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A DICTIO:^ARY OF 
ed. ii. ; Wario. ; Ireland. — Sometimes extended to other grasses with 
similar habit and creeping rhizomes, as AgrosUs vulgaris, L. (TForc. 
Ann. Agric. xvii. 38), A. alha, L. (With. ed. iv. dloii., Staff.), A. 
stolonifera, L. (also Squitcb. Grass), Poa com^ressa, L. {Gluu.). Prior, 
p. 222. 
Squitch Grass, Black, See Black Squitch Grass. 
Stab-wort. Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Park. Theatr. , 747, where it is 
said to be ‘ singular good in wounds, punctures, thrusts, and stahhes 
into the body.’ Prior, p. 222. 
Staff Rush. Jimcus conglomeratus, L. — ‘The round-headed rush.’ 
Hal. Yks. Hallamsh. Gloss. 
Stagger-wort. Senecio Jacohcea, L. — ‘ The countrey people do call it. 
Staggerwoort and Stauerwoort.’ Ger. 219. Park. (Theatr. 671) says ‘it is 
held to be a certaine remedie to helpe the staggers in horses;’ and Coles 
(A. in E. p. 144) adds, ‘indeed it is not without a signature thereof: 
the unevennesse of the edges of the leaves being like unto those 
uneven motions which horses make in that disease. Prior, p. 222. 
Stag Horn, or Stag’s Horn. Lycopodium clavatum, L. — W. Cumh.; 
Stirlingsli. 
Stags-horn Moss. (1) Lycopodium clavatum, L. — E. Lord, Bot. 
E. Bord. 
(2) Ilypnum purum, L.— Nitidus & purus est Muscus, a terra & 
aliis sordibus liber, tener item & mollis, quam ob causam piscatores 
Lancastrienses eo utuntur ad purgandos vermes, bisque notus est 
nomine Stags-Horn Moss, ut me certiorem fecit Guil. Harrison.’ 
Dillenius, Hist. Muscorum (1741), 310. 
Stainch. ‘ A root like liquorice.’ Noiih. Hal. Ononis arvensis,Ij. 
Stallions (YJcs. AY. Pviding), or Stallions and Mares. Yks. (AYens- 
leydale). Arum maculaturn, L. 
Stanch Girs. See Girs, Stanch. 
Stancroppes. ‘ The herb crassula minor. See MS. Sloane, 5, f. 4, 
XV. Cent.’ Hal. Seduin acre, L. 
Standelwort, or Standergrass. The species of Orchis and allied 
plants. ^ Standehuorte, or Standergrass’ (Byte, p. 217), from the Ger- 
man Standelcruyt. Ger. (Appx.) has Standelwelks for Orchis mas- 
cula, L. — Prior (p. 222) has Standerwort. All these names refer to 
certain supposed properties of the plants. Cfr. Dog Standard. 
‘ Therefore, foul standergrass, from me and mine 
.• I banish thee, with lustful turpentine.’ 
Beaumont and Fletcher, ‘ Faithful Shepherdess.’ Act ii. sc. 2. 
Stane-bark. ‘ Liverwort.’ Roxh. Jamieson. This should be Alar- 
chantia polymorpha, L., but more likely some lichen, perhaps Par- 
melia saxatilis is meant. 
Stane-raw. Parmelia saxatilis, Ach. — N. Scotland and Orkneys. 
Jamieson. ‘ A.S. stan, Isl. stein, stone, and raive, hair.’ 
Staner-wort. See Staverwort. 
