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A DICTIONARY OF 
Cuckoo-buds. Ranunculus bulhosus, Ij.—Nhamp. Ntli. Gloss., Wr. ; 
Suss. N. & Q,. 1, X. 226. Nemnich renders it ‘The lady’s smock.’ 
Prior, p. 58. 
Cuckoo Cock. Arum maculatum, L. — Ess. Cockayne, iii. 319. 
Cuckoo-flower. The various cuckoo-flowers, both British and foreign, 
are treated of in the Popular History of the Cuckoo, by James 
Hardy, printed in the Alnwick Mercury for April 1, 1862. 
(1) Orchis mascula, L., and 0. Mario, L. — •Hal. Wr. ; E. Anglia, 
Porby ; Dev. ; Ess. ; Herts. ; Suff. 
(2) Lychnis Flos-cucnli, L. — With. Hal. Wr. ; Dev. (Teignmouth) ; 
Suff. Moor. Prior, p. 58. 
(3) Cardamine pratensis, L. — Lyte, Hal. Wr. ; dies. ; Dev. ; E. 
Bard. Bot. E. Bord. ; Glou. ; N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 6 ; Hants. ; 
Suff.; Wilts. (Devizes); Ylis. ; Lrel. (Belfast); Prior, p. 58. 
(4) Stellaria Holostea, L. — Kent, Wr. ; Wight. 
(5) Lychnis diiirna, Sibth. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss., Wr. 
(6) Arum maculatum, L. 
‘Where peep the gaping speckled cuckoo-flowers. 
Prizes to rambling school-boys’ vacant hours.’ 
Clare’s Poems, p. 8. 
(7) Oxalis Acetosella, L. — S. Bucks., where it is sometimes confined 
to the blossoms, the leaves being Cuckoo’s-meat ; Notts. ; N.E. Yks. 
(8) Anemone nemorosa, L. — S. Bucks. ; dies. ; Yks. (Tadcaster). 
(9) Scilla nutans, Sm. — Corn., Dev. 
(10) Saxifraga granulata, L. — E. Yks. 
Nares thinks that Cuckow-flowers in the passage in Elng Lear, 
i. 4, certainly means cowslips ; but this is not likely. 
Cuckoo-flower, White Wild. Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. — With. 
Cuckoo-gilliflower. Lychnis Flos-cuculi, L. — Lyte. Prior, p. 58. 
Cuckoo-grass. Luzula campjestris, L. — E. Bord, Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Prior, p. 59. 
Cuckoo-hood. Centaurea Cyanus, L. — Scotl. Brown MS. 
Cuckoo {or Cuckoo’s-)- meat. (1) Oxedis Acetosella, L. — Grete 
Herball; S. Bucks, (especially the leaves) ; Mid-Ches. ; E, Bord. Bot. 
E. Bord. ; Clou.; Lane.; Wariu. ; Yks. 
(2) Geranium Robertianum, L. — S. Bucks. 
(3) Stellaria Holostea, L. — Bucks. 
Cuckoo Orchis. Orchis mascula, L. — Ger. 
Cuckoo-pint. (1) Arum maculatum, L. —Lyte ; Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. ; 
E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Suss. The explanation of this name given 
by Prior (p. 59) and Cockayne (iii. 319) is no doubt the correct one, 
and is suj)ported by a passage in Coles, A. of S., p. 91, which need 
not be quoted here, as well as by another name given by Bulleyn, 
Book of Simples, fob 24. It is a contraction of Cuckoo-pintle. 
(2) Orchis mascula, L. — N. Bucks. 
