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Crowpy Kir. Water Figwor., Scrophilaria 
aquatica. ‘* Crowdy ” is an old name for a fiddle, 
and this plant is frequentiy called ‘‘ Fiddles ”’ or 
‘* Fiddlestrings ’’ in Somerset. for the reason that. 
children strip the stems of their leaves and scrape 
them across each other, fiddle-fashion, when they 
produce a squeaking noise. Dr. Watson tells 
me the same name is used in the North. 
Crowpy KIT 0’ THE WALL. An old Devon- 
shire name for Sedum acre and other - varieties 
of Stonecrop. 
CROWFEET. A Watchet correspondent gives 
this as a local name for the Lesser Spearwort, 
Rananculus Flammula, which is, of course, one 
of the Crowfoot tribe. 
Crow FLOWER. Same as CRow BELL. 
CrowFoor. (1) A general name for any 
fiower of the Buttercup family. 
(2) Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. 
(3) A Marteck correspondent gives this as a 
loeal name for the Musk, Mimulus moschatus. 
Crow NEEDLE. A correspondent at Leigh 
(Dorset) gives this as a local name for the Shep- 
herd’s Needle, Scandix Pecten-Veneris. See 
Crow's NEEDLE. 
CROWN OF THE FIELD. Corn Cockle, Lychnis 
Githago. 
CROWN OF THORNS. (1) A correspondent at 
Babeary gives this as losal name for the 
Medick (? Hedgehog Medick, Medicago intertexta, 
frequently grown in gardens). Mr. T. W. Cowan 
tells me that Medicago Echinus, or Calvary Clover, 
is called Crown of Thorns, but is not a native 
plant. : 
(2) A correspondent at Bloxworth (Dorset) 
gives it as a local name for the Passion Flower, 
Passiflora coerulea. 
(3) <A correspondent at Stour Provost (Dorset) 
gives it as a local name for Nigella damascena, 
generally known as “ Love in a Mist.” 
CrRowrEckK. (1) Shepherd’s Needle, Scandix 
Pecten-Veneris. 
(2) Cora Crowfoot, Ranunculus arvensis (N.W 
Wilts). 
Crows. A correspondent at Furley gives me 
this as a local name fom the Cowslip, Primula veris. 
Crow’s FLower. Spotted Orchis, Orchis 
maculata (Sampford Arundel). : 
Crow’s Foor. (1) Several correspondents at. 
Chew Magna give this as a local name for the 
Coltsfoot, Tussilago Farfara. 
(2). A correspondent at Charlton Hcerethorne 
gives it as a local name for the Greater Stitchwort, 
Stellaria Holostea. 
Crow’s Leas. Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, 
Scilla non-scripta (Zeals, Wilts), 
