ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 519 
Cassock. ‘ Cassock (from cassuc), any kind of binding weed.’ 
Hants. (New Forest), J. E. Wise’s New Forest (ed. 3), p, 166. 
Cat-bed. Centranth.us riiher.^ DC. N. Line. (Kirton-in-Lindsey). 
Catchfly. add (2) Antirrhinum majus, L. — N. Line. E. D. S. 
Gloss. 0. 6. 
Cat-claws. Ranunculus repens, L. — Lane. (Preston). Science Gossip, 
1882, p. 164. 
Cat-foot Poplar. Popidus nigra, L. — S. Lane. This name is in 
use amongst cabinet-makers, and refers to the dark knots in the 
wood, which are said to resemble the marks of cat’s feet. 
Cat o’ nine tails, add (2) Catkins of Gorylus Avellana, L. — Dev. 
Friend. 
Cat Rose. Rosa arvensis, L.— Ches. As a distinction from Rosa 
canina, L., the dog rose. 
Catrash or Catrush. Fjuonymus europoeiis, L. — ‘ Perhaps from its 
having a green bark like a rush.’ Archaeologia, xlii. 126 (locality not 
specified.’ Cfr. Catty tree.* 
Cats and Keys, add Dev. Friend. (2) Fruit of Acer Pseudo- 
platanus, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Cat’s-eyes. (1) add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. ; Kent (Rochester). 
Cat’s-heads. add (2) A kind of apple. Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Cat’s tail. (2) add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. ; E. maximum, L. — 
Berks. (Sunningwell). N. & Q,., 5th S., xi. 337. 
(6) add Herts. Ellis, Mod. Husbandman. 
Cat’s tails, add (1) Som. (Willow). 
(3) Anacharis Alsinastrum, Bab. Irel. (Co. Fermanagh). Science 
Gossip, 1882, p. 43. 
(7) Dev. Friend. 
Cat’s tail, Blue. Echium mdgare, L. — Herts. Ellis, Modern Hus- 
bandman, vol. viii. p. 296. 
Cat’s tail, Green. Herts. Ellis, Modern Husbandman, vol. viii. 
p. 297. We cannot identify the plant from the description given : ‘ The 
green sort grows in wettish, flat, loamy land, where it mats, branches, 
and hangs together like Twitch grass, and choaks the corn.’ 
Cat-tree. add (2) Cornus sanguinea, L. — Bal. (Wellington). 
Shropsh. Word-book. 
Caten-aroes. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L. — Lane. (Preston). 
Science Gossip, 1882, p. 164. 
Catty-tree. Euonymus europoeus, L. — Sal. (Pulverbatch). ‘ Theer’s 
a piece o’ Catty -tree o’ the fire, it stinks enough to pison a body, jest 
like as if a turn-cat ’ad bin about.’ Shropshire Word-book. Cfr. 
Cat-tree, (1) and Foul-rush. 
Cat whin, add (6) Ononis arvensis, L. — Yks. (Cleveland). 
