ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 3*29 
. In America Azalea nodiflora, L., is so called. Loudon, Arboretum, 
ii. 1150 : tbat of New England is Epigcea repens, L, 
May Gowan. See Gowan, May. 
May-grass. Stellaria Holostea, L. — Sal. (Pulverbatch). 
May Lily. Convallaria majalis, L. — Prior, p. 150. A name 
invented by Turner (Names). 
May Hose. Viburnum Opulus, L. — Nemnich. 
May-spink. Primula vulgaris, V. — Aherdeensh. ; Mearns, Jamieson. 
Mayweed. A name commonly applied to Anthemis Cotula, L. (Lyte, 
Hal. Wr., Middx., Stiff., Suss., &c.), but often including similar 
plants, as Matricaria inodor a, L. {Herts.), M. Chamomilla, L. (Prior, 
p. 150), Pyrethrum Parthenium, L. {var. dial. Hal.), and Chrysanthe- 
mum Leucanthemum, L. {Suff). Among the variations of the name 
may be noted Maidweed (Lupton’s Notable Things, bk. viii. No. 45), 
Maidewode (Wr. ; spelt Maydewode by Hal.), and Maitheweed (see 
. Mathes). Tusser’s line, ^ The Mayweed doth burn,’ has reference to 
the acrid juice of the plant: see a note by one of us in the E. D. S. 
ed. of Tusser, p. 284 ; and W. Ellis’s Modern Husbandman, vol. iv. 
pt. 4, p. 132 (1750). Anthriscus sylvestris, Hoffm., is referred to 
incidentally under this name in some observations on Wore, plants in 
Phyt. hi. 195, o. s. 
Maywort. Galium Cruciata, Scop. — Treas. Bot. Prior, p. 150. 
Mazalium. See Mezereon. 
Mazard, Mazzard, or Mazzards. (1) ‘A kind of cherry. Var. 
dial. It is in good esteem for making cherry-brandy.’ Hal. Wr. 
• Prunus Avium, L. — Cornw. ; Dev.; Glou. Grose, Cotswold Gloss.; 
Som., Mr. F. T. El worthy, who adds : ‘ It is much cultivated in N. 
Devon, where there are many “ mazzard-gawdeus^’ or orchards. A man 
with a long hooked nose is often described as “fit for a mazzard- 
picker,” because he could hold on to the ladder with his nose and 
gather with both hands;’ Wilts.; TFes^ (7own^ri/, Eay, Pulman. Lyte 
has Mazers and Mazars. Prior, p. 150. 
(2) Prunus Cerasus, L. — Dev. (Mazzard Cherry, as if to distin- 
guish it from the Mazzard ) ; Olou. ; Wore, 
Mazell (a corruption of Mezereon). Daphne Mezereon, L, — Hants, 
Bromfield MS. 
Mazer. See Mazard (1) and Maser-tree. 
Mazes. See Mathes. 
Meaden. See Mathes. 
Mead Hair Grass. See Maiden hair Grass. 
Meadow Bout. Caltha palustris, L. — With. ed. ii. dies.; Lane, 
Ger. gives Boots as the Cites, name. Prior, pp. 27, 150. 
Meadow, like marsh, is prefixed to many plant-names in books, but 
we do not think it necessary to enter all of them under this word. 
Meadow Bright. Caltha palustris, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
