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A DICTIONARY OF 
‘ Creeping crowfoot, provincially creeping crazey, is here esteemed as a 
valuable species of herbage.’ — Marshall, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 4. Prior, 
p. 56. 
(2) Caltha paliistris, L. — GJou. 
Creashak. Aixtostaphylos JJva- Ursi, Spr. — ‘ In Ross-shire creaslidk^ 
a corruption of the Gaelic name croiseagan.’ — Brown MS. 
Creeper. Convolvulus sepium, L. — Notts. 
Creeping-bur. Lycopodium clavatum, L. — Caitlmess, Jamieson. 
Creeping Crazy. See Crazy. 
Creeping Ivy. Hedera Helix, L. (the procumbent form). — Ger. 
Creeping Jack. Sedum acre, L. — dies. 
Creeping Jenny. (1) LysimacJda Nummularia,L. — Herts., Middx. 
(2) Chrysosplenium oppositi folium, L. — Suss. (Hastings). 
(3) Nepeta Gleclioma, Bth. — N. Line. (Flixborough). 
Creeping Sailor. (1) Saxifraga sarmentosa, L. — Sal. (general). 
(2) Sedum acre, L. — Sal. (Shrewsbury). 
Creeping Thyme. Thymus Serpiyllum, L. — Ger. 
Crees, Yellow, or Creeses, Butter. Ranunculus hulhosus, L., R. 
acris, L., and R. repens, L. — S. Bucks. 
Cress. Turn. Names. A general name for many cruciferous plants. 
Prior (p. 57) says ‘ used absolutely it means the genus Lepidiumd 
Hal. gives it as ‘ a rush,’ and quotes from Line. MS. ‘ I cownte hym 
noghte at a cresse.’ But although a rush figures in a similar saying 
(see Bulleyn, fob 20) as a thing of little worth, we do not think it is 
necessarily intended here by the word cress. 
Cress, American. Barharea prcecox, Br. — Treas. Bot. It is com- 
monly cultivated under this name. Also called Belleisle Cress (see 
Belleisle C.), and in I. of Wight Bank Cress. 
Cress, Bank. See Bank Cress. 
Cress, Bitter. A general name for plants of the genus Cardamine ; 
Prior (p. 57) assigns it especially to C. amara, L. See Bitter Cress. 
Cress, Brown. See Brown Cress. 
Cress, Carl’s, or Churl’s. See Churl’s Cress. 
Cress, Cow. See Cow-cress. 
Cress, Dock. Lapsana communis, L.- — Ger. His figure, which is 
not that plant, is corrected in Ger. Emac. Pratt calls it Succory 
Dock Cress. 
Cress, French. Barharea vulgaris, Br. — With. ed. ii. 
Cress, Garden. Lepidium sativum, L. — Prior, p. 57. 
Cress, Lamb’s. Cardamine hirsuta, L. — Dev. 
