ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Stanmarch. Smyrnmm Oliisatnim, L. — Ger. Appx. Prior, p. 222. 
Stannen-gusses. Orchis mascula, L. — Som. (AVeston-super-mare). 
Science- Gossip, 1881, p. 258. 
Star. Jmicus squarrosus, L. — N.-E. Scotl. ‘ A bunch of sfai's or 
brnckles to redd the tobacco pipes.’ Gregors Folklore of North-east 
of Scotland, p. 51. In Cumh. Star Bent. E. D. S. Gloss, C. 8. See 
Stare. 
Star Flower. (1) Borrago offi^cinalis, L. — Dev. 
(2) Various species of Stellaria. — N. Line. : S. Eolostea, L. — E. Suss. 
(3) Ornithogalum umbellatum, L. — Bucks. 
Star-fruit. Actinocarpus Damasonium, Br. Prior, p. 222. 
Star Grass. See Grass, Star : and add 
(5) Asperula odorata, L. — ‘ The peasantry of Cumberland frequently 
dr}^ the pretty whorled leaves, which they call, not inaptly, Star-yersd 
Trans. Cumb. Assoc, pt. vii. p. 137 (1883). 
Star-falling. See Star-shot. 
Star-jelly. See Star-shot. 
Star-lights. Geranium molle, L. — S. Bucks. 
Star of Bethlehem. (1) Ornithogalum umhellatum, L. — Ger., who 
includes other species under the name. Tusser (Five Hundred Points) 
E. D. S. ed. ; Bucks. ; dies. ; Dev. ; and a very general name for the 
plant. Prior, p. 223. 
(2) Stellaria Holostea, 1 j. — TFcs^. Friend ; Notts.; Dumfriesli. ‘The 
Blessed Sacrament blossoms as it were, and the product is not a 
passion-flower, but the little slender white ornament of our hedge- 
rows, which the peasants in the North of England call the Star of 
Bethlehem.’ F. W. Faber, The Blessed Sacrament, ed. iii. p. 219. 
(3) Hypericum calycinum, L. — ‘ Goes very improperly under the 
name of the Bethlehem Star.’ — Burton, Midland Flora, 232. 
Star of Jerusalem. Tragopogon pratensis, L. — Lyte. Prior (p. 223) 
assigns the name to T. porrifolius, L. 
Tusser (Five Hundred Points) E. D. S. ed., gives the name in a list 
of ‘ herbes, branches, and flowers, for windowes and pots.’ It is 
probable he meant some more showy flower than either of the above. 
Star of the Earth. Under this name a plant was referred to in 
‘A Eeceipt to cure Mad Dogs .... communicated to the Royal 
Society by Sir Rob. Gordon’ (Phil. Trans, xvi. 298), and is there 
identified with Silene Otites, L. — Ray (Hist. Plant, ii. 1^5) says of 
this Silene, ‘ Haec herba vulgo Sufifolciensi Stella terras dieftur, estque 
in magna existimatione ad morsum Canis rabidi.’ He subsequently, 
however, ‘ concluded that the plant meant was the Coronopus [Plantago 
Coronopus, L.] ’ (Phil. Trans, xl. 453). In E. Suss. Senebiera Corono- 
pus, Poir. is so called. Pratt erroneously assigns the name to Qeum 
urbanum, L. 
Star-shot. Nostoc commune, Vauch. Applied to it in the belief 
that it was the remains of a fallen star. For a full account of this 
