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A DICTIONARY OF 
Sweet Bitter (Suyt bitter). SoJcmwn Dulcamara, L. — This form of 
the common name Bitter-sweet is given by Lobel (Observationes, p. 136). 
Sweet Bracken. See Bracken, Sweet. 
Sweet Briar, or Brier. The general name for Rosa rubiginosa, L. — 
‘ Yulgus vocat swete hrere ’ ; Turn. Lib. E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ‘ In 
the neighbourhood of Plymouth {Dev.) B. micrantlia, not B. rubiginosa, 
sometimes constitutes the sweetbriar of cottage gardens.’ El. of 
Plymouth, p. 136. 
Sweet Chervil. Myrrhis odorata, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 228. 
Sweet Chestnut. A common name for Castanea vesca, L. 
Sweet Cicely. Myrrhis odorata, L. — Ger. Emac. Cumb. (Winder- 
wath) ; N. Yks. In Markham’s Country Housewife’s Garden (spelt 
Sweet Sicilly. In Yks. Sweet Ciss. (Curtis, Cat. of Settle Plants, 
1782). Prior, p. 228. 
Sweet Covey. Erodium moschatum, L’Her. — Skinner. 
Sweet Fern. See Fern, Sweet. 
Sweet Flag. Acorus Calamus, L. — TF. dies. Prior, p. 79. 
Sweet Gale. See Gale, Sweet. 
Sweet Grass. See Grass, Sweet : and add — 
(3) Zostera marina, L. — Ireland (Co. Donegal). 
Sweet Hairhoof. Asperula odorata, L. — N. and E. Yks. 
Sweet Hay. Spircea Ulmaria, L. — Suss. Monthly Packet, H. S. 
XXX. 410. 
Sweethearts. Galium Aparine, L. — Dev. Friend ; Yks. (York). 
Sweet Humlock. Myrrhis odorata, L. — Berwicksh. Bot. E. Bord. 
Sweet John. Dianthus harbatus,Y . — Tusser (Five Hundred Points) 
E. D. S. ed. Prior, p. 228. 
Sweet Leaf. Hypericum Androscemum,Y. — Dev. (Plympton). Friend. 
Sweet Mace. Achillea serrata, L. — Notts. ‘ I enclose a specimen 
of what is called Sweet Mace, a herb very much used in this part of 
Nottinghamshire (Newark). Loudon’s Gardener’s Mag., i. 470 (1826). 
Sweet Mary. Centranthus ruber, DC. — Bucks. 
Sweet Nancy, .in gardens. The double-flowered variety of Narcissus 
poeticus, L. — dies. ; Hants. ; Norf. 
Sweet Rush. Acorus Calamus, L. — Baxter. 
Sweet Sedge. See Sedge, Sweet, 
Sweet Vernal Grass. See Grass, Sweet Vernal. 
Sweet Violet. The general name of Viola odorata, L. — Lyte. 
Sweet William. (1) The general name for Dianthus barbatus, L. — 
Lyte. Prior, p. 228. 
(2) Cheiranthus Clieiri, L. — E. Line. Bullein, Book of Simples, 
fol. 46. 
