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A DICTIONARY OF 
piece of land wliicli a hundred years ago went by the name of Cat^s- 
tail Field, from their abundance in it ; this name it still retains.’ Suf. 
Warw. 
(3) Typha latifolia, L. — Turn. Names ; Prior, p. 40. 
(4) Aconitum Napellus^ L. — Sal, 
(5) Plileum pratense, L. — Prior, p. 40. From the shape of the spike. 
(6) Ecliium vulgar e, L. — ‘ Is called in some partes of Englande 
Catty stayles .'' — Turn. Herb. See also Turn. Lib. under Cirsion. Camh., 
N. Ess., Norf, 
(7) Amaravthus caudatus, L. (gardens). — No?’/. From its long 
pendulous inflorescence. 
(8) Catkins of Juglans regia, L. — Lyte. 
(9) Hippuris vulgaris, L. — Norf. ; Buff. Holl. Probably (2) was 
intended. 
Cat’s-tail Grass. A general book-name for Plileum puxitense, L., and 
other species. Prior, p. 40. 
Cat’s-tails, or Cat-tails. (1) Eriophorum vaginatum, L., and E. 
angustifolium, L. — Aherdeensh. ; White C. in Cumh. ; E. Bord. Bot. 
E. Bord. ; Mearns., Galloivay, Jamieson. 
(2) Various species of Equisetum. — Bucks., Mid-Ches. 
(3) Catkins of Corylus Avellana, L. — Nhamp. 
(4) Hippuris vulgaris, L. — Norf. Holl. ; Suff. Holl. 
(5) ‘ The heads of the great bulrush.’ Typha latifolia, L. — N. Line. 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; Tks. (Holderness), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 7. 
Catten-clover, Cat-in-clover. Lotus corniculatus, L. — S. Scotl. 
Jamieson. 
Catteridge-tree. Cornus sanguinea, L. — Treas. Bot. 
Cat-trail. ‘ Foetid Valerian root, attractive to cats, and used for 
“ trailing” or enticing them into traps laid where they infest.’ — Yks. 
(Whitby), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2. 
Cat-tree, or Cat-wood. Euonymus europmus, L. — S. Bucks. 
Catwhin. (1) Rosa canina, L. ‘ The dogrose.’ — North, Hal. Wr. ; 
Yks. (Whitby), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2. Nemnich renders it ‘ the Scotch 
rose.’ 
(2) Rosa spinosissima, L. — North, Grose; E. Yks. Marshall, E. D. 
S. Gloss. B. 2. 
(3) TJlex nanus, L. — Cumh. 
(4) Genista anglica, L. — Cumh. 
.(o) ‘The herb “setwall” or valerian; gen.’ — Mid-Yks. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. '5. We cannot help suspecting some error here. 
Cat-whistles. Equisetum palustre, L. — Suff. 
Caul, Yellow. Ranunculus acris, L. — Wight, FI. Vect. 
Causeway-grass. Poa annua, L. — Berio. ‘ About Dunse it is 
called causeway -grass for a very obvious reason — its frequency in 
unfrequented streets.’ — Bot. E. Bord. 
