46 POPULAR NAMES 



CHRISTMAS ROSE, from its open rose-like flower, and its 

 blossoming during the winter months, 



Helleborus niger, L. 



CHRIST'S LADDER, an old name, for we find it as Christis 

 ledclere in catalogues of the fourteenth century. From the 

 plant having been called /e/-wort, earth-gall, fel-ierr&, etc., 

 we may suspect that it has arisen from Christis galle, 

 Christ's gall, or Christis schale, Christ's Cup, having been 

 mistaken for Christi scala, Christ's ladder, and that it 

 alludes to the bitter draught offered to Jesus upon the 

 cross. Erythrsea Centaurium, L. 



CHURL'S HEAD, from its rough hairy involucre, 



Centaurea nigra, L. 



CHURL'S TREACLE, garlick, from its being regarded as a 

 Triacle or antidote to the bite of venomous animals. See 

 POOR MAN'S TREACLE. Allium sativum, L. 



CHURN STAFF, from its straight stein spreading into a 

 flat top, Euphorbia helioscopia, L. 



CIBBOLS, Fr. ciboule, It. cipolla, scallions, 



Allium Ascalonicum, L. 

 CICELY, Gr. o-eo-eXt, some umbelliferous plant. 



ROUGH-, Caucalis Anthriscus, Huds. 



,, SWEET-, from its agreeable odour, 



Myrrhis odorata, L. 



WILD-, Chserophyllum sylvestre, L. 



CIDERAGE, Fr. cidrage, Polygonuna Hydropiper, L. 

 ' CINQUEFOIL, in A. Askham's Lytel Herball Quyncke- 

 folye, Fr. cinq and feuilles, L. cinque foliola, so called from 

 its five leaflets, Potentilla, L. 



MARSH-, Comarum palustre, L. 



Ciss, abbreviated from Cicely. 



CLAPPEDEPOUCH, a nickname meaning clap- or rattle- 

 pouch, from clap, Du. klappen, a name that alludes to the 

 licensed begging of lepers, who stood at the cross-ways 

 with a bell and a clapper. Hoflmann von Fallersleben 



