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A DICTIONARY OF 
Sphagnum is called Bog Moss in books; Lycopodium clavatiim, L., is 
Stag’s-horn Moss {E. Lord. Bot. E. Bord.), and Buck’s-horn Moss 
and Running Moss in Curnb., and shares with the rest of its genus 
the name Club-moss; L. Selago, L., is Tree Moss {Cumh., a name 
which in With. ed. ii. is applied to Usnea plicata, Ach.) ; L. alpinum, 
L., is Cypress Moss (Park, Theatr.); CJwndrus crispus, Lyngb., 
is called Carageen Moss (Prior, p. 39) and Irish Moss (which 
see), and in Treas. Bot. Pearl Moss ; Cup Moss is a general name 
for ScyphopJiorus pyxidatus, Hook., and is applied in Banff sli. to 
Lecanora tartarea, Ach. (Jamieson); Iceland Moss is a common 
name for Cetraria islandica, Ach. ; Indian Moss is a garden name 
for Saxifraga hypnoides, L. ; Pepper Moss is Pilularia globuUfera, L. 
(With. ed. ii.) ; Reindeer Moss, Cenomyce ra.ngiferina, L. ; Rock 
Moss, RoccelJa tinctoria, Ag. (Prior, p. 157) ; Sea Moss, Ulva latis- 
sima, Grev. (Lyte) ; Water Moss, Fontinalis antipyretica, L. (Prior, 
p. 157); Scale Moss is a generally known equivalent for the Junger- 
manniece ; Polytrichum commune, L., is called Golden Moss by Ger. 
Moss Berries. See Moor-berries. 
Moss Campion. A modern book-name for Silene acaulis, L. — With, 
ed. vii. Prior, p. 157. 
Mosscorns. See Mascorns. 
Mosscort, Swine’s. See Masket, Swine’s. 
Moss-crops. (1) A common north-country name for the species of 
Eriophorum. — With. ed. ii. Hal. Wr. Cumh. E. D, S. Gloss. C, 8; 
Westm. Thomas Lawson, 1688; Scotl. Jamieson; Ayrsh.; Peehlesli, ; 
SelkirJcsh. Prior, p. 157. 
(2) Potentilla anserina, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Moss Fern. A name proposed by Gerard for PolypocUuin vul- 
gar e, L, 
Moss Millions. Vacdnium Oxycoecos, L. — Ayrsh. From the 
resemblance of the fruit to a pumpkin or melon in shape, and the 
place of growth. Wright gives milion as an equivalent of pumpkin. 
Jamieson gives Moss Mingen as a Clydesdale name of the plant. 
Moss Bush. Juncus squarrosus, L. — Pratt. 
Moss-thristle. Probably Carduiis qxdustris, L. — Scotl. Mactaggart’s 
Gallovidian Encyclopaedia. 
Moss Whin. Genista anglica, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior, 
p. 157. 
Moss Wythan. Myrica Gale, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Moth Mullein. The common book-name for Verbascum Blattaria, 
L. — ‘ Concerning the vertues of this herbe, we finde none other thing 
wryten of it, saving that the mothes and battes do incontinently conie 
to this herbe, wheresoever it be strowen or layde.’ Lyte, who gives 
corresponding names for it in French and German. 
Mother Dee. Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — TF. Cumh. ‘Dee’ is the 
north-country pronunciation of die. There is a superstition amongst 
