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plant, ami the sccoiul Laiin name means shaped like a little lioin, 

 ri'fc-rriii^ lo ihc triiit, tnun ihc Latin toriiicn/inii. a little horn. It is 

 called Bird's-toot, lilmiin Ull. ISoois-and. Shoes, [•Cal Ih-ooni, liiitler- 

 and-Ko>>s, Hulter-jaj^s, Cat cluke, Claver, Cat-poddish, Cat's Claws, 

 Cat's Clover, Cheese-cake, Craw-taes, Crow-foot, Crowtaes, Cuckoo's 

 Stockings, l,ad\'s Cushion, 1 )ea(.l Man's I'inL^ers, I )r\ il's Claw^, 

 Devil's FinLi'ers, Kyt^s-aml-Haeon, hfll-hloom, 1' inj^ers-antl- riuinihs, 

 I'ingers-and- loes, CJod .\ltniu;ht\ s Ihuinhs- ami- Finders, Ground 

 Honeysuckle, Hen-and-Chickens, Jack-jump-about, Kinj;- Finger, 

 Lady's Hoots, Lady's-finger-Grass, Lady's Glove, Lady's Shoes and 

 Stockings, Lady's Slipper, Lamb's Sucklings, Patten and Clogs, Milk- 

 maid. Pig's Foot, Pig's Pettitoes, Sheep Foot, Tommy Pottles, (S:c. 

 The name Cat cluke or Cal-luke is apj)lied troni a supposed resem- 

 blance it has to a cat's or bird's toot. 



'11k- yellow I.aiiililoc 1 have oftt-n got 

 Sweet creeping o'er the banks in sunny time. 



It is a Aaltiable meadow plant, ami will grow fVeely and liixtiriantK' 

 in damp spots. Mixed with other plants and gra.sses it atlords good 

 fodder for cattle and horses. 



EssENTi.\L Specific Characters: — 



84. Lotus corniatlahis, L. — Stem prostrate, leaves smooth, obo\ate, 

 stipules ovate, flowers in an umbel, 5-10, yellow, calyx teeth appressed, 

 points of two upper teeth converging, erect in bud. 



Meadow-sweet (Spirai-a I'lmarla, L.) 



Beds of Preglacial, Interglacial, Neolithic, and Roman age (as at 

 Siichester) have afforded seeds of this spec.es. It is found in the 

 North Temperate and Arctic regions of Arctic Europe, Asia Minor, 

 and North Asia. The Meadow-sweet is fotind in all parts of Great 

 Britain as far north as the Shetland Islands, up to 1200 ft. in ^'ork- 

 shire. It is found in the West of Ireland. 



]\Ieadow-sweet is a very common riversitle llower, fond of damj) 

 places, growing also in hollows in moist meadows, where it is accom- 

 panied by other moisture-loving phtnts, such as Lesser S])earvv()rt, 

 Water Avens, Puiglc, Spear Thistle, various docks. Spotted Orchis, 

 and other plants, amongst wliich one nia\' name \arious kinds of 

 rushes and sedges. 



The Meadow-sweet is erect in habit, tufted. The rootstock is 

 short. The stems are erect, furrowed, angular, simple or branched, 



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