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came into this country with the Roman 

 missionaries and formed a natural accom- 

 paniment to their religious instruction. 

 And there are indications in the Saxon 

 herbal vocabulary which confirm this natural 

 presumption. 



Our Lists supply clear evidence of a 

 long-standing acquaintance with Roman 

 plant-names. Many of the Saxon names 

 are in fact nothing but Latin disguised by 

 long familiarity and attrition. In some 

 cases the Saxon modification has brought 

 the word more than half-way from its 

 original Latin to its modern English form. 

 Instances of this will be seen in the follow- 

 ing List: — 



