In England “Lady” in the names of plants generally has allusion to Our Lady, Notre Dame, the Virgin Mary. Our Lady’s Mantle (_Alchemilla vulgaris_) is the Máríu Stakkr of Iceland, which insures repose when placed beneath the pillow. _Scandix Pecten_ was Our Lady’s Comb, but in Puritan times was changed into Venus’ Comb. The _Cardamine pratensis_ is Our Lady’s Smock; _Neottia spiralis_, Our Lady’s Tresses; _Armeria vulgaris_, Our Lady’s Cushion; _Anthyllis vulneraria_, Our Lady’s Fingers; _Campanula hybrida_, Our Lady’s Looking-glass; _Cypripedium Calceolus_, Our Lady’s Slipper; the Cowslip, Our Lady’s Bunch of Keys; Black Briony, Our Lady’s Seal (a name which has been transferred from Solomon’s Seal, of which the ‘Grete Herbal’ states, “It is al one herbe, Solomon’s Seale and Our Lady’s Seale”). Quaking Grass, _Briza media_, is Our Lady’s Hair; Maidenhair Fern, the Virgin’s Hair; Mary-golds (_Calendula officinalis_) and Mary-buds (_Caltha palustris_) are both named after the Virgin Mary. The _Campanula_ and the _Digitalis_ are in France the Gloves of Mary; the _Nardus Celtica_ is by the Germans called _Marienblumen_; the White-flowered Wormwood is _Unser Frauen Rauch_ (Smoke of Our Lady); _Mentha spicata_ is in French, _Menthe de Notre Dame_--in German, _Unser Frauen Müntz_; the _Costus hortensis_, the _Eupatorium_, the _Matricaria_, the _Gallitrichum sativum_, the _Tanacetum_, the _Persicaria_, and a _Parietaria_ are all, according to Bauhin, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The name of Our Lady’s Tears, or _Larmes de Sainte Marie_, has been given to the Lily of the Valley, as well as to the _Lithospermon_ of Dioscorides, the _Satyrium maculatum_, and the _Satyrium basilicum majus_. The _Narcissus Italicus_ is the Lily of Mary. The Toad Flax is in France _Lin de Notre Dame_, in Germany, _Unser Frauen Flachs_. The Dead-Nettle is _Main de Sainte Marie_. Besides the _Alchemilla_, the _Leontopodium_, the _Drosera_, and the _Sanicula major_ are called on the Continent Our Lady’s Mantle. Woodroof, Thyme, Groundsel, and St. John’s Wort form the bed of Mary. In Piedmont they give the name of the Herb of the Blessed Mary to a certain plant that the birds are reputed to carry to their young ones which have been stolen and imprisoned in cages, in order that it shall cause their death and thus deliver them from their slavery. The Snowdrop is the Fair Maid of February, as being sacred to the Purification of the Virgin (February 2nd), when her image was removed from the altar and Snowdrops strewed in its place.