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Papaver Rheas.. Dr. Prior says ‘* from the shape 
of the ripe capsule resembling that of round 
cheeses.”’ 
CHEESE-CAKES. (1) Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus . 
corniculatus. 
(2) A correspondent at Leigh-on-Mendip gives 
it as a local name for the Kidney Vetch, Anthyllis 
Vulneraria. 
CHEESE Cups. A _ correspondent at Hatch 
Beauchamp gives this as a local name for the 
Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus Ficaria. 
CHEESE-FLOWER. Common Mallow, Malva 
sylvestris. See CHEESES. 
CHEESE RENNET. Yellow Bedstraw, Galium 
verum, from the fact that it was formerly used 
to curdlie milk for making cheese. 
‘HEESES. The round flat seeds of the Common 
Mallow, Malva sylvestris. Children are fond of 
eating them when green and soft. 
CHEMISES. Hedge Convolvulus or Greater 
Bindweed, Calystegia sepium. 
CHEQUERED Liny. The Snake’s-head Fritillary, 
Fritillaria Meleagris. 
CHERRY Bay. (1) Several ycung people at 
Paulton give this as a local name for the Laurel, 
Laurus nobilis. f 
(2) Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me the name is 
usually applied to the Portugal Laurel, Cerasus 
lusitanica. 
CHERRY Opps. Cherry stones, always.—F.T. 
ELWORTHY. 
CHERRY PIE. (1) A very general name for 
the Heliotrope, Heliotropium peruvianum; so 
called from its scent. 
(2) Great Hairy Willow Herb, Epilobium 
hirsutum. 
(3) All-heal, Valeriana officinalis (S.W. Wilts). 
CHIBBAL, CHIBBLE, or CHIPPLE. A young 
onion with the green stalk attached. From the 
French Ciboule, derived from the Latin Cepula— 
a small onion. Mr, F. W. Mathews says the name 
“appears by tacit consert to be reserved for the 
immature spring-sown onion.”’ 
CHICcK-CHACK. A South Somerset form. of 
SHICK-SHACK—a name given to the leaves and 
“Apples ”? of the oak, worn on Royal Oak Day, 
May 29th. 
CHICKENS.—Rev. Hilderic Friend gives this 
as one of the Devonshire names for London Pride, 
Saxifraga umbrosa; probably a contraction of 
“Hen and Chickens.”’ 
CHICKWEED. (1) The usual English name for 
Stellaria media, whose bright green egg-shaped 
leaves and tiny white star-like flowers abound 
