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Spurge. The various species of Eupliorhia. — Lyte. The Caper 
Spurge is E. Lathyris, L. ; Cypress Spurge, E. Cyparissias, L. 
(Lyte); Flax Spurge, E. Far alias, L. (See Ger. 1216); Myrtle 
Spurge, E. Lathyris, L., a name invented by Turner (Herb.) ; Petty 
Spurge, E. Feplus, L. (Lyte) ; Sea Spurge, E. Faralias, L. (Turn, 
Herb.) ; Sun, or Sun-following, Spurge, E. Helioscopia, L. (Turn. 
Herb.); Wood Spurge, E. amygdaloides, L. (Turn. Herb.). All are 
mere book-names. Prior, p. 220. 
Spurge Laurel. Daphne Laureola, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 220, 
Spurge Olive. Daphne Mezereum, L. — Prior, p. 220. 
Spurge-wort. Iris fcetidissima, L. — ‘ This herbe is called in the yle 
of Purbek, Spourgewort, because the iuyce of it j)urgeth.’ Turn. 
Herb. ii. 172. 
Spurrey, or Spurry. Epergiila a.rvensis, L. ‘ On the stalk are set 
at distances, or joints, small narrow leaves, waving or bending in 
manner of a star or spur rowel of many points.’ Holme’s Acad, of 
Armory, ii. 98. Prior, p. 220. 
Spurt Grass. See Grass, Spurt. 
Spurwood. Ra.nunculiis Flammula, L. — At Sidbury, Dev., ‘they 
have a weed called Spurwood, or Spearwort, that they say runs up 
like a pike, and as sheep feed in their low grounds there, they eat 
this weed, and it tends much to the rotting of them.’ Ellis, Shepherd’s 
Guide (1749), p. 144, * 
Spurwort. Sherardia arvensis, L. — Prior, p. 220. 
Squabs. See Squatmore. 
Squatmore. Glaiieimn liiteum, Scop. ‘ Vulgarly called in Hampshire 
and Dorsetshire, Squatmore, or Bruseroot, as I was there informed, 
where they use it against bruises external and internal.’ James 
Newton in Phil. Trans, xx. 263 (1698), where there is a sufficiently 
remarkable account of the properties of the plant. Aubrey (Eoyal 
Soc. MS., p. 127) gives a similar account, and adds, ‘In our western 
language squat is a bruise, and a roote we call a more.’ In the south 
of England the plant is still known as Squat (Eng. Bot. [ed. iii.] 
i. p. 98). Lady Wilkinson has Squabs : a misprint? Coles (A. in 
E.) misprints the name Spatmore. 
Squill. The general name for the various species of Scilla. Prior, 
p. 221. 
Squinancy, or Squinancy-wort. Asperula cynanchica, L. — Prior, 
p. 221. 
Squinancy-berry. Rihes nigrum, L. — Hal. Lane., where drink 
made from the fruit is used in quinsy (which was formerly called 
squinancy) and other chest complaints. Prior, p. 221, 
Squirrel Tail. Hordeum maritimuni, L. — See Grass, Squirrel- 
Tail. Prior, p. 222. 
Squitch. Triticuni repens, L. — N. Bucks. ; Glou. Grose ; Leic. 
E. D. S. Gloss. ; Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. ; Sal. (Lichfield) Annals of 
Agriculture, iv. 415 ; TLorc. Ib. xvii. 38. Also Squitch Grass. With. 
