A GLOSSARY OF DEVONSHIRE PLANT NAMES. 13 may be regaided as the old plnial ending, which would give ns << bullace " elaewheie. Perhaps this is the same as Welsh bwlas^
- ' winter sloea
BuNNT Rabbit, Antirrhinum majus, L. Mr. Britten has Bonny Rabbit, with the remark, ^H,e. Bunny Rabbit, a tautological children's name." (p. 58.) I have not heard it called Bonny. (Dies, Romance Dictionary, p. 102.) BuBR, or Bird, (I) Arctium Lap2fn, L. ( 2) Galium Aparine, L. (3) The prickly fruit of the Chestnut (Cf, Britten, p. 76.) BuRRAOE, or BuRRiDOE, Bovago offidnalia, L. Around Newton. Probably the rough burr-like nature of the flowers has had some- thing to do with the corruption. Butter and Egos. Several flowers which have either two shades of yellow, or yellow and another colour joined in one blossom. (1) Nareissua poeticus, L, and several other kinds. In fact, the name is applied to almost any or every species ; but some use it only of N. biflorus, others only of N, Pseudo-narcissus, &c. (2) Linaria vulgaris, L. " Deliciously symbolized," says Mr. Doveton, Western Antiquary, L 114. (Britten, p. 78 ; Prior, p. 34 ; Trans, Devon, Assoc, xiii. 203-4. Cf, Egos and Bacon ; Flora Dom, p. 27.) Buttercup. In addition to the various kinds of Ranunculus which usually bear the name, applied to (1) Ranunculus Ficaria, L., or the Lesser Celandine. (2) Caltha palustris, L., or the Marsh Marigold. When I made this statement last year a member of the Association disputed it, on the ground that the Marsh Marigold was quite unlike a butter- cup, and could not be confused with it. Perhaps those who will take the pains to read these notes, or study Mr. Britten's work, will be led to a different conclusion ; and if that is not sufficient, they need only spend a week rambling about the country, and they will soon learn how vague is the application of plant names among even the fairly educated classes. In Somerset the Caltha palustris is called " Big Buttercup," and similar names are applied to it else- where. (Britten, p. 79.) Butter Robe, (1) Ranunculus aeris, L., and the other varieties usually known as buttercapa An old lady at Abbotskerswell told me that in her young days they used to go out and gather butter rosen. (2) Primula vulgaris, L., or the common Primrose, on account of its yellow colour, and its being already called rose." The old plural ending is still common in some parts of Devon, primrosen, as in butter rosen, and Lent rosen. I have this name ^m North Devon. Buttons, Beggar's, Arctium Lappa, L., the flower heads of Burdock. (Britten, p. 80.) Buttons, Cockle, Arctium Lapjta, L. ** Cockle" probably = Cuckold. (Britten, pp. 80, 133.)
