[CROSS- 3 a.] A name proposed by Gerarde for Milkwort (Polygala).

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1597.  Gerarde, Herbal, II. clx. § 6. 450. Milke woort … doth specially flourish in the Crosse or … Rogation weeke … in English we may call it Crosse flower.

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1822.  K. Digby, Broadst. Hon. (1846), II. 364. Cross-flower, or rogation-flower.

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