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RAT’s BANE. Wild Beaked Parsley, Anthriscus 
sylvestris, a common wild umbelliferous plant, in 
appearance something like Hemlock—probably 
mistaken for it (West Somerset). 
Rat’s Foot. A _ school-girl near Axminster 
gives me this as a local name for the Ground 
Ivy, Nepeta hederacea. See Rats’ Mourus (1). 
Rats’ Movutus. (1) A number of young 
people in East Devon give me this as a local name 
for the Ground Ivy, Nepeta hederacea. 
(2) <A boy and girl at Sector, near Axminster, 
give it as a local name for both the White and 
Red Dead Nettle, Lamium album and L. pur- 
pureum. 
Rats’ Tatts. (1) The seeu-stalks of various 
species of Plantain. 
(2) Common Agrimony, Agrimonia Eupatoria 
(Tisbury). 
RATTLE Bacs. Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus 
Crista-galli (Dorset). More often called RATTLE 
BASKETS. 
RATTLE BASKETS. (1) The Yellow Rattle, 
Rhinanthus Crisia-galli. 
(2) The Lousewort or Red Rattle, Pedicularis 
sylvatica (Winsham). 
(3) A Martock school-boy gives me this as 
a local name for the Soft Rush, Juncus effusus. 
I gather from Dr. Watson that this rush is used 
for making little baskets, inside which are placed 
small peas or similar bodies to make a rattle. 
(4) A Mucheiney school-boy gives it for the 
Quaking Grass, Briza media. 
RATTLE GRASS. The Yellow Rattle, Rhinan- 
thus Crista-galli (White’s Bristol Flora). 
RATTLE Pops. The Red Rattle or Lousewort, 
Pedicularis sylvestris (several school-children at 
Chew Magna). 
RATTLE Traps. The Yellow Rattle, Rhinan- 
thus Crista-galli (Marshwood, Dorset). 
RATTLE WEED. The Bladder Campion, Silene 
latifolia (N.W. Wilts). 
RAXEN. Rushes. See RACKZEN and REXEN. 
RAY-GRASS. Common Rye-grass or Darnel, 
Lolium perenne. See EVER-GRASS. Prior says 
the first part of the word represeats French 
iwraie = drankenness, from the supposed intoxi- 
cating quality 2f some species. In the north of 
England it is named DRuNK or Drunken Darnel. 
RECKLESS. A common corruption. of 
* Auriculas.”’ ! 
ReEcTIONS. Rushes (East Devon). See REXEN. 
RED APPLE BLossom. Pyrus japonica (a school- 
girl at Wellington). 
