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A DICTIONARY OF 
“ Rompes araguelo,” and says (Seemann’s Journal of Botany, iii. 
316, 1865), “It is explained by some as ‘ rompes a tu abuelo ’ (you 
tear your grandfather), with reference to a child’s play. One child 
takes hold of the lower part of a leaf, another of the upper. If one 
pulls so hard as to tear the leaf, the other exclaims, * Eompes a tu 
abuelo.’ ” ’ 
Motherwort. (1) Artemisia vulgaris, L. — Grete Herball (Moder- 
wort). Yks. (E. Riding), Ray. In Archeeologia, xxx. p. 410, Mader- 
wort, and Modirworth (p. 371), three different kinds being men- 
tioned. ‘ It is caUed the moder of herbes ’ (Grete Herball), but 
Prior has shown (p. 158, which see) that this is not the explanation 
of the name. 
(2) Leonurus Cardiaca, L. — Turn. Names, Lyte, and in modern 
books. ‘ We doe call it Motherivort in English, as truely from the 
effects to helpe the Mother, as they call it Cardiaca from the effects to 
helpe the heart.’ Park. Theatr. p. 43. 
Motherwort, Man’s. See Man’s Motherwort. 
Motherwort, Stinking. Chenopodium Vidvaria, L. — Lyte. An 
adaptation of the Latin specific name. See Lyte, p. 549. 
Mothwort. Helichrijsum Stoechas, DC. — Lyte, who gives Tinearea, 
as one of its Latin, and Mottenhlumen as one of its Dutch, names. 
Moulds. (1) A name given to the minute thread-like fungi which 
grow upon food and other organic substances. See Prior, p. 159. 
(2) Nepeta GJechoma, Benth. — Butt. 
Mount Caper. Orchis latifolia, L. — Ireland. See Meadow 
Rocket. 
Mountain Ash. See Ash, Mountain. 
Mountain Avens. A book-name for Dnjas octopetala, L. — With, 
ed. ii. 
Mountain Bramble. A book-name for Ruhus Chamcemorus, L. — 
With. ed. vii. 
Mountain Cowslip. Primida Auricula, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 159. 
Mountain Dulse. See Dulse, Mountain. 
Mountain Elm. JJlmus montana. With. — A book translation of the 
Latin name. Prior, p. 159. 
Mountain Fern. A book-name for NepUrodium Oreopteris, Desv. — 
Prior, p. 77. 
Mountain Flax, or Flox. See Flax, Mountain ; and add : 
(3) Spergida arvensis, L. — Dors, (pronounced Mountain Vlix). 
(4) Briza media, L. — Kirkcudbrightsh., where it is used medicinally. 
Scottish Nat., April, 1871. 
Mountain Flower. Geranium sylvaticum, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. 
Mountain Parsley. A book-name for AUosorus crispus, L., from 
its parsley-like leaves. — Pratt. 
