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ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 333 
Mercury, Girl’s. See Girl’s Mercury. 
Mercury, Wild. (1) Mercurlalis perenms,Jj. — Lyte. 
(2) Chenopodium Bonus- Henricus, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(3) Digitalis purpurea, L. (or Scotch. Mercury). — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. 
Mercury Docken. Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, L. — MearnSy 
Jamieson. 
Mercury Leaf. ‘ Mercurialis perennis, L.’ — S. Scotl. Jamieson. 
We suspect Chenopodium Bonus- Henricus, L., is the plant intended. 
Mercury’s Moist Blond. Verbena officinalis, L. — Ger. 
Mercury’s Violet. Campanula medium, L. — Ger. Park. Parad. 
Prior (p. 152) assigns the name to C. Trachelium, L. 
Mere-blobs. See Mare-blob. 
Merecrop. Anagallis arvensis, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr., who also 
have Morcrop, from Archseologia, xxx. 410. 
Merlin’s Grass. Isoetes lacustris, L. — G. W. Francis (Analysis of 
the British Flora). This is a translation of the Welsh name for the 
plant. In a MS. account of Samuel Brewer’s Botanical Journey 
through Wales in the year 1726, preserved in the Botanical Depart- 
ment of the British Museum, is the following passage relating to it : 
[At Llyn Ogwen (Carnarvonshire) I saw] ‘ the horses very greedily 
eating of that which was cast upon the shore and that on the water ; 
and the people tel me that they wait there every day for it, and leave 
good grass growing near it ; and that it improves cattle better than 
any grass ; and that the fish like it as well. The fish are larger there 
than in any of the other lakes, which they attribute to the eating of 
[this plant], which they call Qwair Merllyns ; gwair is hay, and 
Merllyn was a Welsh prophet.’ 
Merry, or Merry-tree (the fruit Merries). Prunus Avium, L. — 
Wr. Bucks. ; Ches. ; Dors. Dors. Gloss. ; Herts. ; Lane-. T. Lawson 
(1688); Sal.; Westm.- Lawson; Wight, FI. Yect. ; Wilts. Hal. Dif- 
ferent varieties are known .in Hants, as Black and Red Merry 
respectively, and in Ches. a form is known as White Merry. 
Mersmalewe. See Mallow, Marsh (2). 
Mesh. ‘A species of Lichen which grows on apple-trees. Som.'* 
Holl. We do not know what is meant. 
Mess. See Mace. 
Mew, or Meu. A book-name for Meum atliamanticum, Jacq., invented 
by Turner (Names), who says : ‘ It may be called in englishe mewed 
Ger. has ‘ Mewe or Meon.’ Prior, p. 152. 
Mezereon. The common name for Daphne Mezereon, L. — ‘ The 
apothecaries of our countrie name it Mezereon.’ Ger. 1216. Lyte and 
Ger. call it Dutch Mezereon. In Bucks, it is corrupted to Mazalium. 
Prior, p. 152. In Ches. the name is sometimes transferred to D. 
Laureola, L. 
