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 30 A GLOSSARY OF DEVONSHIRE PLANT NAMES. Holm, Home, Holn, Ilex Aqaifolium, L. {Trans, Devon, Ansoc, viii. 493, 505; xiii 89; Prior, p. 116; Britten, p. 264.) Many people aie for making the HoUy mean the Holy-tree. This can- not be, any more than God can be derived from good. We fsivour Grassman's etymology, who refers it to the root Iwlj denoting firm- ness, stiffiiess. (Cf, Eng. holt, German JiolZf and our verb to hold, Earle's Plant Names, xcv. pp. 19, 22.) HoNESTT, Lunana biennis, L. The common name for the plant eLsewhere. {Cf. Money-in-both-pockbts, Silks and Satins. Flora Historica, i. 299 and context ; Britten, p. 265.) Honeysuckle, Convclvtdiis septum, L. Not at all a strange designation when we consider how many plants bear the name. In Sussex the blossoms of the Willow are so called, on account of their sweetness. {Cf, the Scotch "souks,'' and Britten, p. 265; Prior, p. 118.) Hop Clover, Trifolium procumbens, L. Passing along the sea- waU between Teignmouth and Dawlish, about Whitsuntide of this year, I noticed on the cliffs large patches of a bright yellow flower, which had a most charming effect At my request one of the workmen on the line gathered a handful for my inspection, and told me it was "Wild Clover," the kind called "Hop Clover." In the distance it looked exactly like Trefoil for size and colour. Jones {Flora Dev,) caUs it Hop Trefoil; but that name belongs rather to Medicago lupidina, L. {Cf Britten, p. 267, where he gives both Hop Clover and Hop Trefoil, but only as book-names.) The size and colour of the flower-heads make the designation appear very apt ; and if the plant is common in Kent and Sussex (it IB some years since I lefb those parts to go abroad, so that I am not able to say if it is so), I should expect to And that the hop-growing population have this name in common use. (Prior, p. 119.) Horn Poppt, Olaicciiwi luteicra, L. From the middle of the flower a horn-like capsule springs up, and it is on this account that the name has been given. In Mrs. Lankester's Wild Flowers the illustrations, which are excellent, have got disarranged, and the name is applied by mistake to Papaver Argemone, L. Her remarks are very full of interest, p. 15, seq, (Prior, p. 120 ; Britten, p. 268.) HoBSE Buttercup, Galtlia jjoltcstris, L. " Why do you call it horse buttercup ) " Reply : " Because it is like a buttercup, only a large pattern," (For this use of the word "pattern" see Mat.) The Marsh Marigold is sometimes called^ ^* Buttercup^" with no qualifying or descriptive epithet. Horse Daisy, Chrysanthemum Leticantluemum, L. The large Ox- eye Daisy, also called Field Daisy and Thunder Daisy, which see. (See Trwns, Devon, Assoc, xiii. p. 208.) In Gloucestershire called "Moon Daisy." Horse Hardhead, Centaurea nigra, L. In all these cases the epithet " horse " denotes " large ; " and small flowers — ^Buttercups,