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 6 A GLOSSABT OF DEV0K8HIRE PLANT NAMES. Trans. Devon. Assoc xiiL p. 202; and cf. Biitten, pp. 15, 16, Prior, p. 10 ; Earle's Plant Names^ p. budv. ^' The hannleBB netUe is here called 'archangels,' " says ^bs. Bray, in speaking of Dart- moor. Borders of the Tamar and Tavy, ckL 1879, voL L p. 274. Halliwell, av. Aroakb. Cf. Obgan (and Britten, pp. 16, 362). Abh-ketb. The samarm or fruit of the Ash. (Cf. Britten, p. 18, and ir^ra av. Logkb-amd-kbts, Shaoklbbs. Abbmabt, Polygonum Hydrapiper^ L. In Somerset the syllahles are also transposed, giving the name a very Yulgar appearance and sound. (Gf. Arseemart and Arsmart in Britten, p. 17 ; Prior, p. 10.) AuBTBALiAN Gbass, Oynerium argenteum, L., Pampas grasa In Sussex it is called Indian grass. AVBB. Cf. EVBR. Axb, FIiOWeb of thb. '^A name applied hy the country people about Azminster (Devon) to the rare Lobelia urens, L., which is found in Britain only upon Kilmington Common, near that town. See Journal of Horticulture, October 7th, 1875." (Britten, pp. 20, 21.) Bachelob's Buttons. A name which has been applied to a large number of flowers, chiefly on account of their button-like shape and appearance. Mr. Britten gives a list of seventeen plants so named in different places, and yet he has not by any means exhausted their number. The following are some of the plants which bear this name in Devonshire. Q,) Ranunculus acris-plenus^ L., the double-flowered garden variety. Gerarde mentions that it was in his time so called '' about London," as is still the case. (Britten, p. 21.) The £ev. Mr. Pulliblank kindly wrote me last year as follows : " I knew two ' Bachelors Buttons,' and cannot determine which of the two plants obtained the name more frequently. I can only say that I do not remember any other name for either. (1) A small double Eanunculus, which I think is the plant you are in search o£ The petals are exceedingly smooth and glossy, and incurved, like the globe flower. Many blooms on one stem, but not very definitely arranged. From my saying ''double" you will infer l^t it is a garden flower. It blooms about the end of May. We used to get plenty for our garlands on the 29th. The ' Retreat ' and < Quay House,' Kingsbridge, were our usual sources." He adds : (2) Cephalanthus oeddentalisy L., or the Button-busL {Cf. Outlines of Botany, p. 913.) (3) Scabiosa arvensisy L. More common in Somerset perhaps than in Devon. (4) Pyrethrum Parthenium^ L., which in the west of England, at least in those parts with which I am best acquainted, is the Bachelor^s Button par excellence. (5) Arctiwfn Lappa, L., or the burrs of the plant Burdock.