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Cows, CALVES, AND Butts. A form of the 
nam> Cows AND CALVES, sent me from Paulton. 
Cow’s Evers. Th: Ox-eye, Chrysanthemum 
Lexcanthemum (Sexey’s School). 
CowsLIP. (1) This is the general English 
name for Primula veris, but the Rev. Hilderic 
Friend gives it as a Devonshire name for the 
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ; and also for 
(2) Buttercups, in the neighbourhood of 
Teignmouth. 
Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me that the 
name Cowslip is considered to be a corruption 
- of Keslop or Keslip, A. Sax. ceselib, cyselib, i.e. 
the prepared stomach of a calf (which the plant 
was supposed to resemble) used as rennet for 
making cheese. 
Cowstie oF BEDLAM. A name given by Mr. 
F. T. Elworthy in his West Somerset Word 
Book to the Common Lungwort, Pulmonaria 
officinalis, mach used as a herb, and known also 
as Jerusalem Cowslip or Jerusalem Seeds. Mr. 
T. W. Cowan tells me that in other places the 
plant is known as BEDLAM CowsLiIp, and that 
‘ this name is also given to the Paigile or larger 
Cowslip, Primula veris. 
Cow’s PARSLEY. A _ correspondent at Bat- 
combe gives me this as a loci] name for the 
Veleviar. He does not indicate the species, but 
Dr. Downes suggests it is probably Valeriana 
Sambucifolia. S2e also Cow PARSLEY. 
Cow’s Parsnip. This was sent me from Oakhill 
as a lceal name for the Wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum, but the nam2 seemed to me so 
improbable that I wrote for further information 
to the Schoolmaster, Mr. R. A. Colville, who 
kindly replied that the plant is actually known by 
this name in that district. 
Cow’s THISTLE. A correspondent at Watchet 
gives me this as a local name for the Creeping 
Thistle, Cnicus arvensis; sometimes known as 
the Horse Thistle. 
Cow THISTLE. <A correspondent at Batcombe. 
gives this form of the name for the plant referred 
to in the p*evious paragraph. 
Cow WeeEp. (1) Several correspondents im 
the neighbourhood of Axminster give me this as 
a local name for the Chervil, Cherophyllum 
temulum. 
(2) Same as Cow WHEAT, which see. 
Cow Wukat. (1) Io the Axminster district this 
name would appear to be frequently given to the 
Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the 
name YELLOW RATTLE to be. frequently given 
to the true Cow Wheat, Melampyrum cristatum 
and M. pratense. 
(2) Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me that in some 
