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A DICTIONARY OF 
plains tlie name : ‘ In Oxon and Northants there is a flower . . . which 
is said to have been stigmatised by the Virgin, and condemned to a 
life of inutility. She used to employ it for the manufacture of an 
ointment, but on one occasion 
‘ ‘ She could not find it in time of need, 
And so she pinched it for a weed.” 
, . . Every leaf has a dark spot in the centre, just as though it had 
been pinched, on which account it goes by the name of pinch- weed.’ 
Virgin Mary’s Thistle. Carduus Marianus, L. — Bucks. ; Clies. ; 
Hants.; Norf. (Virgin’s Thistle). Hal. [Carduus benedictus). 
Virgin’s Bower. Clematis Vitalba, L. — With. ed. iv. Irel. Prior, 
p. 243. Various species of Clematis, especially G. Flammula, L. — Ger. 
Virginia Rose. Liqnnus lideus, L. — Coles, A. in E. 333. 
Vlix (Flax). Liniim usitatissimum, L. — Dors. 
Vuss, or Vnz. A West country pronunciation of Furze. Ulex 
europcBus, L. — Pulman. Also Vuzzen. Dors. Dors. Gloss. 
Vylip. See Vilip. 
Waar. Seaweed. See Ware. 
Waberan Leaf, and Wabert Leaf. See Waybread. 
Wad. Isatis tinctoria, L. — Turn. Libellus. 
Waggering Grass. Briza media, L. — N. Yks. Pulman has 
Waggin Grass. 
Wag Wanton. Briza media, L.— Wade, Cat. PL (1794), 22. Hal. 
Bucks. ; also (at Wycombe) Wig-wag Wanton ; Dors. Dors, Gloss, 
(also Wagwant) ; Som. Prior, p. 244 (Wagwant). 
Wake-at-noon. Ornitliogalum umhellatum, L. — Wight, Phyt. hi. 
971, O.S. 
Wake-pintle. Arum macidatum, L. — Prior, p. 244. 
Wake Robin. Arum macnlatum, L. — Lyte. Ches. ; N. and E. 
Yks.; Suss.; Scotland, Jamieson. Prior, p. 244. 
Wale-Wort. See Wall-wort. 
[Wall, Water, White, and Wood are applied, as distinguishing ad- 
jectives (especially in books), to many plant-names, for the most part 
not in actual use : we have not given these a separate entry unless 
circumstances seemed to require it.] 
Wall Barley. See Barley, Wild. 
Wallflower. (1) A frequent name for CheirantJms Clieiri, L., 
which ‘ groweth upon bricke and stone wals ’. Lyte. E. Bord. Bot. 
E. Bord. Ger. 371. Prior, p. 245. 
(2) Helianthus annuus, L. — Sal. In answer to an inquiry, Miss 
Jackson writes : ‘ I am quite sure about Wallflower being Helianthus 
annuus ; it struck me as so odd that I made every inquiry about it.’ 
