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a blunder between Vaccinium, the fruit of the 
Whortle, and Vaccinus, what belongs to a cow.”’ 
Although this name has been sent me by a number 
of correspondents I understand this particular 
Whortleberry is very rare in Somerset, and is only 
found wild on the Quaat°cks, n°ar Quantoxhead. 
(2) Mr. F. W. Mathews tls me that near 
Dunster the common Whortleberry, Vaccinium 
Myrtellus, is called Comberry. H2 adds that 
cows are very fond of the fruit and bush, but that 
it docs not agree with. them if eaten in any 
quantity. 
Cow BuMBLE. The Cow-parsnip or Hogweed, 
Heracleum Sphondylium (Otterford). 
Cow CHERVIL. Wild Beaked Parsley, Anthris- 
cus sylvestris. Called ‘‘ Rat’s bane’? in. West 
Somerset ; a favourite food of pet rabbits. It 
grows three or four feet in height, and is the first 
of our umbellife-ous plants to flower in the 
spring. 
Cow-FiLop. (1) A common name in West 
Somerset and Devon for the Foxglove, Digitalis 
purpurea. 
(2) Several correspondents at Dunster give 
it as a local name for the Cowslip, Primula 
veris. 
(3) Rev. Hilderic Friend says the name is 
given by farmers to a species of wide spreading 
oat to distinguish it from the Tartarian oat. 
Cow Grass. (1) The Zig-zag Clover, Tri- 
folium medium. 
(2) The perennial form of Red Clover, 
Trifolium pratense. 
Cow ParstEy. (1) Fool’s Parsley, #thusa 
Cynapium (East Somerse‘). Anne Pratt records : 
““Some years ago two ladies in Somersetshire, 
who ate it in salad, suffered very seriously, though 
both ultimately recovered.’’ 
(2) Dr. Watson tells me that in the Taunton 
district this name is given to the Wild Beaked 
Parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris, and probably to 
other similar-looking members of the Parsley 
family. 
Cow QUAKES. A correspondent at Compton 
(between Yeovil and Sherborne) gives m2 this as 
a local name for the Quaking Grass, Briza media. 
Cows AND Butts. The Wild Arum or Cuckoo- 
pint. See Cows AND CALVEs. 
Cows AND CALVEs. (1) <A very general name 
for the Wild Arum or Cueckoo-pint, Arum 
maculatum. Those flowers in which the spadix 
is very light in colour are called “ Calves” ; 
those in which it is medium coloured are *‘ Cows ”’ ; 
and those in which it is very dark ‘‘ Bulls.” 
(2) A correspondent at Leigh (Dorset) tells me 
in that district the name is given to Pink and 
White Clover. 
