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Several botanical friends tell me this name is 
unknown to them, and suggest that Mr. Elworthy 
referred to the Common Buttercup, R. bulbosus. 
(4) In8.W. Wilts the name is sometimes given 
‘o the Meadow Vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis. 
GOLDEN CORNFLOWER. The Corn Marigold, 
Chrysanthemum segetum. 
GOLDEN Cups. (1) A name given to Butter- 
cups generally; Rev. Hilderic Friend names 
Ranunculus acris in particular, and Mr. F. T, 
Elworthy says R. globosa is commonly so-:zalled 
in West Somerset. 
(2) The usual name in West Somerset for the 
Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris. I have it also 
from Bridgwater and other districts. 
(3) The Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus Ficaria 
(Wembdon). See Go-cups. 
GOLDEN Daisy. A correspondent at Babcary 
gives me this as a local name for the Wild 
Marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum. It is also 
given to the garden Marigold, Calendula officinalis. 
GOLDEN DRaAp. A_ well-known variety of 
plum (F. T. Elworthy). 
GOLDEN DRINKING Cu. A Yeovil school- 
boy gives me this as a local name for the Lesser 
Celandine, Ranunculus Ficaria. 
GOLDEN Drops. A correspondent at Camerton 
gives me this as a local name for the Cowslip, 
Primula veris. 
GOLDEN Dust. (1) Yellow Alyssum, Alys- 
sum sacxatile. 
(2) Yellow  Bedstraw, Galium , verum 
(Wookey). 
(3) A Martock school-boy gives this as a loca] 
name for the Golden Rod—probably a cultivated 
variety, as the Wild Golden Rod, Solidago 
Virgaurea, is rather local in its occurrence, and is 
very mare in this district, even if it is found here 
at all. 
GOLDEN FEATHER. A very general name for 
the Pyrethrum. 
GOLDEN FLOWER. (1) A fairly general name 
for the Corn Marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum. 
(2) A correspondent at Wookey gives it as 
a local name for the Silverweed, Potentilla 
Anserina. 
GOLDEN GLow. A correspondent at Babcary 
gives this as a local name for the Golden Rod, 
See note to GOLDEN Dust (3). 
GOLDEN GRAIN. Great Mullein, Verbascum 
Thapsus (Devon). mn 
GOLDEN KinG-cuprs. The Marsh Marigold, 
Caltha palustris. . 
GoLpEN Knos. The Marsh Marigold, Caltha 
palustris. 
