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POPULAR NAMES 



raspberries. (Forby.) This name it may owe to the 

 circumstance that the fruit grows on the young shoots of 

 the previous year. Fr. in Cotgrave meure de ronce. 



Rubus idseus, L. 



RATTLE-BOX or YELLOW RATTLE, A.S. hrcetele or hrcBtel- 

 wyrt, L. crotalum, Gr. Kpora\ov, from the rattling of the 

 ripe seed in its pod, Rhinanthus Crista galli, L. 



,, RED-, Pedicularis sylvatica, L. 



RAWBONE, properly RABONE. See RUNCH. 



RAY-GRASS, Fr. ivraie, drunkenness, from the supposed 

 intoxicating quality of the seeds of the darnel, a species of 

 the same genus, Lolium perenne, L. 



RED-KNEES, from its red angular joints, the culrage or 

 arsmart, Polygonum Hydropiper, L. 



RED-LEGS, from its red stalks, 



Polygonum Bistorta, L. 



RED MOROCCO, from the colour of the petals, 



Adonis autumnalis, L. 



RED-ROT, from its supposed baneful effect upon sheep, 

 and its red colour, Drosera, L. 



RED-SHANKS from its red stalks, 



Polygonum Persicaria, L. 



and in the Northern counties, where it is a nickname for the 

 Scotch Highlanders, the herb Robert, 



Geranium Robertianum, L. 



REDWEED, the red poppy, not merely from its red 

 flowers, but from these being used as a tveed or dye. 

 " Us teignent la laine en beau rouge, lorsqu'elle est traitee 

 par Talum et 1'acide acetique." Duchesne, pi. utiles, 

 p. 183. Papaver Rhoeas, L. 



REED, A.S. hreod, G. riet, and a similar name in all 

 Germanic languages, seems to be identical with Lat. 

 arundo, in which the i of the former is replaced with u, as 

 in hirundo compared with Gr. ^eXtS&jz/, a swallow, and an n 

 inserted before d for euphony. The initial h of the A.S. 



