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GODES-EIE, CHRIST’S-EYE, and CLEAR-HYE seem 
free renderings of its Low Latin name Sclarea 
(from clarus).”’ 
CLEAVERS (1) Goose-grass, Galiwm Aparine’ 
See CLADEN. ‘The name is, of course, due to the 
way in which the hooked seeds and leaves of the 
plant cling to the clothes of persons or to the 
coats of animals coming into contact with them. 
(2) Correspondents at Oakhill apply the name 
for the same reason to the Burdock, Arctium 
majus, and 
(3) For reasons which are not so obvious 
to the Teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris. Dr. Wa’ son 
tells me that the flower heads of the Fuller’s 
Teasel are hooked as in the Burdock. Those of 
the Wild Teasel are sharply pointed. In his 
opinion the name ought to be restricted to the 
Goose-grass. 
CLEEVE-PINK or CLIFF-PINK. A species of pink 
which grows wild in the ¢ annies of Cheddar 
Cliffs, having a fine scent, more generally known 
as Cheddar Pink, Dianthus glaucus. Cleve for cliff 
is common in early English. 
CLETHEREN. Goosegrass or Cleavers, Galium 
Aparine (East Somerset). 
CLIDDEN, CLIDE, CLIDER, OR CLIDONS. Goose- 
grass, as above. See CLADEN. 
CLIFF-RosE. Thrift or Sea-Pink, Armeria 
maritima, on account of its love for our seaside 
eliffs and rocks and its rose-coloured flowers. 
CLIMBING JACKS. Nasturtium;, Tropwolum 
majus (Evercreech). 
CLIME. Goosegrass or Cleavers, Galium Aparine 
(Paulton). 
CLINGING SWEETHEARTS. Goosegrass, as above 
(Sbrewton, Wilts). 
CLING RAscAL. Rev. Hilderic Friend gives 
this as a Devonshire name for the Goosegrass, 
on the authority of Britten, p. 107. 
CuircH ButTron. Rev. Hilderic Friend also 
gives this as a Devonshire name for the Goose- 
grass. 
CLITE or CLITHE. Mr. T. W. Cowan gives me 
this as an old name for the Burdock,. Arctium 
majus. 
Cruires. A Wiltshire name for the Goosegrass. 
CLIVERS. A Somerset and Dorset 
the Goosegrass. 
CLOCK-FLOWER. The Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale. See CLocKs. 
CiLocks. (1) A very general name for the 
light seed heads of the Dandelion, which the 
children blow upon, to tell the hour by the nurnber 
of puffs required to blow off all the seeds. 
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