ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Butter-bur. Petasites vulgaris, Desf. — ;S. of England, Turn. Names ; 
Camb. Turner, Ly te ; JSF. Bucks. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ‘ Foemine 
hujus herbae foliis butyrii involuunt unde nomen fecerunt a butterbur.’ 
— Turn. Lib. ‘ Because tbe countrey huswives were wont to wrap tbeir 
butter in tbe large leaves thereof.’ — Coles, A. of S., 31. Other plants 
have a similar name from tbeir use in tbe same way. See Butter 
Dock and Butter Leaves. 
Butter Churn. Nujpliar lutea, Sin. — From tbe shape of the fruit. 
Moray. 
Butter Creeses. Ranunculus acris^ L., R. hulhosus, L., R. repens, L. 
— Bucks. 
Butter-cup, or cups. (1) Ranunculus acris, L., R. hulbosus, L., R. 
repens, L. — ‘ A colore butyrum figura calicem aemulanti sic dicti.’ — 
Skinner. Prior (p. 34) says : ‘Not perhaps from butter and cup, but 
rather more probably from Fr. bouton d’or, the bachelor’s button, a 
name given to its double variety.’ But it seems to us that the more 
obvious derivation is also the more likely to be correct. Turn. Herb. 
Camb. ; W. dies. ; Cumb. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; Dev. ; Ess. ; Hants. 
Hoik; Norf.; (borders of Heref,); Som. Holl. ; Suff. ; Suss. 
Holl, ; Warw. ; N. Yks. ; E. Bord. Bot, E. Bord. ; Wr. 
(2) B. Ficaria, L. — Bucks.; dies.; Cumb.; Clou. ; Radnor {hordiQTS> 
of Heref); Suff.; Suss.; Warw.; Yks.; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(3) R. auricomus, L. — Suss. 
(4) Potentilla anserina, L. — S. Bucks. 
Buttercup, Corn. Ranuncidus arvensis, L. — N. Ylcs. 
Buttercup, Water. (1) Caltlia gmlustris, L. — Surr., N. and E. Yks. 
This is called Big Buttercup in E. Yks., and Great B. in S. Bucks. 
(2) Ranunculus aquatilis, L. — Withering. 
Buttercups, White. Parnassia palustris, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Butter Daisy. (1) Ranuncidus acris, L., R. hulhosus, L., R. 
repens, L. — S. Bucks. 
(2) Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Ij. — Hal. Wr. Dors. Barnes. 
Butter Dock. Rumex ohtusifolius, L. — Deering’s Cat. Stirp. ; be- 
cause dairymaids pack butter in its leaves. Prior, p. 35. 
Buttered Haycocks. Linaria vulgaris. Mill. — Yks. 
Butterflower. An equivalent of Buttercup (1). — Ger., &c. ‘The 
watered meadows are yellow with butter flower s’ — Aubrey, Nat. Hist, 
of Wilts. Curtis (FI, Lond.) says they are ‘ called butterflowers by the 
common people, which name seems to have originated from a sup- 
position that the yellow colour of butter was owing to these plants.’ 
Cows, however, will not eat them when growing. 
Butterflower, Great. Caltha palustris, L. — Lyte’s MS. 
Butterfly Orchis. A common modern book-name for Hahenaria 
chlorantha, Bab., and H. bifolia, Br. 
Butter Haws. Crataegus Oxyacantlia, L. — Norf. 
Butter Jags. (1) Lotus corniculatus, L. — Grose, Hay, E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 1 5, 35. Prior (p. 35) says : ‘ An obscure name, perhaps in 
