ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Bawsey Fern. Lastrea cridata^ Presl. Bawsey, Norf.^ where it 
grows. 
Bazzies. Flowerheads of Arctium Laijpa, L. — Kent. 
Bead-bind. Tamus communis, L. — Sants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Beanweed. Pinguicula vulgaris, L. — Herts. A farmer living near 
William Ellis ‘ observed that his sheep were so much in love with a 
certain weed called Beanweed, that when they had an opportunity 
they would run greedily in quest of it. It grows in the moory 
ground of vales, comes up about a finger’s length, in the spring time 
of the year, like a bean, and most of all in wet weather ; the leaf of 
this beanweed is of so sammy a nature that it feels, on being squeezed, 
as if it was greased, and being thick withal, it contains much sap in 
it, and thereafter it presently breeds the rot in the bodies of the sheep.’ 
— Shepherd^s Guide, p. 164. 
Bearbine. add (1) Wore. (iTpton-on-Severn). 
(2) Kent; Middx. (Brentford). In Ellis’ Country Housewife 
(p. 266), Bearhind : ‘apply the rough part of the leaf bearhind to a 
green wound.’ 
(3) Kent. 
(5) Clematis Vitalha, L. — Kent. 
Bear Moss. Polytrichum commune, L. — Ootheca "Wooleyana, p. 102. 
Bear’s Breech, add Mr. Boulger Avrites ‘ The name occurs in a 
vernacular list of names of indigenous plants in Rudder’s Hist, of 
Gloucestershire. I am inclined to think a Helleborus is meant.’ 
Bears’ Ears, add Yks. (Almondhury). E. D. S. Gloss. 
Becky-leaves. Veronica Beccahunga, L. — Dev. (Torquay). Eriend. 
Bedwine. (2) add ‘ Vine is a common term in the South of England 
generally for any twining or scandent plant : thus Clematis Vitalha is 
called Bed-vine, or corruptly Bed-wine ; Tamus communis, wild vine, 
&c.’ Gard. Chron. 1843, p. 756. 
Bee-Elower. (1) add Kent. 
Beech, Hay. See Hay Beech. 
Beef and Greens. A variety of Prhnula vidgaris, L., having a red 
and green calyx. Yhs. Gard. Chron., Mar. 24, 1883, p. 372. 
Beet, add With respect to the resemblance of its seeds to the 
Greek /3 not being very apparent, it has been suggested that the 
likeness is to the old form of the letter (§). Chenopods are remarkable 
for the horseshoe shape of the embryo of the seed. 
Beggarweed. add (6) Cuscuta europcea, L. — Dors. (Sherborne). 
Ann. Agric., xii. 553 (1789). 
Beggar Lice, add Glou. (Cotswolds). 
Beldairy. add Ayrsh. (Belldera). Stat. Acc. Scotl., i. 747. 
Bell, Aul’ man’s. See Anl’ man’s Bell."^ 
Bell, Dead Man’s. (1) add Caithness. Stat. Acc. Scotl. xv. 128. 
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