ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Cuckoo-pintle. Arum maculatum, L. — Wr. ; Turn. NTames, where 
the name is spelt Cuckopintell ; and Turn. Lib., where it is rendered 
Cockowpintell. See Cuckoo-pint. Prior, p. 59. 
Cuckoo-point. Arum mamlatum, L. — Yks. 
Cuckoos. See Cuckoo. 
Cuckoo’s-caps. Some garden species of Aconitum. — dies.; Sal. 
(Ellesmere). 
Cuckoo-cheese. Oxalis AcetoseMa, L. — Dev. In Cumh. Cuckoo- 
cheese-and-bread. 
Cuckoo’s Eye. Geranium Rohertianum, L. — S. Bucks. 
Cuckoo’s Clover. See Clover. 
Cuckoo’s Shoe. Viola ^ canina! L. — Sal. CWorthin). 
Cuckoo’s Shoes and Stockings. Cardamine jyratensis, L., ‘the 
whiter [flowers] being the stockings and the pinkish or darker- 
coloured the shoes.’ — S. Wales, Field, May 1, 1875. 
Cuckoo’s Sour. Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Sal. (Pulverhatch). 
Cuckoo-sorrel. Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Ger. Index; Suss.; Wore.; 
Irel. (Belfast), FI. Belfast. Prior, p. 59. 
Cuckoo-spice. Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Hal. Wr. 
Cuckoo-spit. (1) Cardamine pratensis, Jj. — ‘In the north of Eng- 
land the plant is known only by the name of cuckoo-spit, the rather 
inelegant cognomen being gained, no doubt, from the fact of almost 
every flower-stem having deposited upon it a frothy patch much 
resembling the human sahva, in which is enveloped a pale green 
insect. Few north- country children will gather these flowers ; they 
have a superstition that it is unlucky to do so, and will tell you with 
the gravest countenance that the cuckoo has spit upon it while flying 
over.’ — Journal of Horticulture, May 4, 1876 (p. 355). 
(2) Arum maculatum, L. — Mascal’s Government of Cattle. No 
doubt an error for Cuckoo-pint, but not a misprint, as it occurs on 
pp. 36, 219, 232, &c. 
Cuckoo’s Stockings. (1) Lotus corniculatus, L. — Scd. (Stokesay). 
(2) Scilla nutans, Sm. — Derh., Notts., Staff. 
Cuckoo’s Victuals. (1) Oxalis Acetosella, L. — S. Bucks. 
(2) Geranium Rohertianum, L. — S. Bucks. 
(3) Stellaria Holostea, L. — S. Bucks. 
Cucurd. ‘A kind of plant, mentioned in MS. Med. Line. f. 313.’ — 
Hal. Perhaps Bryonia dioica, L. 
Cudbear. Lecanora tartar ea, Ach. — Jamieson. ‘ The name was 
derived from Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, who first introduced the manu- 
facture [of the dye from this plant] in Glasgow.’ — Treas. Bot. Prior, 
p. 59. 
Cuddy’s Lugs. Leaves of Verhascum Tliapsus, L. — Roxhurgksli. 
Cudweed. Gnap)lialium sylvaticum, L. — ‘ Called in Yorke shyre 
Cudweede and in Northumberlande Chafweed, because it is thought to 
