44 POPULAR NAMES 



CHERVIL, A.S. ccerfille, Fr. cerfeuil, L. chcerophyttum, 

 Gr. xat/>e</>iAXoi/, from xaipw, rejoice, and (f>v\\ov, leaf, 

 Chserophyllum sylvestre, L. 

 HEMLOCK-, or ROUGH-, 



Caucalis Anthriscus, L. 



CHESSES, a name that by some mistake has been trans- 

 ferred to this plant, the peony, from the poppy, which, from 

 the shape of its capsule, was called chasses and chese-boules, 



Paeonia corallina, L. 

 CHESTNUT, L. castanea, Gr. Kaarravov, 



Castanea vesea, Lam. 



HORSE-, probably so named from its coarseness, 

 but according to Parkinson (Th. Bot., p. 1402), from being 

 used in Turkey as a food for horses suffering from shortness 

 of wind, JEsculus Hippocastanum, L. 



CHEVISAUNCE, in Spenser's Sheph. Cal. April, 1. 142 : 



" The pretty pawnee, And the chevisaunce," 

 evidently a misprint for cherisaunce, comfort, heart' s-ease, 

 the cheiri or wallflower, the plant to which the name of 

 Heart' s-ease was originally given. The word is omitted in 

 the glossaries to Spenser, but occurs in Chaucer's Romaunt 

 of the Rose, 1. 3837 : 



" Then dismayed I left all soole, 

 Forwearie, forwandred as a foole, 

 For I ne knew ne cherisaunce." 



Cheiri is the Moorish name Keiri, with which the plant 

 now so familiar to us was brought hither from Spain. 



Cheiranthus Cheiri, L. 

 CHICK-PEA, or CHICHES, It. cece, L. cicer, 



C. arietinum, L. 



CHICKLING, a spurious Chick ; cf. Vetchling and Cram- 

 bling; Lathyrus, L. 



CHICKWEED, A.S. cicena-mete, from the various plants 

 comprehended under this name having been used to feed 

 chickens. " It is thought to be wholesome for sick birds, 



