ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 457 
Strawberry Ware. Fucus vesiculosus, L., ‘when the receptacles are 
large and swollen.’ Scotland, Edinburgh Encycloj)[edia. 
Strebery. See Strawberry. 
Streeds. Phragmites communis, Trin. — Moray, FI. M. 
Strike. Ustilago carho, Tuh— Cites. 
Strings of Sovereigns. Lysimachia Nummularia, L. — Ireland {Co. 
Antrim). 
Strit. Juncus lamproca,rpus,^h.vh. — Irel. (Belfast). Flora Belfastiensis. 
Stroil, or Stroyl. Triticum repens, L. — Pratt. Cornw. ; Dev. ; in 
W. Dev. it is applied to other weeds as well, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 6. ; 
Som. ( ‘ Most commonly applied to the white worm-like roots which 
are turned up by the plough ; couch is used for the plant generally.’); 
West. Hal. 
Stub-apple. ‘ The wild apple. East."^ Hal. Pyrus Malus, L. 
Stubblewort. Perhaps a mistake for Stubwort. Markham’s Eng. 
Housewife (1660), p. 35. 
Stubwort. Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Lyte, ‘ doubtless from its grow- 
ing upon the rootes of great olde trees.’ Prior, p. 225. 
Sturdy. Loliwn temulentum, L. — ‘ Hear the sea-coast a sort of 
Poyson, I take it, called darnell, rises in the oats and other grain, 
very offensive to the brain, and cannot be cleaned out of the corn ; 
ye country people call it sturdy, from the effects of making people 
light-headed.’ — Description of the co. of Antrim, by Pichard Dobbs, 
1683. Irel. (Belfast) ; Scotland, Mactaggart’s Gallovidian Encyclo- 
pedia. The seeds of the plant cause giddiness, and as there is a 
sort of vertigo disease in sheep known as sturdy or staggers, it is not 
improbable that darnel has received the name from this circumstance. 
Meal is said to be sturdied when it has much darnel. 
Sturdy Lowries. Daphne Laureola, L. — Durli. (Castle Eden). 
Sturtion. A corruption of Nasturtium. Tropoeolum majus, L. — 
Prior, p. 225. 
Succamore. Acer Pseudo-platanus, L. — Sal. 
Succory. Cichorium Intylms, L. — ‘ Hodie vocat Suchery’ Turn. 
Lib. Tusser (Five Hundred Points) E. D. S. ed., spells it Suckerie, 
or Suckery. Prior, p. 225. 
Succory, Swine’s. A book-name for Arnoseris pusilla, Gsertn. 
Succory Dock Cress. See Cress, Dock. 
Suck-bottle. (1) Lamium alhum, L. — Nhamp. Sternb. 
(2) Flowers of Trifolium pratense, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
Suckies. (1) Pedicularis palustris, L. — Ayrsli. 
(2) Flowers of Trifolium pratense, L. 
Suckie Sue. Lamium alhum, L. — Berivicksh. 
Suckle-bush. Lonicera Periclymenum, L. — Norf. 
