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undrained meadow land, which is by some 
believed to be the cause of the coe in sheep. 
Carex hirta. Dr. Watson tells me the species 
can scarcely be called ‘‘ dwarf,” as he recently 
picked some nearly a foot in height. 
(2) The name is also given to certain other 
sedges, from the resemblance cf their leaves to 
those of the Curnation, more especially to Carex 
flacca and less commonly to C. panicea. 
(3) In Gloucestershire the ‘tufted Hair-grass, 
Deschampsia ceespitosa (Holloway). 
CARPENTER’S GRASS. Self-heal, as below. 
CARPENTER’S HERB. (1) Se2lf-heal, Prunella 
vulgaris. Dr. Prior says ‘‘ from its corolla seen 
in profile being shaped like a bill-hook, and on 
the doctrine of signatures, supposed to heal 
wounds from edged tools.”’ 
(2) Common Bugle, Ajuga reptans. 
CARROT PLANT. A _ correspondent at Wells 
gives me this as a local name for the Eschscholizia. 
CART-WHEEL. A _ correspondent at Shepton 
Mallet gives me this as a Iccal name for the 
Hemlock, Conium maculatum. 
CASE-WEED. Shepherd’s Parse, Capsella Bursa- 
pastoris, so called from its little purse-like 
capsules, from Fr. caisse, Lat. capsa, a mcney-bcx. 
CASE-WORT. Same as CASE-WEED. 
CaAssocKs. Couch-grass, Triticum repens (S.W. 
Wiits, Somerset border). 
CASS-WEED. Same as CASE-WEED. 
CASTINGS. <A correspondent at Luppitt (Devon) 
gives this as a local name for SNaGs—the fruit of a 
Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa. Called in West 
Somerset KESTENS or CHRISTIANS. 
CAST THE SPEAR. Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash 
(Dorset) gives me this as a lccal name for the 
Golden Rod, Solidago virgaurea. 
CATCHFLY. A name originally given’ by 
Gerarde to. Silene armeria, but now applied to 
the genera Silene and Lychnis, including the 
Bladder Champion, White Champion, Ragged 
Robin, and others. The name is, however, chiefly 
given to species having sticky hairs, and Dr. 
Watson says it ought not be applied to any of the 
three species I have named.. It is also given to 
other plants of which the stems or leaves are 
sticky, and particularly to the Sundew family, 
Drosera. 
CaTtcH. WEED. (1) The Goose Grass or 
Cleavers, Galium Aparine, from its habit of 
catching the passer by. 
(2) Several correspondents at Dunster give 
this as a local name for Madwort. which I 
think must be a mistake for Wild Madder, Rubia 
