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A DICTIONARY OF 
Silver Thistle. Onopordum Acanthium, L. — Lyte. 
Silver- weed. Potentilla Anserina, L. — Lyte. Suff. ; N. Yks. ; E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Irel. {Co. Louth). Cfr. Argentina. Prior, p. 
213. 
Simgreen, Bempervivum tedorum, L. — S. Bucks. See Sengreen. 
Simmeren. ‘A primrose’ {Primula vulgaris^ L.), Yks. (Swaledale). 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 1. 
Simpler’s Joy. Verbena officinal is, L. — With. Cormo. Prior, p. 
213. 
Simson, or Simpson. Senecio vulgaris, L. — East, Pay. Hal. ; Ess. ; 
South, Ray ; Suf. Ray. Corrupted from Sencion, which see. Prior, 
p. 213. 
Sincles, White. ‘ White sincles are very had for sheep in pastures 
and in fallows.’ Ellis (Shep. Guide, p. 144) quotes this from ‘ an old 
but good author, J. B.’ We do not know what plant is meant. 
Sinewey. (Fr. senere.) Seed of Sinccjns nigra, L. — ‘IMustard seed. 
As hath the corn o-f synewey.’ Gesta Romanorum. Hal. 
Siney. (1) ‘The bladder-nut tree.’ Staphglea pinnata, L. — Hal. 
who quotes it from Hollyband’s Dictionarie. 
(2) Hesperis matronalis, L. — Dev. (Plymouth). Flora of Plymouth, 
p. 19. See Close Sciences. 
Single Castle. Orchis mascula, L., and 0. Morio, L. — Dors. FT. & 
Q. 6th S. vi. 198. 
Single-guss. Orchis mascula, L. — Som. Holl. ; H. & Q. 5th S. 
viii. 358 (Singlegus) ; West. Hal. W^r. 
Single-leaf. Maianthemum hifolium, DC. — Lyte. 
Singreen. Sempervivum teciorum, L. — Turn. Bucks., Hants., 
Monthly Packet, N. S. xxx. 409 ; Wight, E. D. Soc. Gloss. 
Sinicle. Sanicula europcea, L. — dies. See Sanicle. 
Sinj in-wort. A corruption of St. John’s AYort. Yarioiis species ot 
Hypericum. Herts. ; Oxf. (Sinj ons wort). 
Sinkfield. A corruption of Cinquefoil, from its quinate leaves. 
Potentilla reptans, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 213. 
Sinna-green. Sempervivum tectorum, L. — Sal. (Pulverbatch). 
Sinsion. See Sencion. 
Sion (from Lat. Slum). Helosciadium nodijlorum, L. — Turn. Herb. 
Sissel, or Sissle. The usual pronunciation of thistle in Suss. Parish. 
Hal. 
Sisters, or Four Sisters. Polygala vulgaris, L. {P. depressa, 
Wend.), in allusion to the four colours — white, pink, blue, and purple 
— of the flowers upon diflerent plants. Ireland (Co. Waterford). 
