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A DICTIONARY OF 
Stool Bent. Jnncns squai'rosus, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E, Bord. ; Bcotl. 
(South), Lightfoot’s FI. Scot. ii. 1131. ‘Stool, a cluster of rushes,’ 
Nhamp. Sternberg. 
Stopwonr. ‘ The herb Alleluja.’ Hal. Oxalis AcetoseMa, L. — A 
corruption of Stohwort, or Stubwort. 
Stork’s-bill. A name usually applied in books to the genus Erodlum, 
but in Turn. Herb, to Geranium Rohertianum, L. — North, Ray. Lyte 
assigns it to Erodium moschatum, L’Her. 
Stortioner. (A corruption of Nasturtium, its common name in 
gardens.) Tropceoliim majus, L. — Yks. (E. and N. Holderness), E. D. 
S. Gloss. 0. 7. 
Stover Nut. Castanea vesca, L. Dev. (Newton Abbot). ‘ On 
account of the abundance of chestnuts in Stover Park.’ Friend. 
Strangle-tare. Orohanche. In Ger. Index. Also applied by Ger. 
and Park. (Theatr. 1072) to Vida hirsuta, L., and by Prior (p. 225) 
to Vida lathy roides, L., and Cuscuta europoea, L. 
Strangle-weed. (1) Cuscuta. Is said to be so called ‘ by country 
people’ in Gard. Chron. Jan. 29th, 1870. 
(2) A book-name for Orohandie. Lyte. 
Strap, Black. Polygonum aviculare, L. — Hants. 
Sirap-wort. A book-name for Corrigiola littoralis, L. — Prior, p. 225. 
Strawbed. Galium verum, L., Dev. ‘ By transposition for Bedstrawd 
Friend. 
Strawberry. The general name for Eragaria vesca, L., and the 
garden varieties of F. elatior, Ehrh. Turner (Names) calls the plant 
‘ a strawberry leafe,’ and the fruit ‘ a strawberry.’ F. elatior is ‘ called 
by the people of Godalmine (Swrr.) the Wild Straioherry, to distinguish 
it from the Wood Straioherry.’ Note on English Botany drawing of 
F. elatior, in the British Museum. Grete Herball (also Strabery) ; 
Ger. (Appx.) has Strawberries. The runners are called Straherry 
Wires in Sal., see Shropshire Word-Book, p. 416. Lydgate, writing 
in 1483, spells it Strawberry, as it is now spelt. Also commonly 
called Wild Strawberry. Hal. has ‘ Strebery, the Strawberry tree,’ 
but from the context it is plain that the Fragaria is intended. Prior, 
p. 225. 
Strawberry, Barren. A book-name for Potentilla Fragariastrum, L. 
Strawberry, Bog. Comarum palustre, L. — I. of Man. 
Strawberry Clover. A book-name for Trifolium fragiferum, L. — 
Prior, p. 225. 
Strawberry Plant. (1) A garden species of Potentilla. — N. Line. 
(Bottesford). 
(2) Potentilla Fragariastrum, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(3) Saxifraga sarmentosa, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Strawberry-tree. A common garden name for Arbutus TJnedo, L. — 
Lyte; from the appearance of the fruit. Prior, p. 225. In With, 
(ed. iv.) erroneously applied to Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Spr. 
