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A DICTIONARY OP 
Septfoil. Potentilla Torinentilla, Sibth. Ger. Also called Seven- 
leaves (Coles, A. in E,, p. 76). Prior, p. 209. 
Serbs. The fruit of Pijrus torminalis, Elirh. — Suss. (Horsham). 
Serge. (1) Various species of Car ex. dies. 
(2) TypTia latifoUa, L., and T. angustifolia, L. — Ches. 
Serpell. Thymus Serpyllum, L. — Hal. 
Serpent’s Meat. Tamus communis, L. — Wales, El. Vect. An idea 
prevails that those reptiles are always lurking about places where 
this plant grows. 
Serpent’s Tongue. Ophioglossum vulgatum, L.— Lyte. 
Service, Fowler’s. See Fowler’s Service. 
Service, Maple. Pyrus iorminalis, Sm. — Pratt. 
Service, Wild. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertn. — Prior, p. 210. Eather 
P. torminalis, Sm. 
Service-berry. Pyrus Aria, Sm. — Moray. El. II. The ‘ climbing 
service berries ripe and brown ’ of Clare’s poem, ‘ The Last of Autumn,’ 
can hardly be the same. 
Service-tree, or Servise Tree. Pyrus domestica, Sm. — Turn. Hames. 
Mentioned by Tusser (E. D. S. ed.) amongst cultivated fruits. Prior, 
p. 209. 
Servoile. ‘ The wild honeysuckle.’ Hal. Lonicera Perichjmenum, 
L., a corruption of the French chevre-feuille. 
Setfoil. (1) Potentilla Tormentilla, Sibth. The leaves be . . . 
somtimes five, but commonly seven, whereupon it tooke his name 
Setfoile.’’ Ger. 8T0. Prior, p. 209. 
(2) M^gopodium Podagraria, L. — Lyte. 
Setterwort. (1) Hellehorus foetidus, L. — -Ger. ‘ If hoggs or other 
cattle be subject to the murraine it is usuall ... to cut an hole in the 
ear or dewlap, and put therein a piece of the root of Bearsfoot, which 
some call pegging, some settering, and therefore the plant is by some 
called setterwort,^ Coles, A. in E., p. 110. Also called Setter [Nor/.), 
and Setter-grass {Yks.). Prior, p. 210. 
(2) Hellehorus viridis, L. — North, Eay, Grose. 
Setwall. Valeriana pyrenaica, L. — Turn. ISTames. Hal. spells it 
Setewall. Ger. (p. 919) says this plant is called ‘ in English Setwall, 
but improperly ; for that name belongeth to Zedoaria, which is not 
Valerian,’ and the word is probably a corruption of Zedoaria. But it 
seems to have been generally applied to the Valerian in Gerard’s time : 
he says, ‘ it hath beene had (and is to this day among the poore people 
of our northerne parts) in such veneration amongst them, that no 
brothes, pottages, or phisicall meates are woorthe anything, if SetwaU 
were not at one end : wherupon some woman poet or other hath made 
these verses ; They that will have their heale. 
Must put Setwall in their keale.’ 
Parkinson (Theatr. 124) also assigns the name to the Valerian, but 
adds, ‘ Setwall is proj erly Zedoaria, an Out-landish roote in the Apo- 
