Blood Strange; properly, _String_. To stanch.
Bertram. A corruption of [Greek: purethron] (_Pyrethrum_).
Spreusidany, Hair-strong, Sulphur Wort. Corrupted from _Peucedanum_.
Pell-a-mountain, Wild Thyme. From _Serpyllum montanum_.
Faceless. From _Phaseolus_, dim. of _Phaselus_; so called from its shallop
shape.
Stick-a-dove, French Lavender. From [Greek: stoichas, stoichados],
_Stoechas_; so called from the regularity of the petals.
Such instances might be multiplied to almost any extent.
There is, doubtless, a good deal of scattered information respecting old
English wild flowers to be met with, not only in books, but also among our
rural population, stored up by village sages. Contributions of this
description would surely be welcome in "N. & Q."