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RED RATTLE. Lousewort, Pedicularis 
sylvatica. 
RED RIDING HOOD. A very general name for 
the Red Campion, Lychnis dioica, commonly 
known also as ROBIN Hoop. A few corres- 
pondents in Dorset give me the name as being 
applied to the Ragged Robin and the Herb Robert, 
but this is almost certainly due to confusion. 
RED Rosin. (1) The Red Campion, Lychnis 
dioica. 
(2) The Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
(3) The Ragged Robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi 
(Wellow and Mells). 
(4) Bird Knot-grass, Polygonum aviculare 
(Rev. H. Friend). 
RED RoBIN-HOOD. The Red Campion, Lychnis 
dioica (Zeals, Wilts). 
RED Rot. Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera 
rotundifolia. 
RED RovueHs. His Honour J. S. Udal gives 
this as a Dorset name for the Scarlet Runner. 
I am indebted to Dr. Watson for the following 
note :—‘‘ Phaseolus multiflorus is the Scarlet 
Runner, but I am uncertain whether this is the 
species meant. The name is quite likely to be 
applied also to P. vulgaris.” 
RED SOLDIERS. Common Poppy, Papaver 
Rheas. 
REDWEED. (1) Common Poppy, Papaver 
Rheas. This 1s the only name for the Poppy 
in many parts of Wiltshire, where the name 
‘* Poppy ” is applied only to the Foxglove. 
(2) Bird Knot-grass, Polygonum aviculare. 
(3) Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis (Ham- 
moon, Dorset). 
RED Wo.tr. A_ Bridgwater school-mistress 
gives me this as a local name for the Red Campion, 
Lychnis dioica. This flower is very commonly 
called RED RIDING-HOOD, and this is possibly 
the explanation of the ‘‘ Wolf.” 
REED. (1) A genera] name for Phragmites 
communis. 
(2) Often applied to any plant having long 
and erect leaves and fringing ditches and streams. 
(3) A Somerset and Devon word for 
unbroken wheaten straw, combed and straig ntened, 
for thatching, hence to ‘“‘reed”’ or thatch a house 
REED-MACE. The general English name for 
Typha latifolia. More popularly called BULRUSH. 
According to Dr. Prior the plant owes its name 
of REED-MACE to the ‘ Ecce Homo” pictures, 
and familiar statues of Jesus in His crown of 
thorns, with this reed-like plant in His hand as a 
mace or sceptre. 
REED Morte. A single stalk of Wheat Straw. 
