heaths.” In Italy, the herb _Sferracavallo_ is deemed to have the power of unshoeing Horses out at pasture. The Mouse-ear, or _Herba clavorum_, is reputed to prevent blacksmiths hurting horses when being shod. The Scythians are said to have known a plant, called _Hippice_, which, when given to a Horse, would enable him to travel for some considerable time without suffering either from hunger or thirst. Perhaps this is the Water Pepper, which, according to English tradition, has the same effect if placed under the saddle. The humble Hedgehog has suggested the name of Hedgehog Parsley for _Caucalis daucoides_, on account of its prickly burs. In a previous chapter, a full description has been given of the _Barometz_, that mysterious plant of Tartary, immortalised by Darwin as the Vegetable Lamb. From the shape of its leaf, the _Plantago media_ has gained the name of Lamb’s Tongue; from its downy flowers, the _Anthyllis vulneraria_ is called Lamb’s Toe; either from its being a favourite food of Lambs, or because it appears at the lambing season, the _Valerianella olitoria_ is known as Lamb’s Lettuce; and the _Atriplex patula_ is called Lamb’s Quarters. The Leopard has given its name to the deadly _Doronicum Pardalianches_ (from the Greek _Pardalis_, a Leopard, and _ancho_, to strangle); hence our name of Leopard’s Bane, because it was reputed to cause the death of any animal that ate it, and it was therefore formerly mixed with flesh to destroy Leopards. The Lion, according to Gerarde, claimed several plants. The _Alchemilla vulgaris_, from its leaf resembling his foot, was called Lion’s Foot or Paw; a plant, called _Leontopetalon_ by the Greeks, was known in England as Lion’s Turnip or Lion’s Leaf; and two kinds of Cudweed, _Leontopodium_ and _L. parvum_, bore the name of Lion’s Cudweed, from their flower-heads resembling a Lion’s foot. The _Leontopodium_ has been identified with the _Gnaphalium Alpinum_, the _Filago stellata_, the Edelweiss of the Germans, and the _Perlière des Alpes_ of the French. De Gubernatis points out that, inasmuch as the Lion represents the Sun, the plants bearing the Lion’s name are essentially plants of the Sun. This is particularly noticeable in the case of the Dandelion (_Dent de Lion_) or Lion’s Tooth. In Geneva, Switzerland, children form a chain of these flowers, and holding it in their hands, dance in a circle; a German name for it is _Sonneswirbel_ (_Solstice_), as well as _Solsequium heliotropium_. The Romans saw in the flower of the _Helianthus_ a resemblance to a Lion’s mouth. In the _Orobanche_ or Broom Rape (the _Sonnenwurz_, Root of the Sun, of the Germans) some have seen the resemblance to a Lion’s mouth and foot; it was called the Lion’s Pulse or Lion’s Herb, and was considered an antidote to poison.