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Rosy HEART. Another of the many names 
for Dicentra spectabilis; see BLEEDING HEART 
and LADY’s HEART. This name is sent me from 
Trowbridge. 
Rosy Morn. Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus corni- 
culatus (Chewton Mendip). 
RoTTLE PENNY. The Yellow Rattle, Rhin- 
anthus Crista-galli (Dorset). 
ROUND-pDOCcEK. The Common Mallow, Malva 
sylvestris, so called from the roindness of its 
leaves. 
According to Jennings the leaves. of 
this plant were used in his day as a supposed 
remedy or charm for the sting of a nettle, by 
being rubbed on the stung part, with the words: 
In dock, out nettle, 
Nettle have a-sting’d me. 
RounD RoBIN. The Red Campion, Lychnis 
dioica, to distinguish it from the Ragged Robin 
(Devon). 
Round ToweErRs. Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum 
Salicaria (a school-girl at Alfington, Devon). 
Rovine Sartor. (1) Ivy-leaved Toadflax, 
(2) The once-popular pot-plant. Sazifraga 
sarmeniosa, often called MOTHER OF THOUSANDS, 
STRAWBERRY-PLANT, SPIDER-PLANT, PooR MAN’sS 
GERANIUM, &c. See AARON’S BEARD (2). 
ROWBERRY. This is given me by several 
school-cbildren in the Chard district as a local 
name for the ‘“‘ Mandrake ”’ or (and) the ‘‘ Deadly 
Nightshade.” I assume the plants intended are 
the Red-berried or White Bryony, Bryonia 
dioica or (ard) the Woody Nightshade, Solanum 
Dulcamara. 
ROWET or ROwWETs. Rough coarse grass; 
particularly that growing up among furze or 
brushwood. Rough tufts of grass. 
RoyaL PENNY. Wall Pennywort, Cotyledon 
Umbilicus-Veneris (Brompton Regis). 
RUE-FERN (or WALL-RUE). Rue-leaved Spleen- 
wort, Asplenium Ruta-muraria. 
RUE-WEED. Common Meadow Rue, Thalict- 
rum flavum. 
RUMPET ScRuMpPs. A school-girl at Ilminster 
gives me this as a local name for the Cow-parsnip, 
Heracleum Sphondylium. See LuMPER-SCRUMP. 
RunN-AwAy JACK. The Ground Ivy, Nepeta 
hederacea. 
RUNNING JAcosB. The Nasturtium, Tropwolum 
(Leigh, Dorset). 
Rusty Back. Scaly Spleenwort, Ceterach 
officinarum. 
