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A DICTIONARY OF 
Twitch, Surface. ‘(1) Polygonum aviculare, L., and (2) Agrostis 
stolonifera any usti folia, are indifferently called surface twitch or red 
robin by farmers.’ Holdich, Essay on Weeds. 
Twitch, Water. Agrostis vulgaris, L. — Camh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Twitch-grass. See Grass, Twitch. 
Two Faces under a Hat. Aquilegia vulgaris, L. — Suss. 
Two-faces-under-the-sun. Viola tricolor, L. — Sal. (Wortlien). In 
Turn. Names, Two-faces-in-a-boode. 
Twopence. Lysimachia Nummiilaria, L. (Prior, p. 240), or Two- 
penny Grass (Turn. Names). 
Twopenny Grass. See Grass, Twopenny. 
Twyfoil. See Twayblade. 
Tyne. See Tine. 
Umbrella Leaves. Petasiles vulgaris, Desf. — Yks. 
Uncorn. Avena fatua, L. — N. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Undergrounds. ‘Anemones. Dev.' Hal. 
Unifoil. Maianthemum hifolium, D.C. Holme, Acad. Armoury, 
ii. 58. 
Unshoe-the-Horse. BotrycMum Lunaria, L. — ‘ Moomvort is an 
herb which they say wil open locks, and unshoo such horses as tread 
upon it ; this some laugh to scorn, and those no smal fools neither ; 
but country people that I know, cal it Unshoo the Horse; besides I 
have heard commanders say, that on White Down in Devon-shire near 
Tiverton, there was found thirty hors-shoos, pulled off from the feet 
of the Earl of Essex his horses being there drawn up in a body, many 
of them being but newly shod, and no reason known, which caused 
much, admiration ; and the herb described usually grows upon 
heaths.’ Culpeper, ed. 1653. Prior (p. 241), who also assigns the 
name to Hippocrejns comosa, L. 
Upright Bur. Lycojpoclium Selago, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Upstart. ColcMcum autumnale, L. — Baxter. Prior, p. 241. 
Urchin. ‘ The key of the ash-tree.’ Hal. This would be Fraxinus 
excelsior, L : We suspect, however, that the fruit of the Horsechestnut 
{.iPsculus Hippocastanum, L.) is intended. 
Urchin Crowfoot. See Crowfoot, Urchin. 
Urles. ‘ Tares.’ Hal. Vida sativa, L. 
Uvula-wort. Campanula Trachelium, L. — ‘ In English . . . Uvula 
woort, of the vertue it hath against the paine and swelling thereof.’ 
Ger. 366. See Tbroatwort. 
Valara. Valeriana officinalis, L. — S. TV. Ciimh. Cfr. Villera. 
Valerian. (1) The general name for the genus Valeriana, especially 
