Ik: 
Crow’s NEEDLE. A correspondent at Sampford 
Arundel gives this as a local name for the Shep- 
hesd’s Needle, Scandix Pecten-Veneris. See Crow 
NEFDLE. 
Crow’s TOEs. Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus 
corniculatus. 
CRUCIFIX FLowER. A correspondent at Hawk- 
church (Devon) gives this as a local name for the 
Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheirit. See Cross 
FLOWER (2). 
CRUEL. See CREWEL. 
CRUMPLE Liny. A Devonshire name _ for 
Lilium Martagon and L. tigrinum, on account of 
their pretty habit cf turning bask the petals. 
CRUMPLING. <A general West of England name 
for a smuoall stunted apple; one which shrivels 
on the tree. 
Cry Basy. (1) A common name in the 
Taunton district and in Kast Devor for the Herb 
Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
(2) Several correspondents _at Sampford 
Arundel give this as a local name foe the Scarlet 
Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. 
(3) Mrs. Day, of North Petherton, gives it a~ 
a local name for the Rose Bay Willow Herbs 
Epilobium ang tstifolium. 
Cry BABY CRAB. A correspondert at Culm- 
head gives this as the local form of Cry Baby (1). 
CUCKLE BuTtTons. A Devonshire name for 
the fruits or burrs of the Bardock, Arctiwm majus. 
CucCKLEs. The East Somerset and Dorset 
name for the fruits of the Burdock, as above. 
CucKoLbD. The Burdock, Arctium majus. 
CucKOLD Buttrons. The burrs of the Burdock, 
as above. 
CucKOLD Dock. The Burdock, as above. 
(West Somerset). 
Cuckoo or Cuckoos. Used in many cases as 
a contraction of CucKoo FLOWER, which see. 
(1) I have this shortened form from several 
districts as a local name for the Early Purple 
Orchis, Orchis mascula. : 
(2) Correspondents at Oa! hill and in several 
parts of Wilts give it as a lecal name for the Wood 
Anemone, Anemone nemorosa. 
(3) Correspondents at Paulton give it as a 
local name for the Lady’s Smock or Bitter-cress 
(generally known as the Cuckoo Flower), and m 
connection with this name it is interesting to 
note that the authors of the Wiltshire Glossary 
state that about Swlisbury Sawxifraga granulata 
is known as Dry (or DRYLAND) CUCKOO, and - 
Cardamine pratensis as WATER Cuckoo, from 
their respective habitats. 
