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commonly applied to these species almost throughout Ireland and closely 

 related to the Latin Brassica. 



CMlbe^c gitnh&ife. See JiuiiiM-)-. 



C&pn& mit,ip. Lathy r us maerorrhizus Wimmers, Heath Pea. — General in 

 Clare Island. Sweet Knohs may be suggested as a rendering of the 

 Gaelic name, taken from the knobby liquorice-flavoured roots or tubers, 

 which are dug up and eaten by the children in Clare Island, as in many 

 other parts of Ireland and in Scotland. The Scotch Gaelic name Cormylie 

 or Cormeille (Honey-root) expresses the same idea as the Irish Gaelic- 

 name. 



C&^a mitif dogs. Yieia C'racca Linne, Tufted Vetch. — Clare Island ; 

 applied as a contemptuous term to this common vetch as lacking the 

 quality of the true C^-ppa. mili-p. 



Ce.soi.sb.sn t)ub cop-sc, Black-footed Canavawn. Bleclmwm Spicant Eoth, 

 Hard Fern. — At Cloghmore, Achill Sound. The second component of the 

 name is obviously descriptive ; the first, Ce.sn<sb<.\n, which is widespread 

 in Ireland as a name for the Cotton Sedge (Eriophoruni), is probably 

 connected with the Gaelic ca.nA.ib, Latin cannabis, Arabic cannab, 

 French chanrrc, and English canvas and hemp (see De Candolle, " Origin 

 of Cultivated Plants "). 



Ce^c]\^iii^ csop.sc, Sheep's Quarter. Atriplex erecta Hudson, Oraehe, 

 Lamb's Quarters. — Used in Clare Island and in Achillbeg, as in Kerry 

 and Connemara. Perhaps a translation into Irish of the English name. 



Club in. Spergula arvensis Linne, Corn Spurrey. — Clare Island. Also used 

 in Co. Dublin and at Maaru, Co. Galway. 



Copoj pp<siT>e, Big Eoad Leaf. Burner dbtusifolius Linne and It. crispus 

 Linne, Broad-leaved and Curled Dock. — Clare Island, Belclare, &c, 

 general around Clew Bay, as it is almost throughout Ireland. In 

 Clare Island, as in Kerry, Louth, and Connemara, the compound 

 name Copoj pp-sroe (Eoad or Street Dock) is generally applied to 

 B. obtusifotius, so commonly found growing in the neighbourhood of 

 dwellings, especially in the "street" or open yard in front of Irish 

 roadside homesteads. 



CopojAc woher, Leafy Ware or Seaweed. Lamina ria saecharina Linne. — 

 A compound Irish-English name used for the species at Cloghmore, Achill 

 Sound, but perhaps generic for the Laminarias. The second component 

 is apparently connected with the English ware, seaweed, and occurs also 

 on the Dublin coast. In Kentish dialect seaweed is spoken of as icaur. 

 Copoj pi.t>na.i5 | Plantago major Linne, Way Bread, 

 Cpo p<vopoo5 j Plantain. — In Clare Island the first of these names is 



