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50 A GLOSSABY OF DEV0K8HIKE PLANT NAMES. Shsphbbd's Calerdab, AnagaUia arvenns, L. ()}. '^We have . . . the 'shepheid's calendar.'" — Borders of Tamar and Tavpf L p. 273. I know of no other flower likely to bear the name. See next. Shephbbd's WsATBXBrGLASSy AnagoMts arvensis, L. The Pini- pemel, which has a pretty habit of doeing its flowers before rain, &c. On this account I suggest the foregoing explanation of Mrs. Bray's name ; but it is poasiUe some other flower may be intended. (See Prior, p. 216.) Shob Nut. On account of its shape and appearance. The Brazil nut ; called Brass-'eels in Sussex for a similar reason, and because they are so hard, this name being a simple attempt to explain the unintelligible word Brazil. The fruit of BertkdeHa excdsa, the tree being so named in honour of Bertholet, a celebrated chemist. SiLGBEBN. See Sblobbbn. SiLES-AND-SATiNS, Lunoria biennis, 1*. Honesty. This is one of the good old names unearthed at Bovey Tracey. Prior (p. 208) has '^ Satin-flowbr, from the satiny dissepiments of its seed- vessels." Most appropriate and expressive names for the flowers when the outer coating has come ofi*. Sloen, Slone, fruit of Bnimis spinosa, L., or Blackthorn ; formerly known as Nigra spina, A.S. Slag-fom. (See Prior, p. 217, for a good note; Trans, Devon, Assoc xiii. pp. 94, 212.) We have here (1) an adjectival form of Sloe, and (2) a plural used for singular. The A.S. was Sid or siag, plural sldn or slagan. In Somersetshire I becomes n (cf. Selgrbbn above, and chindey, &c.), by which means we get snag. Prior is mistaken when he says that the Sloe-bush is called.Snag, because its branches are fuU of small snags or projections. It is really the A.S. name with the slight change of this one letter. (Earle, pp. Ixix. 21.) Slones is a double plural (like chickens). In Oxford and Bucks I find the old form Slanes is still in use. Slonb-bloom, Blossoms of Prunns spinosa, L. Just in tiie same way we get EoLsr-BLOOM, the fruit naming the blossom. Smartass, cf, Absm.as.t ; the same word by transposition. Smoking Canb, Clematis Vitdlba, L. Boys use its porous stalks for smoking. Prior, p. 218, has Smokb-wood. Snakb's-food, or Snaeb's-mbat, the red berries of Arum macu- latum, Iris fodidissima, TamMs communis, &c., Snakes'-f ood = Adder's-meat. This in turn = Adder^s-berry == Attor-berry = Poison- berry. (See Addbb's-mbat.) Snap-dbagon (1), Antirrhinum majus, h. The usual name. (2) Digitalis purpurea, L. The Foxglove, probably because it goes snap ! when inflated and brought down sharply on the hand. (See Poppy, and Prior, p. 218.) (3) AquUegia vulgaris, L. In North Devon tiie Columbine is known by many only under the name of Snapdragon. Snap-jaoks, Stellaria Holostea, L. In Sussex the Stitchwort is