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HERB GRAsS. Rue, Ruta graveolens ; evidently 
a corruption of HERB OF GRACE, which see. 
HERB Ivy. (1) An old name for the Yellow 
Bugle, Ajuga Chamepitys, sent me by several 
correspondents, although I believe the plant does 
not occur in this district. 
(2) The SBuck’s-horn Plantain, Plantago 
Coronopus. See HART’S-HORN. 
HERB OF GRACE Or HERB OF REPENTANCE. 
Rue, Ruta graveolens. Dr. Prior says this name 
is from the word rve, having also the meaning of 
repentance, which is needful to obtain God’s 
grace; a frequent subject of puns in the old 
dramatists. 
He must avoid the crimes he lived in ; 
His Physicke must be Rue (ev’n Rue for sinne) 
Of HERB OF GRACE, a cordial he must make ; 
The bitter cup of true repentance take. 
J. WITHER, Britain’s Remembrance, 1628. 
HERB PETER. The Cowslip, Primula veris 3 
said to be from its resemblance to a bunch of 
keys, which is the badge of St. Peter. 
HERB ROBERT. (1) The usual English name 
of the Stinking Crane’s-bill, Geranium Robertianum. 
(2) Rev. H. Friend says: ‘‘ In Somersetshire 
the name of Herb Robert is often applied to a 
member of the Sage tribe, Salvia coccinea, which 
bears very handsome scarlet flowers, and looks 
very much like a Foxglove or Gladiolus at the 
distance, as far as its shape and formation are 
concerned.” 
HERBS. A term applied to any plant having a 
reputed medicinal value. 
HERB TRINITY. (1) The Pansy, Viola tricolor 
from having three colours combined in one flower. 
(2) The same name is also given to the 
Anemone and to the Clover on accouat of their 
having three leaflets combined in one leaf. 
HERB TRUE-LOVE. The Herb Paris, Paris 
quadrifolia, sometimes called Four-leaved Grass, 
or True-love Knot. 
HERB TWOPENCE. (1) A common name for 
the Moneywort, Lysimachia Nummularia, from 
its pairs of round leaves. 
(2) A correspondent at Stockland (Devon) 
gives it as a local name for the Purple Loosestrife, 
LIythrum Salicaria. 
HETHURTS, i.€., HEATH-WORTS or WHORTLE. 
Mr. W. D. Miller gives me this as a name used in 
the neighbourhood of Dunkery Beacon for the 
Crowberry. See HEATH-URTS. 
HEw-MAckK. The stock or stem of the Wild 
Rose, Rosa canina, used for budding or grafting 
upon. Mr. W. D. Miller tells me that when he has 
been partridge driving he has been pointed to. 
his stand by a beater as ‘“‘ behind thicce gurt. 
