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A DICTIONARY OF 
Gascoign. a kind of cherry ('?). Cfr. Gascoignes and Gaskins. 
‘Oak, gascoign, red birch, beech, and hornbeam.’ .... ‘Ash, 
chesnut, willow, oak, asp, and gascoign.’ Kent. Agric. Survey. 
Gaul, add Dev. 
Gawan. Myrica Gale. L. — Cumh. Hutchinson (1794). Cfr. Gaul. 
Geal gowan, or Geal seed. Chrysanthemum segetuin, L. — Ireland 
(Donegal). 
Geese and Goslings, add Derh. 
Gentlemen-and-ladies. Arummactdaium, L. — Oxf. Science Gossip, 
1882, p. 165. Cfr. Ladies-and- gentlemen. 
Gentleman’s tormentors. Galium Aparine, L. — Stiff. (Ipswich). 
Geranium, Wild, add Geranium Rohertianum, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(2) Lychnis diurna^ Sibth. and L. Vespertina, Sibth. Cites. Friend. 
Germander, add (3) Veronica Chamcedrys, L. — Ireland. ‘ The 
clear germander eye.’ Tennyson. 
Gernnt. Tubers of Bunium Jlexuosum. With. North. Phil. 
Trans., xvii. 826. 
Geuky-flower (i. e. Cuckoo-flo’wer). (1) Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — 
Dev. Friend. 
(2) Orchis mascula, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Gibbals. ‘ Went to Eummy marshes, about two miles from Cardiff, 
where we saw large crops of the Plantago maritima, call’d here by the 
People Gihhals, which the Hogs are very fond of. They rout up the 
Roots as we saw, and grow fat upon them, as were assured.’ John 
Lightfoot’s MS. account of a Botanical Excursion in Wales in 1775, 
preserved in the Dept, of Botany, Brit. Mus. 
Giggary. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Dev. Friend. Cfr. 
Gregory. 
Gild-cups. The various species of Ranunculus and Caltha palustris, 
L. — Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Gilding-cup. Ranunculus Ficaria, L. — Dors. 
Gilliflower. add (4) Polemonium cveruleum, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Gilliflower, Whitsun, add The single form is so called in 
Sal. (Ellesmere) Shropsh. Word-book. 
Gilty cup. add Ranunculus Ficaria, L. — Som. (the usual name). 
Ginger, add (2) Sedum rejiexum, L. — Kent (Romney Marsh). 
(3) Tanacetum vidgare, L. — N. Bucks. ; Herts, (general) ; Lane. 
Ginger plant, add N. Bucks.; Kent. (Igtham). 
Ginger, Green. Artemisia vulgaris, L. — Line. (Lincoln). 
Ginger Mushroom. A poisonous species of Agaricus is known by 
this name at Worksop Notts. See Gard. Chron., Nov. 17, 1883, 
p. 663. 
