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bruised leaves, the larger willow-herb so named after a 

 once favourite dish alluded to in King's Cookery : 

 " In cream and codlings rev'ling with delight." 



Epilobiurn hirsutum, L. 



COL, abbreviated by the Apothecaries from Coliander 

 once used for Coriander, Coriandrum sativum, L. 



COLESEED, or COLLARD ; see GALE ; rape, 



Brassica Napus, L. 



COLEWORT, or COLLET, cabbage, Brassica oleracea, L. 



COLMHNIER, a name given in the Herbals to the Sweet 

 William, and also spelt Tolmeiner, which in Parkinson is 

 divided into Toll-me-neer, as though the meaning had been 

 Cull me-, or Toll me near, probably a fanciful explanation 

 of a name derived from some unknown foreign word, 

 d'Allemagne, perhaps ; see TOLMEINER. 



Dianthus barbatus, L. 



COLT'S-FOOT, L. ungula caballina, from the shape of the 

 leaf, Tussilago Farfara, L. 



COLTZA, Flem. kool-zaad, cole-seed, 



Brassica Napus, L. 



COLUMBINE, L. columUna, adj. of columba, pigeon, from 

 the resemblance of its nectaries to the heads of pigeons in 

 a ring round a dish, a favourite device of ancient artists, 



Aquilegia vulgaris, L. 



COM PREY, L. confirma, from its supposed strengthening 

 qualities, Symphytum officinale, L. 



SPOTTED-, see LUNGWORT. 



CONSOUND, or CONSOUD, L. comolida, "quia tanta praes- 

 tantia est, ut carnes, dum coquuntur, conglutinet addita, 

 unde nomen :" Pliny, xxvii. 6. a name given in the 

 middle ages to several different plants, and among them to 

 the daisy, Bellis perennis, L. 



to the comfrey, Symphytum officinale, L. 



to the bugle, Ajuga reptans, L. 



and to the wild larkspur, Delphinium Consolida, L. 



