198 POPULAR NAMES 



somewhat resemble a double rose, and its native country 

 Gueldres, the sterile-flowered var. of the water elder, 



Viburnum Opulus, L. 



ROSE, PEOVINCE-, from Provins, a small village near 

 Paris, where it used to be cultivated, R. gallica, L. var. 

 ROSE-A-BUBY, L. rosa rubea, from its rich red flowers, 

 Adonis autumnalis, L. 



ROSE BAY, the name given by Turner to the oleander, 

 but now, from resemblance of leaf in an outline drawing, 

 applied in some books to a very different plant, 



Epilobium angustifolium, L. 

 ROSE CAMPION, the rose-coloured campion, 



Lychnis coronaria, L. 



ROSE ELDER, the elder that bears roses, the Guelder 

 rose, Viburnum Opulus, L. 



ROSE-ROOT, or -WORT, L. rhodia radix, from the odour 

 of its rootstock, Rhodiola rosea, L. 



ROSEMARY, L. *rosmarinus, sea-spray, from its usually 

 growing on the sea-coast, and its odour, 



Rosmarinus ofEcinalis, L. 



,, MARSH-, or WILD-, from its narrow linear leaves 

 like those of rosemary, Andromeda polifolia, L. 



ROT-GRASS, from its being supposed to bane sheep, a 

 grass in the sense of herbage, Pinguicula vulgaris, L. 



ROWAN, or ROAN-TREE, called in the Northern counties 

 RAN or ROYNE, Da. and Sw. ronn or runn, the O.Norse 

 runa, a charm, from its being supposed to have power to 

 avert the evil eye. "The most approved charm against 

 cantrips and spells was a branch of the Rowan-tree planted 

 and placed over the byre. This sacred tree cannot be 

 removed by unholy fingers." Jamieson's Scot. Dict y - 

 " Roan-tree and red thread 

 Haud the witches a' in dread." 



Johnston in East. Bord. 



The word runn, from Skr. ru, murmur, meant a secret. 



