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Roast BEEF. The Stinking Iris, Iris fetidis- 
sima ; from the smell of the bruised leaf. 
ROBBERS’ LANTERNS, A _ correspondent at, 
Cerne Abbas gives me this as a local name fop 
the flowers of the Horse Chestnut, Asculus 
Hippocastanum. 
ROBERT THE HERBIST. A_ school-boy at 
Dunkerton gives me this as a local name for the 
Geranium. It looks very much like a curious cor- 
ruption of the name Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum. 
RoBIN or ROBIN FLOWER. (1) Rev. Hilderic 
Friend gives both these forms as Devonshire 
names for the Red Campion, Lychnis dioica, 
and also for Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
(2) Mr. T. W. Cowan writes :—ROBIN or 
ROBIN-RUN-IN-THE-HEDGE, is given in some 
counties as the name for the common Bindweed, 
Calystegia sepium. 
RoBIn Hoop. (1) A name generally used 
throughout the district for the Red Campion, 
Lychnis dioica. 
(2) Used in many parts of the district for the 
Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
The Rev. H. Friend says ‘ The people living 
a few miles from Taunton calithe Herb Robert 
and the Campion both Robin Hood.” 
(3) In Dorset, and occasionally in Somerset, 
this name is given also to the Ragged Robin, 
Lychnis Flos-cuculi. 
The name is also given occasionaily to the 
three following flowers, no doubt owing to their 
resemblance to the Red Campion. 
(4) The White Campion, Lychnis alba, 
(5) The Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia, 
(6) The Corn Cockie, Lychnis Githago (given 
by a school-boy at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset). 
Rosin Hoop AND His MERRY MEN. The 
Scarlet Eli-cup Fungus, Geopywxis coccinea (Ram- 
pisham, Dorset). 
RoBIN REDBREAST. The Red Campion, 
Lychnis dioica. 
ROBIN RUNIN THE FIELD. Lesser Convolvulus, 
Convolvulus arvensis. 
RoBIN RUN IN THE HEDGE. (1) Greater 
Convolvulus, Calystegia sepium. 
(2) Goose-grass, Galium Aparine; commonly 
called CLYDER or SWEETHEARTS. 
(3) Ground Ivy, Nepeta hederacea (Over 
Stowey). 
(4) Red Campion, Lychnis dioica (Leigh, 
Dorset). 
_ Ropins. Red Campion, as above (Taunton). 
More often called RoBIN Hoop. 
PP ecenaih s CUSHION. See RoBIN’s PINCUSHION 
