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20 A GLOSSART OF DEVONSHIRE PLANT NAMES. Delicate Bess, Valeriana Cdtica, L. The white variety. {Of. Bouncing Bess.) Deutsa, Dielytra upectahUis, DC. Either a corruption of the word Dielytra, which gets strangely mutilated in the mouths of the common people, or else connected with another old name for the plant, '* Dutchman's Breechea" It is sometimes called " Diletrus " and " Dialetus,*' &c Devil's Poker, Tritoma Uvaria, or Uvaria grandijfora, L. More usually called " Red-he^ Poker in some parts of England, on account of its tall stem and flower-head, which is in shape veiy like a poker. Devon Ewer, Lolium jierenrie, L. This name is in use more especially among Somerset^re feurmers. {Cf. Tram. Devon, Assoc, viL 473.) DiALBTUs, or Diletrus. (Of, Deutsa.) DiCELS, DioKLES, DiSLBS, MiLKT D1CKEL& General name for Thistles. {Trans. Devon. Assoc, vii. p. 464 ; Britten, p. 150. Of. Dashbl; Earle, p. 37.) The Dandelion is sometimes included under the latter t«rm. DiTSUM Plum. A fruit which grows at Dittiaham, on the Dart, and is sold in the neighbourhood under this name. A kind of Plum. DoD, Typlia latifollay L., or some other water plant With Britten, p. 153, compare Trans. Devon. Assoc, x. 295, where Mr. Worth adduces the names Dodbrook and Doddiscombe, as likely to have originated from the fact that the Dod grew there. Dog Kose, Rosa canina, L. {Of. Wild Dog-rose; Britten, p. 155.) Dog Timber, Viburnum Lantatay L., a wood remarkable for its toughness. It is also called Whitney in Devonshire. (See under that word.) A common English i^me for it is " Dogwood," but the tree is also called " Dog-berry " or " Dog-berry Tree." (See Prior, pp. 68, 69, and Britten, pp. 154, 157, for interesting philological and historical notes.) Dog Violet, Viola sylvatica, Fr. (See Trans. Devon. Assoc. xiiL p. 206, and Hedge Violet below.) Donkey's Ear, Stachys lanata, also called Mouse's Ear, from the shape and hairy nature of the leaf. Donkey's Oats, RunieXy L., the flowers and seeds of the Dock and SorreL {R. Acetosa.) Double Boss. A vague term applied to the common red Roses growing in gardens ; whence the comparison applied to a blooming maiden — " 'Er looks like a double rose." Dough Fig, fruit of Ficus Oarica^ L., dried and imported. Also called Broad Fig and Turkey Fig. {Western Antiquary, i. p. 161. Of. Fig, and Britten, p. 158.) The name seems to apply to the peculiar doughy appearance of the fig as imported, and is employed to prevent confusion arising between it and the ordinary raisin, which is called fig as well {Trans. Devon. Assoc. xL p. 131.)