrh. — Hants. Phyt. hi. 883, O. s. 
Maiden Pink. A common hook-name for Dianthus deltoides, L., 
understood by Prior (p. 142) as ‘ a mistake for mead-pink, a pink that 
grows in meadows.’ But the name seems to us rather an abbreviation 
of Maidenly Pink, which Ger. (p. 477) gives as a translation of Cary- 
ophyllus virgineus, saying ‘ This virginhke Pinke [has] . . . flowers 
of a blush colour, whereof it tooke his name.’ A parallel is found in 
the garden rose popularly known as ‘ Maiden’s Blush.’ 
Maidens’ Honesty. Gleynatis Vitalha, L. — ‘ About Michaelmass all 
the hedges about Thickwood (in the parish Colerne) [Wilts] are as it 
were hung with may dens honesty : which looks very flne.’ Aubrey’s 
Wilts, Eoyal Soc. MS., p. 120. Hal. and Wr. interpret this as ‘ the 
plant honesty,’ but the Clematis is meant. 
Maid-in-the-Mist. Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. — B. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Maid of the Meadow. Spiroea Ulmaria, L. — W. dies. (Maid-of- 
the-Mead). 
Maid’s Hair. Prior, p. 142. See Maiden-hair (3). 
Maid’s-love. Artemisia Ahrotanum, L. — Nhamp. Wr. 
Maidsweet. A misprint for Meadsweet. Ger. 886. 
Maidweed. See Mayweed. 
Maierom. Origanum Majorana, L. — A spelling of Marjoram given 
by Tusser. 
Maiken. Iris Pseud, acorus, L. — N. Lane. 
[Mailkes, Red. Hal. and Wr. give this!name, and explain it ‘ the 
corn poppy.’ It is, however, doubtless a misprint for Hed Maithes, 
which see.] 
Mails. Chenopodium album, L. — Ayrsli. Jamieson. Cfr. Miles. 
Maithen. See Mathes. 
Maithes. See Mathes. 
Majoram. A spelling of Marjoram, which see. Prior, p. 146. 
Makebate. A name given by Ger. (1129) to Jasminum fruticans, 
L. , which he calls ‘ Polemonium seu Trifolium fruticans : ’ it has 
been erroneously applied by modern writers, as well as by Prior (p. 
143), to the plant now called Polemonium coeruleum, L. Skinner 
suggests an origin for the name which seems purely imaginary : he 
says : ‘ Eorte an quia ab absurdo & credulo vulgo conjugibus in lecto 
interpositum inimicitias & dissidia inter eos serere creditum est.’ 
