58 POPULAR NAMES 



CROW-BELLS, the daffodil, 



Narcissus Pseudonarcissus, L. 



CROWBERRY, from the black colour of its fruit, 



Empetrum nigrum, L. 



CROW-FLOWER, the buttercup, from the resemblance of 

 its leaf to a crow's foot. See CROWFOOT. 



Ranunculus acris and bulbosus, L. 

 but in old authors oftener applied to the Ragged Robin, 



Lychnis flos cuculi, L. 



CROWFOOT, from being supposed, from the shape of its 

 leaf, to be the Coronopus or crow's-foot of Dioscorides, 



Ranunculus, L. 



CROWFOOT CRANESBILL, a geranium with a leaf like that 

 of a crowfoot, Geranium pratense, L. 



CROW-GARLICK, a worthless one, Allium vineale, L. 



CROW-LEEKS, Scilla nutans, Sm. 



CROW-NEEDLES,, or CRAKE-NEEDLES (Ray) from the long 

 beaks of the seed vessels, Scandix Pecten, L. 



CROW-TOES, from its claw-like spreading legumes, 



Lotus corniculatus, L. 



CUCKOO'S BREAD, or CUCKOO'S MEAT, or GOWK-MEAT, 

 from its blossoming at the season when the cuckoo's cry is 

 heard, M.Lat. of Ort. San. c. xviii, pants cuculi, 



Oxalis Acetosella, L. 



" CUCKOO BUDS of yellow hue," Shaksp. (L.L.L. v. 2), 

 are probably the buds of the crowfoot. 



CUCKOO FLOWER, a name given in old works to the 

 ragged robin, Lychnis flos cuculi, L. 



but now more generally to the lady's smock, which, as 

 Gerarde says, p. 203, " flowers in April and May, when 

 the cuckoo doth begin to sing her pleasant notes without 

 stammering," Cardainine pratensis, L. 



CUCKOO GILLIFLOWER, one of the plants formerly com- 

 prehended under the gilliflowers, and blossoming at the 

 time of the cuckoo's song, Lychnis flos cuculi, L. 



