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32 A GLOSSARY OF DEVONSHIRE PLANT NAME& Jelly-flower, ChdrarUhus Gfieiri, L. Wallflower. {Of. Gilli- FLOWER.) Jbssama, or Jessame. Local forms of Jessamine or Jasmine. They look like French forms, if we regard the sound rather than the orthography. (Qf. Prior, p. 126.) JiLAFFER, the syllable off sounded as in lattgh. (Qf. Gilu- FLOWER.) Keer, Pf/i-us Auciqxiria, L. (Of, Care.) This, like Caers and Caer, is the old Conush Goer, a berry, which still remains in use." —Britten, p. 287. Eeslinos, Prunits insititia, L. "White Bullac&" Given on the authority of Halliwell and Wright {Cf. Britten, p. 287.) Kestin. " A kind of plum ; Devon" — HalliwelL {Cf. Britten, p. 287.) Keys ALL. A Fir-cone. The shape accounts for the latter part of the word, and for the former see next entry. Keys. " From their resemblance to a bunch of keys," a name applied to the fruit of the Ash {Fraxinua excelsior, L.) and Maple {Acer campestre, L.), &c. {Cf. Locks-anb-E^ys.) Since the name seems to have been commonly employed to denote such fruit, this appears to be the origin of the name Eeyball ; i.e. keys done up in a bunch like a ball {Cf German Schliissel'blume, i.e. Key-flower, as the name of the Cowslip; Shaoklers; and Britten, p. 287.) In Somersetshire the people speak of Cata-and-Keys. Kino-cup, Ranunculus Ficariay L., and other species of Butter- cup. (Prior, p. 129, who is very fanciful in many derivations; Britten, p. 288.) Kino Fern, Kiitg-o'-thb-ferns, Osmunda regalis, L. Britten (p. 288) gives this as the name in N.W. Cheshire as well. Kiss-ANTRUM, a vulgar but common coiruption of Chrysan- themum. Kiss-ME, Kiss-ME-LOVE, OT Kiss-MB-QUiOK, (1) Soxifroga umbrosa, L. (See Garden Gates, Look-up-anikkiss-me.) (2) Chranium Robertianum, L. Herb Eobert (3) Valeriana rubra, L,, or Ceyvtranthus ruber, DC. The Red Valerian. Britten applies the name to Viola tricolor, L. ; but, as I have already remarked, London Pride has in the West stepped into the place of the Pansy. The foregoing are contractions of longer names ; such as " Kiss-me-Love-belund-the-Gardon-Gate," &c. (Britten, p. 289.) In &ct this latter was the North Devon name for Saadfraga umbrosa, L., and still is, though generally abbre- viated. (See next word; Prior, p. 129.) Ki88-ME-QUiGK-AND-oo, Artemisia Abrotanum, L. Doubtless in reference to the other common names of Boy's Love, Maiden's Ruin, which are sometimes joined in one ; so that Southernwood & known as '^Bo/s Love and Maiden's Kuin. {Cf Britten, p. 289.) ELnavery, Narthecium ossifragum, Huds. ^* I have had intelli-