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A DICTIONARY OF 
recalled the scent of the Acorns, and suggested the name. ‘ The sweet- 
smelling flag or Calamus ’ is given by Eay (Cat.) as the English 
equivalent of Acorus. 
Calathian Violet. Geiitiana Pneumonanthe, L. — Lyte and subse- 
quent authors. Prior, p. 35. Skinner says : ‘ Elegans sane flos qui 
colore purpurea violam, cavitate et oblonga erectaque flgura cala- 
thrum seu potius poculum refert.’ Gerard, however, figures a Cam- 
panula as Ghe true Calathian YioleV 
Cale (more usually spelt Kale). Cabbage. — Dors. Aubrey, Hal. ; 
Scotl. Jamieson. The leaves and shoots of cabbages are called aillards 
in the Isle of "Wight. Hal. From A.S. cawl, L. caulis, a stalk; ‘a 
name given to a thick-stemmed variety, the Kohl-rabi, and extended 
' to the other kinds of cabbage.’ — Prior, p. 35 ; Wr. ‘ The apothecaries 
and the common herbaristes do call it Caulis, of the goodnesse of the 
stalke.’ — Ger., 249. 
Cale, Com. Sinapis arvensis, L. — "With. ed. ii. 
Cale, Sea. Cramhe maritima, L. — Prior, p. 35. 
Calf s-foot, or Calves-foot. (1) Arum maculatum, L. — Crete HerbaU. 
‘ Sic dictum ab aliqua radicum cum pede vitulino convenientia.’ — 
Skinner. Prior, p. 36. Minsheu finds the resemblance in the leaf. 
(2) Allium vineale, L. — Grete Herball. 
Calf-snout, 0 ?* Calves’-snout. Lyte. (Greek antirrhinon.) — Prom the 
form of the capsule. A name given by Turner (Names) to Antir- 
rhinum Orontium, L,, and usually applied in books to that species. 
Prior, however (p. 36), assigns it to A. majus, L. In Wr. Calves’- 
snowt. 
Call-me-to-you. Viola tricolor, L. — Coles, A. in E., p. 175; Prior, 
p. 59. 
Callock. Sinapis arvensis, L. — Nliamp). Nth. Gloss. Prior, p. 42. 
Caltrops. Centaurea Calcitrapa, L. — Lyte and subsequent authors. 
Prior, p. 35. 
Caltrops, Water. A book-name for Potamogeton densus, L., and P. 
crispus, L. In English Botany, ed. iii., erroneously assigned to 
Caltha palustris, L. 
Calverkeys. A plant mentioned by Aubrey (Nat. Hist, of Wilts., 
Britton’s ed., 1847, p. 49), on which Eay notes : ^ Calverheys . . . 
are country names unknown to me.’ Probably the same as Cul- 
verkeys, which see. Prior, p. 36. 
Calves’-feet. Sinapis arvensis, L.^ — Glou., Wane. 
Calves’-foot. See Calf s-foot. 
Calves’-snout. See Calf s-snout. 
Camamel. See Camomile. 
Cambie-leaf Nymphcea alha, L,, and Nuphar lutea, Snu-^iV. Scotl. 
Jamieson. 
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