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under Cane-apple) we find the following query : ‘ Macmmhoy. Whe- 
ther there be such a thing at all, that this herb should purge the body 
merely by external touch, or whether it be a fable, what particular 
observations have been taken for or against it, the shape of the herb, 
and in what place it groweth ? ’ 
Mallow, Maksh. add Dev. ; Sal. 
Mally-gowl (Marigold). Calendida officiiudis, L. — Yks. (Cleveland). 
Mandrake. (2) add Herts. 
(5) Circcea lutetiana, L. — N. Dev. 
Man- tie. Polygonum aviculare, L. — Dev. (‘the usual name/ Mr. 
Elworthy) ; Som. 
March and May. Arahis alpina^ L. — Nhamp. (Brackley). 
Mare-blob, add Glou. (Chedwortb). 
Mare’s tail, add (2) Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. — Ireland (Co. 
Donegal). Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 144. 
Marg. Anthemis Cotida, L. — Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. ; Suss. Cfr. 
Morgan. 
Marigold, Spanish. See Robin Hood. 
Marjoram, Pot. Origanum vulga,re^ L. — iV.-TF. Line. E. D. S. 
Gloss. 6. 
Markerry. Chenopodium Bonus Hemdeus, L. — Cumh. and Westm. : 
‘ used as spinach, and always called Markerry d Mrs. Atkinson. See 
Mercury (2). 
Mary’s Tears. See Virgin Mary’s Milk. 
Marsh Corns. Roots of Potentilla Anserina, L. — Irel. (co. Tyrone). 
Science Gossip, 1881, p. 278. Antrim and Down, E. D. S. Gloss. The 
root is roasted and eaten. See Marsh. Corn. 
Masheroon. A mushroom. Antrim and Down. 
Masslinn. Viscum albicm, L. — Suf. Science Gossip, 1882, p. 214. 
Mast. (2) add Sal. (Mass). 
May. (1) add Cormv. IST. & Q. 1st S. xii. 297. Glou. (Chedwortb) ; 
Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
(4) Ulmus cumpestris, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(5) Viburnum Tinus, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(6) Arahis alpina, L. — Som. Friend. 
Mr. Friend says that it is not the flowers of Acer Pseudoplatanus, L. 
that are so called, but the branches in early leaf. 
May Blob, add (3) TroUius europceus, L. — Leic. E. D. S. Gloss. 
May bush. See May, and add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
May Flower. (1) add Lane. (Preston). Science Gossip, 1882, 
p. 164. 
(2) add Cumh. (Winderwath). Mrs. Atkinson, who writes, ‘ this 
was also called May flower at Ellesmere, Salop ; thirty j’-ears ago I 
