ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Dog’s Myrrh. ‘Corn Parsley (Petroselinum segehim), called locally 
Dog’s Myrrh.’ Aberdeensh. Jolly’s Life of John Duncan, p. 325. 
We suspect Myrrhis odorata, L., was intended. See Myrrh. 
Dog’s tausle (tassel). Arum maeulatum, L. — Som. (very common). 
Dog’s tail. ‘ Fescue (dog’s tail).’ Camh. Agric. Surv. The grass 
usually called Dog’s tail is Cynosurus cristatus, L. 
Dog’s-toe. Geranium Rdhertiamim, L. — Ireland (Co. Donegal), ‘in 
allusion to the fruit- carpels.’ H. C. Hart. 
Donkey’s Ear. Stachys lanata, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Donkey’s Oats. Rumex acetosa, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Doon-head-clock. Leontodon Taraxacum, L. — ‘Eustics, to know 
the time of the day, pull the plant and puff away at its downy head, 
and the puffs it takes to blow the down from off it is reckoned by 
them the time of the day.’ Mactaggart, Grallov. Encyl. 
Dotherum. Veronica liederifolia, L. — Clies. (Banbury). 
Dover Grass. See Grass, Dover. 
Double Sciney. See Close Sciences. 
Dragon-flower. Iris Pseudacorus, L., and I. foetidissima, L. — Dev. 
Friend. 
Drake’s feet. Orchis mascula, L. — N. Line. 
Drawling, add (2) E. polystachyon, L. — Peebles, Stat. Acc. Scotl., 
iii. 61. Leaves of E. vaginatum, L. — Cheviots. Ann. Agric., xxvii. 
182. 
Drew, add (2) Zostera maidna, L. — Shetland. Edmonstoii’s 
Flora, p. 15. 
Droke. add (2) Kent. Card. Chron. 1843, 571. 
Drooping Willow. (1) Salix hahylonica, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(2) Cytisus Laburnum, L. — -Dev. Friend. 
Drops of Snow. Anemone nemorosa, L. — E. Suss. 
Drunkard. Cedtha palustris, L. — S. Dev. Eev. H. Friend, who 
says, ‘ I asked, “ Why do you call them drunkards ? ” Eeply, “ Because 
they say if you gather them you will become a drunkard.” Of course 
the true reason is their fondness for drink.’ 
Drunken Plant. Lolium temidentum, L. — Dev. (ISTorth Tawton). 
Gard. Chron., p, 661, 1843. 
Drunken Slots. Valeriana officinalis, L. — Som. 
Drunken Sailor. Centranthus ruber, DC. Dev. Friend. 
Drunken Willies. Centranthus ruber, DC. Som. (Dunster). 
Dryland Scout. Ileracleitm Sphondylium, L. — Ireland, Co. Tyrone, 
‘in the neighbourhood of the Eoch.’ Science Gossip, 1880, p. 255. 
Duck-meat, add Derb. ; Nhamp. (Brackley). 
Duck’s bills. Syringa vulgaris, L. — Dev. Friend. 
