POPULAR NAMES 



Adv. Nov. p, 134. Piers of Fulham says : 

 " An erbe is cause of all this rage 

 In oure tonge called outrage" 



Polygonum Hydropiper, L. 



CULVERKEYS, a name found in Walton's Angler, and 

 the same probably as Calverkeys, in Awbrey's Wilts, one 

 now no longer used or understood. Being applied to a 

 meadow plant it cannot be, as supposed by the commen- 

 tators, the columbine, but far more probably, as suggested 

 by Mr. Edw. King, in Notes and Queries, 2nd s. vii, 303, 

 the blue-bell or common hyacinth. Scilla nutans, Sin. 



CULVERFOOT, in Lupton, (b. ix. No. 15), the doves- foot 

 cranesbill, Geranium columbinum, L. 



CULVERWORT, A.S. culfre, pigeon, and wort, from the 

 resemblance of its flowers to little heads of such birds feed- 

 ing together, the columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, L. 



CUMMIN, from Ar. al qamoun, Cuminum cyminum, L. 



CUP in Butter-cup, King-cup, and Gold-cup, not from a 

 drinking vessel, but from the resemblance of its double 

 variety to the gold head of a button, A.S. eopp, a stud, 

 Fr. bouton d'or, Kanunculus acris, L. 



CUP LICHEN, or Cup-Moss, from its cup-like shape, 

 Scyphophorus pyxidatus, Hook. 



CURRANT, a name transferred from the small grape 

 brought from Corinth, and thence called Uva Corinthiaca, 

 to the fruits of several species of Kibes, 



R. rubrum and nigrum, L. 



CUSHION-PINK, from its dense tufted growth, and the 

 resemblance of its flowers in their general appearance to 

 pinks, Statice Armeria, L. 



CUT-HEAL, the valerian, which was probably so called 

 from its supposed efficacy in uterine affections, Du. kutte, 

 A.S. cwffi, but in mistaken conformity to its name, used, 

 as Gerarde tells us, " in sleight cuts, wounds, and small 

 hurts." Valeriana officinalis, L. 



