The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln. Including also a history of the East, West, and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ... sketches of the geology, natural history, botany, and agriculture of the district; a very extensive collection of archaisms and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstitions, etc. By Pishey Thompson. Illustrated with one hundred engravings.

INDIGENOUS PLANTS. 687
ENGLISH NAMES. BOTANICAL NAMES.
Maiden Hair. Briza media.
Madder (little field). Sherardia arvensis.
Mallow (Marsh). Althoea officinalis.
9 (Common). Malva sylvestris.
Marestail. Hippuris vulgaris.
Meadow Grass. Poa annua, pratensis et trivialis.,, Oat Grass. Avena pratensis.
Meadow Dock. Rumex pratensis.
Meadow Rue. Thalictrum vulgare.,, Saxifrage. Cnidium Sildus.
S, weet. Spirsea Ulmaria.
Mercury or Blite. Chenopodium Bonus HIenricus.
Milkwort. Polygala vulgaris.
Mint (hairy). Mentha hirsuta, sylvestris, et arvensis.
Motherwort. Leonurus Cardiaca.
Mousetail. Myosurus minimus.
Mudwort. Limosilla aquatica.
Mugwort. Artemisia vulgaris.
Mullein. Verbascum Thapsus et nigrum.
Mustard.l Sinapis alba et nigra.,, water. Erysimum barbarea.
Nettle (dead). Lamium album et purpureum.,, (stinging}. Urtica urens et dioica.,, Hemp. Galeopsis versicolor.
Night Shade. Solanum nigrum et Dulcamara.,, Deadly. Atropa Belladonna.
Nipple Wort. Lapsana communis.
Oat Grass. Avena strigosa et elatior.
Orache (Sea). Atriplex littoralis.
Orchis. Orchis Morio, mascula, pyramidalis
viridis et latifolia.
Osier. Salix rubra et Forbiana.
Paigle or Cowslip. Primula veris.
Panick Grass. Panicum viride.
Pellitory. Parietaria officinalis.
Penny Royal. Mentha arvensis et Pulegium.
Penny Wort. Hydrocotyle vulgaris.
Perrywinkle. Vinca minor.
Persicaria. See Snake-weed.
Pilewort or Lesser Celandine. ~ Ficaria verna.
Pimpernel. Anagallis arvensis.
Pipe Wort. Eriocaulon septangulare.
Plantain. Plantago major et lanceolata.
Pondweed. Potarnogeton natans et gramineum.
Poppy. Papaver somniferum, Argemone, et
Rhseas.
Primrose. Primula vulgaris.
Privet or Primp. Ligustrum vulgare.
Purple Loose-strife. Lythrum salicaria.
It very frequently occurs when a ditch is cleaned season with a crop of white mustard, although that
out in this district, and the excavated soil is cast plant had not appeared in the locality during many
on the bank, that it will be covered in the succeeding preceding years, unless under similar circumstances.