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A DICTIOXARY OF 
cockneys who take them for muskrooms.’ Sowerky, English Fungi, 
t. 304. 
Whiteheads. ‘ Spikes of Ti/plia latifolia, L., when the downy 
matter has ripened and lost the colour which leads to the designation 
Blackheads’ Dev. Friend. 
White Ladies. This name is given to the snoAvdrop {Galanthus 
nivalis, L.) in ‘ Strathmore,’ a novel by ‘ Ouida,’ but whether in 
actual use we do not know. It has the ring of a genuine English 
plant-name. 
White-leaf- tree. Pijnis Aria, Sm. — Evelyn (Sylva). From the 
silvery under-surface of the leaves. 
White Nancy. See Nancy, Sweet. 
White Rice. See Rice, White. 
White-root. Polygonatum multiflorum, All. ‘The roote is white 
and thicke.’ Ger. 755. Lyte. Prior, p. 249. Gerard (p. 645) as- 
signs the name also to Pingiiicula vulgaris, L. — ‘In Yorkshire ... it 
is called White roote, but that name belongeth more properly unto 
Salomons seale ; ’ but this was an error on his part. See White Rot. 
White Rot. (1) Pinguicula vulgaris, L. — ‘They call it White rot, 
and not white roote, as Gerard saith, for the Country people doe thinke 
their sheepe will catch the rot, if for hunger they should eate thereof, 
and therefore call it the white rot, of the colour of the herbe, as they 
have another they call the red rot, which is Fedicularis red Rattle.’ 
Park. Theatr. 534. 
(2) Hydrocotyle vulgaris, L. — TT. Ches. ; Sal. Prior, p. 249. 
White Tansy. Achillea Ptannica, L. — Lyte. 
White-thorn. Cratcegus Oxyacantha, L. — Lyte. Ches. (rarely); 
Cormu. ; Dev. ; Warm. ; Yks. Prior, p. 249. 
White-weed. (1) Achillea Ptannica, L. — Prel. (Belfast) Flora Eel- 
fa stiensis. 
(2) Anthriscus sylvestris, Hoffm. E. Yks. 
White-wood. (1) Tilia europcza, L. — Hal. Wore. (Whitwood). 
Hal. 
(2) Viburnum Lantana, L. — Dors. See Whitten-tree. In Ches. 
all other kinds of timber besides oak are distinguished as IMiitewood. 
Whitewort. (1) Pyrethrurn Parthenium, L. — Lyte. Ger. Wight, 
FI. Yect. 
(2) Polygonatum multifiorum. All. Turn. Prior, p. 249. 
Whitlow Grass. See Grass, Whitlow. 
Whitten-tree. This name is assigned by Lyte to Viburnum Opulus, 
L. ; he says, ‘ I take this to be a shrub that is called in English 
Whittentree, whereof are two kinds, one in all points agreeable with 
Samhucus jmlustris [Y. Opulus'], the other altereth in leafe; for his 
leaves be like to Elme or Witch Hasell, and this kinde is veiy tough 
and flexible.’ This second tree is V. Lantana, L., and this, from the 
white underside of its leaves, seems to be the right, as it is at present 
