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explain this name by suggesting a confusion 
between two kinds of shell-fish on the part of 
people living far from the sea and not knowing 
the difference between the two. I have had this 
name sent me from several different parts of 
South Somerset. 
(2) A general name throughout the district for 
the seed-heads or burrs of the Burdock, Arctium 
MajUus. 
(3) A correspondent at Watchet gives this as a 
local name for the flowers of the Bird’s-foot 
Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus, and also for 
(4) The seeds of the Furze, Ulex evropwus. 
(5) The Corn Cockle, Lychnis Githago. 
(6) Fircones (Leigh, Dorset). 
CocKLE SHELLS. Several correspondents at 
South Petherton give me this as a local name for 
the Periwinkle, Vinea. 
Cock RoBIN. (1) The common name for the 
Red Campion, Lychnis dioica, in North Somerset. 
(2) Several correspondents at Mells give this as 
a local name for the Ragged Robin, Lychnis 
Flos-cvculi. 
Cocks AND HENs. A common name for the 
Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata. 
Cock’s Comp. A name given to _ several 
different flowers, but most generally to the (1) 
Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-galli. The 
latter name is Latin for Cock’s Comb, and is given 
on account of the shape of the calyx. The plant 
bears an equivalent name in many of the countries 
of Eurcpe. 
(2) The Lousewort, or Red Rattle, Pedicularis 
sylvatica. 
(3) Several correspondents at Puddletown 
(Dorset) give it as a local name for the Teasel, 
Dipsacus sylvestris. 
(4) The Cock’s Comb of the gardeners is Celosia 
cristata, of the Amaranth family. 
(5) Often given to another member of the same 
family—Love Lies Bleeding, Amaranthus caudatus 
A. ruber or A. melancholicus. 
(6) A correspondent at Compton (between 
Yeovil and Sherborne) gives it as a local name for 
the Calceolaria. _ 
Cock’s HErap. The Sainfoin, Onobrychis 
viciefolia, from the shape of the legume. 
Cocks’ Haps. The heads of the Ribwort 
Plantain, Plantago lanceolata, which contain th® 
seeds. Holloway says :—‘‘ In West Sussex boyS 
play with these heads; one holds a stalk in his 
hand while another with a similar stalk strikes 
his opponent’s, and which ever loses the head 
first is conquered. It is called ‘Fighting Cocks.’ ”’ 
CockspuR (1) An English name for the Virginia 
Hawthorn, Crategus virginica. 
(2) Several correspondents at Bradford-on- 
Tone give this as a local name for Crow’s-foot ? 
