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CHIMNEY SWEEPERS. Field Woodrush, Luzula 
campestris (N.W. Wilts). ‘ 
CHIMNEY SWEEPER’S BRUSH. Great Reed- 
mace, Typha latifolia, more ccmmonly called 
BULRUSH. 
CHIMNEY SWEEp’s BrusH. (1) Hoary Plantain 
or Lamb’s Tongue, Plantago media (Batcombe). 
(2) Bleck Knapweed, Centaurea nigra (Mud- 
ford). 
CHINAMAN’S BREECHES. Dicentra spectabilis. 
popularly known as the Bleeding Heart, Lady’s 
Locket, Lyre-flower, Locks and Keys, and by 
many other names. 
CHINESE LANTERN. (1) <A very general name 
for the Winter Cherry, Physalis Alkekengi: 
sometimes called Cape Gooseberry. 
(2) A correspondent at Minehead gives this as 
a local name for the Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianm. 
CHINY (or CHINNY) OYSTER. <A very common 
local corruption of the name China Aster. 
CuIppLu-Eve. Mr. F. W. Mathews, cf Brad- 
ferd-on-Tone, writes me: “ By confusion. the 
Tripoli Onion is cften celled CHIPPLE-EYE.”’ 
CHIPPLES. Same as CHIBBLES. 
Curr CHAT. The Mountain Ash, Pyrus 
Aucuparia (S.W. Wilts). 
CHooky-pic. (1) <A fairly general name in 
North and East Somerset for the Snapdragon, 
Antirrhinum majus. 
(2) Correspondents at Winscombe tell me the 
name is there given to the Spotted Orchis, Orchis 
maculata, the Snapd:agon being known as the 
** Garden Chooky-pig.”’ 
CHOPPED Eacs. A correspondent at Rodden 
(rear Frome) gives this as a local name for the 
Yellow Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. 
CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES. A correspondent 
at Stockland (Devon) gives this as a local name 
for the Passion-flower, Passiflora cerulea. 
CHRISTEN. His Honour J. 8S. Udal gives this as 
a Dorset name for “a small kind of plum.” 
Compare the two following names. 
CHRISTIANS. Mr. F. W. Mathews. of Bradford- 
on-Tone, gives this as a local name for the Bullace, 
Prunus insititia. See above and below. 
CHRISTLINGS. Rev. Hildeiic Friend gives this 
as a Devonshire name for “a small sort of phim.” 
Compare the two preceding names and CRISLING. 
CHRISTMAS. Holly, Ilex Aquifolium, particu- 
larly when used for decorative purposes; but 
also applied to any evergreen used for Christmas 
be beatel decoration, whether holly, mistletoe, or 
others. 
