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(4) Correspondents at Wiveliscombe and 
Withypool give it as a local name for the Red 
Campion, Lychnis dioica. 
(5) <A lady at Iwerne Minster (Dorset) tells 
me the name is given in that district to the Bugle, 
Ajuga reptans. 
(6) In Devon the name is given to the Hare- 
bell, Campanula rotundifolia. 
Cuckoo Boots. A correspondent at West 
Moors (Dorset) gives this as a local name for the 
Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta. 
Cuckoo BREAD. (1) Several Taunton corres- 
pondents give this as a local name for the 
Wood Sorrel, Oxalis <Acetosella. S2e CUCKOO'S 
BREAD AND CHEESE. 
(2) It is also an old country name for the 
Cuckoo Flower or Lady’s Smock, Cardamine 
pratensis. 
Cuckoo Bups. A name applied in several parts 
of the district to various kinds of Buttercup 
(Ranunculus). 
Cuckoo Burrons. The adhesive seed pods of 
the Boar-thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, and of the 
Burdock, Arctium majus. 
Cuckoo FLowEeR. A name applied to a 
variety of plants which flower about the time 
of the arrival of the cuckoo, but most generally 
to 
(1) The Lady’s Smock or Bitter-cress, Carda- 
mine pratensis. ; 
(2) A fairly general name throughout the 
district for the Wood Anemone, Anemone 
‘nemorosa. 
(3) The name is still frequently given to the 
Ragged Robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, which was 
once generally so called. The specific name 
Flos-cuculi is Latia for Cvuckoos Flower. 
(4) In West Somerset and East Devon the 
nam is frequently given to the Early Purple 
Orckis, Orchis mascula. Also to the 
(5) Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, Scilla non- 
scripta. 
(6) Correspondents at Oakhill apply the name 
both to the Red and the White Campion, Lychnis 
dioica and L. alba. 
(7) A correspondent at Watchet gives it as 
a locxl nam2 for the Water Vio'et. Hottonia 
palustris. 
(8) In Wilts the name is given to the Wood 
Sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella. 
Cuckoo MEAT. Wood Sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella 
(Sexey’s School). W. Turner says ‘‘ Ozys (i.e. 
Ozalis) is called in English Allelua, Cockowe’s 
Meate, and Wod Sorel.”? A.D. 1543 ‘‘ The Names 
of Herbs.” 
Cuckoo Pixr. (1) One of the most general 
names for the Wild Arum, Aron maculatum. 
