ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Snoxuns. Digitalis jyurimrea, L. — Glou. (Forest of Dean) K. & Q. 5tli 
S. X. 48. ‘ ’A went a-buz’n away like a dumbley dory in a snoxun,’ 
is a phrase by which the Forest-folk sometimes express their opinion 
of a humdrum preacher/ ihid. Snock is used in the West of England 
to signify a smart blow ; the name snoxuns may be applied to foxgloves 
because of children using the flowers as crackers, and exploding them 
by a ‘ snock ’ on the ball of the thumb.’ N. & Q. 5th S. x. 179. 
Snuflf-mill, The Devil’s. Ly coper don Bovista, L. — ‘ A species of 
fungus, called the Devil’s snuff-mill, which, when rotten and dried, 
goes to dust as soon as touched.’ Scotl. Jamieson (sub v. Fluff. [5]). 
Soafs. Willows; the genus /Sa/zaj. (Wensleydale). 
Soapwort. Saponaria officinalis, L. — Lyte, who also calls it Soap- 
wort Gentian. ‘ The leaves . . . yeelde out of themselves a certaine 
iuice when they are brused, which scowreth almost as well as sope.’ 
Ger. 360. Prior, p. 216. 
Sod-apple. Epilohiwn hirsidum, L. — South. ‘ The country folk call 
it the sod-apple, and say the leaves crushed in the fingers have some- 
thing of the scent of apple-pie.’ Pound about a Great Estate, p. 35. 
Soft-grass. Holcus mollis, L., and H. lanatus, L. — With. ed. ii. 
Soft-leaf. An old name for a variety of the garden Anemone (A. 
coronaria, L.). Pea (Flora [1676] p. 117) speaks of two varieties called 
‘ by the Walloons about London, that bring them over out of France 
and Flanders to sell. Hard-leaf and Soft-Uaf ; ’ the flower, he says, is 
^a little hard in handling, and therefore by some called Hard-leaf.’ 
Soldier, Freshwater. Stratiotes aloides, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 85. 
Soldiers. (1) Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — W. dies.; North (also Red 
Soldiers). 
(2) Anemone nemorosa, L. — S. Bucks, (or White Soldiers). 
(3) Lythrum Salicaria, L. — Norf. 
(4) Papaver Rlioeas, L. — Norf. 
(5) Plantago lanceolafa, L. — Notts. ; Som. ; Scotl. Jamieson ; Clack- 
mannansh. (Sodgers) ; Dumfriessh. 
(6) Fruit of Rosa canina, L. — Kent (Canterbury). 
Soldiers-and-Sailors. Pulmonaria officinalis, L., in allusion to its 
flowers of two colours — red and blue. Suff. (Halesworth). 
Soldiers’ Buttons. (1) Geranium Robert ianum, L. — S. Bucks. 
(Wycombe). 
(2) Galium Aparine, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
(3) Caltha palustris,!^. — Som. (Soldier Buttons). 
Soldiers’ Buttons, Lousy. See Lousy Soldiers’ Buttons. 
Soldiers’ Cap. Aconitum Napellus, L. — Nhainp. E^th. Gloss. 
Soldiers’ Feathers. Phleum pratense, L.—K Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Soldiers’ Jackets. Orchis mascula, L. — Dors. Science-Gossip, 1882, 
p. 45. 
Soldiers’ Tappie. Plantago lanceolata, L.~Forf. 
