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Cat’s Heap. A very large kind of apple, 
sweet and juicy, excellent for cider.—F. T. 
ELWORTHY. 
Cat’s Love. Garden Valerian, Valeriana 
officinalis, on which cats like to roll (S;W. Wilts). 
Cat’s Mink. Sun Spurge, Huphorbia Helios- 
copia, from its milky juice oozing in drops, as 
milk from the small teats of a cat. This milk is 
used for curing warts, and hence the plant and 
other Spurges are also known as WARTWEED or 
WARTWORT. 
Cats’ Paws. (1) A correspondent at Strat- 
ton-on-the-Fosse gives me this as a local name 
for the Meadow Vetchling, but I think it possible 
that she has named this plant in mistake for the 
Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus—an error 
which is very frequently made. 
(2) Catkins of Willow, Salia, while still young 
and downy (Deverill, Wilts). 
Cat’s Tatu. (1) A common name for the 
Great Reedmace, Typha latifolia, more often 
called BULRUSH. 
(2) The Cornfield Horsetail, Hquisetum 
arvense, 2a troublesome weed to farmers and 
gardeners. 
(3) The common Mare’s Tail, Hippuris 
vulgaris ; called by the Dutch Kattestail. 
(4) The Crack Willow, Salix fragilis (West 
Somerset). 
(5) The Rev. Hilderic Friend gives this as a 
Devonshire name for Amaranthus  caudatus, 
popularly known as LOVE Ligs BLEEDING or 
PRINCE’S FEATHER. 
(6) Viper’s Bugloss, Hchium vulgare. See 
CatT’s TAILS. 
Cat’s Tat GRAss. Timothy Grass, Phleum 
pratense. 
Cat’s Tarts. (1) Catkins of Hazel, Willow, 
Alder, &c. : 
(2) Leaves of the Silverweed, Potentilla 
Anserina (Batcombe). 
(3) A correspondent at Wambrook gives it 
as a local name for the Ribwort Plantain, Plantago 
lanceolata. See Cat’s TAIL. 
CaT’s WHIN. Rest Harrow, Ononis repens. 
CATTIKEYNS. Fruit of the Ash, Fraxinus 
excelsior (North-West Wilts). 
CAULIFLOWERS. A Taunton correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the flowers of 
the Elder, Sambucus nigra. 
Cax. Wild Carrot, Daucus Carota (Dorset). 
Such names as Caxes, Kecks, Kex, Gicksy, 
&c., are given to the dry hollow stalks of 
various umbelliferous plants, and are also applied 
to the plants themselves. 
