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milke in the brests of nurses.’ Ger. 450. Lyte. /S.-PF. Cumb. ; N. 
Yks.; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 154. 
(2) Qlaux maritima, L. — ‘ This taken with meate, drinke, or 
potage, ingendreth plenty of milke ; therefore it is goode to be used 
of nurses that lacke milke. The same vertue hath Polygala taken 
with his leaves and flowers.’ Lyte. Commonly called Sea Milkwort 
in modern books. Prior, p. 154. 
(3) Boots of Camgyanula rotundifolia, L. (Milkworts or Milkorts). 
— N. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Milkwort, Our Lady’s. See Lady’s (Our) Milkwort. 
Milkwort, Sea. See Milkwort (2). 
Milky Dashell, i. e. Milky Thistle {Cornw., Dev.), Milky Dickie 
{Dev.), or Milky Tassel {Cornw.). Sonchus oleraceus, L. 
Milky Parsley, Wild. Peucedanum palustre, Moenoh. — A book- 
name invented by Parkinson : ‘ Bauhinus calleth it Apium sylvestre 
lacteo succo turgens, and thereupon I have entituled it in English Wild 
Milkie Parsley, to distinguish it from other ^ sorts of wilde Parsley.’ 
Park. Theatr. p. 928. 
Millefoly. See Milfoil. 
Miller’s Star. Stellaria Holostea, L. — Suss. 
Millet. (1) The common commercial name for Panicum milia- 
ceum, L. — Lyte. Prior, p. 154, who also includes Milium, Paspalum, 
and horghum. 
(2) Phalaris canariensis, L. — Lyte, who says that some apothecaries 
so call it. 
(3) Scirpus sylvaticus, L. — Wight, El. Yect. 
Millet Grass. Milium effusum, L. — Ger. Wood Millet Grass is a 
common book-name for it. 
Mill-mountain. Linum catharticum, L. — In Ger. Emac. (p. 559) is 
an account of this plant and its use in medicine by John Goodyer. 
He says it was then sold in Winchester {Hants.) by the above name. 
Prior (p. 154) would derive it ‘ from the Lat. cha-wceZ-inum mon- 
tanum,' but we do not find that the latter word was part of any old 
name of the plant. 
Miltwaste. Asplenium Ceterach, L. — It ‘ healeth the Melt that is 
hard and stopt.’ Lyte. See Prior, p. 154, and Cockayne, i. 161. 
Minarta. An Irish name for Geum urbanum, L., mentioned in H. 
& 0,. 3rd Ser. iv. 383. The writer says he has ‘ failed to trace ’ the 
word ‘ in any of the Celtic glossaries.’ 
Mingwort. Artemisia Absinthium, L. — North, Grose. Hal. Wr. 
Minshull Crab. See Crab, Minshull. 
Mint, or Wild Mint. The common name for the various species of 
Mentha. Prior, p. 155. Hal. and Wr. give Baulme Mint as ‘ water 
mint ’ {M. aquatica, L. ?) ; Bergamot Mint is M. citrata, Ehrh. 
(Prior, p. 155 ; see Bergamot (2) ) ; Brandy Mint is M. piperita, L. 
