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p. 166 ; tliis is further identified at p. 283 Mentha aquatica. Hants. 
(New Forest). 
Bittersweet. (1) add ‘If you tast [the berries] you shal find 
them just as the crabs which we in Sussex call Bittersweet, viz. sweet 
at first and bitter afterwards.’ Culpeper. 
(2) add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Blackberry. (1) and (2). add N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. 6. 
Blackberry Token. Riibus ccesius, L. — Wilts. 
Black bides. Fruit of Ruhus fruticosus, L. — ‘ This term for that 
fruit not very common.’ Mactaggart, Gallov. Encycl. 
Black cap. add (2) Phallus impudicus, L. — Cumh. Hutchinson 
(1794). 
Black grass. (1) add Beds. Batchelor. 
(5) Agrostis stolonifera^ L. — Ess. (Laindon). Ann. Agric. xxi. 71. 
Black-heads. add Aherdeensli ; Dev. Friend; Irel. (Co. Fer- 
managh). Science Gossip, 1882, p. 43. 
Blackjacks. Heads of Plantago lanceolata^ L. — Sal. Shropsh. 
Word-book. 
Black Oak. See Oak, Black. 
Black Soap. (1) Scabiosa arvensis^ L. — S. Dev. Friend. Probably 
Scabiosa atropurpurea, L., is the plant intended. 
(2) Centaurea nigra, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Black Twitch. Festma ovina, L. — Beds. Batchelor. Gen. View. 
Agric. Beds. (1808), p. 323. 
Black Willow. See Willow, Black. 
Blacksmith’s Apron. Ramallna evernioides, Nyl. Dillenius, Hist. 
Muscorum, p. 163. 
Bladder-lock. Alaria esculenta,G!iQV. Kincardinesh. Stat. 
Acc. Scot!., xi. 200. 
Bladder Wrack. Fucus vesiculosiis, L. — Ireland (Donegal). 
Blaebows. Linum usitatissimum, L. — ‘ Blue flax bells ; the flowers 
of flax.’ Mactaggart, Gallo vid. Encycl. 
Blags. Fruit oi Ruhus fruticosus, L. — Ylts. (Almondbury). E. D. S. 
Gloss. 
Blanket-leaf. (1) add Dev. Friend. {2) Stachys lanata,^ — Dev. 
Friend, 
Bleaberry. (1) add Qumh. Hutchinson (1794). 
Bleeding Heart, add (3) Dielytra spectahilis, DC. Dev. Friend. 
(4) Viola tricolor, L. — Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Blethart. Rumex sanguineus, L. — ‘Bloodwort.’ Derh. Eeliquary, 
V. 157. 
Blob. (1) add Tics. (Almondbury). E. D. S. Gloss, 
