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Mile. Apium graveolens, L. — Roxburghsli. Jamieson. 
Milfoil. Achillea Millefolium, L. — Lyte. E. Bovd. Bot. E. Bord. 
In Turn. Lib. Myllefoly ; in Grete Herball, Millefoly. Prior, 
p. 153. 
Milfoil, Hooded Water. See Hooded Water Milfoil. Prior, p. 
153. 
Milfoil, Water. A book-name for several water-plants with finely- 
divided leaves resembling those of the Milfoil. Ger, assigns it to 
Ranunculus aquatilis, L. ; the species of Myriopliyllum are commonly 
so called in modern books (With. ed. iv.) ; it is also given to Hottonia 
palustris, L. (Prior, p. 153); and Utricularia vulgaris, L., is known 
as Hooded Water Milfoil (which see). 
Milk -cans. Stellaria Holosiea, L. — Ghes. (Lymm). 
Milk Gowan. Leontodon Taraxacum, L. — Forfarsh. Jamieson. 
Milk Grass. Valerianella Olitoria, Mcench. — ‘ In June, at a distance, 
the fields look as if all covered with spilt milk ; which is from a 
flower, for that reason called Milk- Grass (Lamb-Lettuce); for it has 
now lain six or seven years lee.’ From a letter from a Scotch farmer 
printed in W. ElHs’s Modern Husbandman, iii. pt. 2, 161 (1750). 
Milk Maid, or Milk Maids. (1) Cardamine prcdensis, L. — Dev, 
(Teignmouth) ; Middx. ; Yks. 
(2) Stellaria Holostea, L. — Dev. ; Wight. 
(3) Lotus corniculatus, L. — Suss. 
(4) The flowers of Convolvulus sepium, L.^ — Suss. Parish. 
Milk Maid’s Eye. Veronica Chamoedrys, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. , 
Milkorts. See Milkwort (3). 
Milk Parsley. A book-name for Peucedanum paTustre, Moench. — 
With. ed. vii. Prior, p. 153. 
Milksile. Cardamine pratensis,!^. — Yks. See Lady’s Milksile. 
Milk Thistle. (1) A common name for Carduus Marianas, L., in 
allusion to the markings of the leaves. With. ed. ii. Prior, p. 153. 
(2) SoncJms oleraceus, L., in allusion to its milky juice. See Milky 
Dashell for variations of the name. Dors. ; N. Line. (Bottesford). 
Milk-vetch. A common book-name for the genus Astragalus, L. — 
Prior, p. 153. 
.Milk-weed. (1) Sonchus oleraceus, L. — With. ed. ii., in allusion to 
its milky juice. 
(2) Peucedanum palustre, Moench. — With. ed. ii. Called also Marsh 
Milkweed. 
(3) Euphorbia Helioscopia, L. — Ess. ; Herts. ; East Anglia. It is 
popularly employed under this name as a remedy for corns. See The 
Bazaar newspaper, April 14, p. 284. 
Milkwort. The common name for 
(1) Poly gala vulgaris, L., on account of its ‘ vertues in procuring 
