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Stedfast. Richms communis, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. 
Steep-g^rass, Steep-weed, or Steep-wort. Plnguicula vulgaris, L. — 
Ireland (co. Antrim) ; Scotl. (South), Lightfoot, El. Scotica, ii. 1131. 
See Grass, Steep. 
Steeple Bells. Campanula pyramidalis, L. — Dev. 
Stein-raw. Parmelia saxatilis, Ach. — Orkneys. Jamieson. See 
Stane-raw. 
Stench Girs. See Girs, Stench. 
Stepmother. Viola tricolor, L. — Gardens. Yks. (Isrorthallerton, 
York; also Step-daughters); North, Hal., (‘The flower of the 
Violet,’ but no doubt the garden pansy is intended). Miss Alcott, in 
Little Men, refers to ‘ The story of the panzy (sic) — how the step- 
mother leaf sat up in her green chair in purple and gold ; how the 
two own children in gay yellow had each its little seat, while the 
step-children, in dull colours, both sat on one small stool, and the 
poor little father, in his red night-cap, was kept out of sight in the 
middle of the flower.’ We have not met with this in English literature. 
Sticliewort. ‘ The herb lingua avis. It occurs in MS. Sloane, 5, f. 
5.’ Hal. Stellaria Holostea, L. See Bird’s-tongue (1). 
Stick-a-back. Galium Aparine, L. — -Ches. (about Lyinm Stickle- 
back) ; Cumb. (Sticky-back) E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. It is a common 
amusement with children to put long pieces of the plant on each 
other’s backs, where it clings to the clothes. 
Stickadoue. Lavandula Stoeclias, L. — A corruption of the old 
Latin name. ‘ The apothecaries do cal the flower Stoccados in 
English Steckado, Stickadoue.’ Ger. 470. Prior prints it Stickadove 
(p. 224). 
Stickle-back. See Stick-a-back. 
Sticky Buttons. Heads of Arctium Lappa, L. — Dev. 
Sticky Grass. See Grass, Sticky. 
Stik pile. Er odium cicutarium, L’Her. — Ger. Appx. Hal. 
Stikpyle. ‘The herb acus demenys'' (sic). Hal. This would be 
Scandix Pecten, L., but we suspect the preceding is intended. 
Stinging Nettle. (1) A general name for Urtica dioica, L. — E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. In E. Yks., Tenging Nettle. 
(2) (Sting Nettle) Oaleopsis Tetrahit, L. — Ireland (Co. Derry). 
See Deye Nettle. 
Stingy Nettle. (1) Urtica dioica, L. — Dev. Friend. Nharnp. and 
Oxf., where the g is soft. 
(2) Lamium album, L., and other species. Dev. Friend. 
Stink Davie. Leontodon Taraxacum^ L. — Clackmannansh. 
Stink-horn. Phallus impudicus, L. — ‘ This is known to all our 
Country People by the name of Stinkliorns ; Dr. Eichardsom’ E. Syn. 
ed. iii. 12. Hal. Yks. Hallamsh. Gloss. Prior, p. 224. 
