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 ▲ GLCN3SART OF DEVONSHIRE* PLANT NAMES. 35 Lewbr, IrU Pseudacarusy L., and other '^ svoid-bladed plants ;" but emjdoyed in Somersetahiie lather than in Devon. I have there heard it applied to two or three different planta (See Britten, p. 304.) Not to be confounded with "Laver" (ibid. p. 301; Prior, p. 135), but connected with Welsh UafrwyneUy Gaelic Luaehmr, (See Earle, Plcmi Names, pp. 19, 91.) Lick, a corruption of Leeh "Ab green as a lick" is a common DevoniQiire expression. " Not worth a leke " was a common ex- pression in early poetry, 8a3rs Halliwell. (Cf. Earle, pp. 24, 26, &c) Littlb-and-Phbttt, the common Virginia Stock. Elsewhere the name is applied to London 'Pnde,—Saxtfraga umbroaa, L. (Britten, p. 310. Qf. Nonb-so-prbttt.) LoADT Nut, a double nut " I '11 gee thee a loady-rmt to boot." — Devonshire Coutiehipy pp. 39, 67. Regarded as lucky, and as a cure for toothache if carried in the pocket (Trans, Devon. Assoc. xi. p. 105.) In Scotland St John's Nut" is the name for two nuts growing together in one husk, the possession of which is supposed to secure against witchcraft." — cTamieson, Scotch Diet {Qf. Britten, p. 280.) Looks and Keys, fruit of Ash and Mapla (Jf. Keys. (Britten, p. 312.) Long Pubplbs, Orchis maseula, L. "We have here (on Dart- moor) crow-flowers . . . and 'long purples.'" — Bray, Borders of Tamar and Tavy, L p. 273. (See Plant Lore of Shakespeare^ s.y.; also Britten, p. 313; Prior, p. 139.) LooK-up-AND-Kiss-ME, Soxifroga umbrosa, L. (See Kiaa-MS.) Cf. Britten (p. 313), who applies the name again to the Pansy, as all the earlier writers do, showing that London Pride is a usurper. Lords and Ladibs, Arum Tnacvlatumy L. The general name. (Prior, p. 139; Britten, p. 314.) Lost Love. "And &e 'lost love' would have reminded her (z.c. Ophelia) of Hamlet" — Borders of Tamar and Tavy, i 273. Mrs. Bray mentions this as a Dartmoor plant, but gives us no clue to the flower itself. I have made inquiries, and found that the name, like many others, has a floating existence in the brains of some old people, who, however, could not say what plant was meant. I have no doubt that, if some members of the Association will make inquiries among the people in distant places in Devonshire, this and many others could be identified. I should be very thank- ful to ladies or gentlemen who would give the smallest items of information, especially if a specimen of the plant could be sent when the contributor is not positive about the scientific name of the plant. There are many plants connected with "Love," but neither Britten nor Prior record this name, nor have I as yet found it in any other work bearing on flower names. See next entry. LovB-ENTANOLED, Ntgdla damascenOy L. "And Love supplies ' many with his name ; for we have a plant caUed 'seven years' love ;' and ' love entangled,' a wild picturesque flower that grow^ on the D 2