200 POPULAR NAMES 



HUSH, called in old authors RYSCHYS, RISE, RESH, and 

 RASHES, A.S. rise, related to It. lisca, reed, Go. raus, 



Juncus, L. 



BOG-, Schoanus, L. 



BUL-, Scirpus lacustris, L. 



CLUB-, Scirpus palustris, L. 



DUTCH-, or SCOUKING-, Equisetum hyemale, L. 

 FLOWERING-, from its tall rush-like stem and 

 handsome head of flowers, Butoinus umbellatus, L. 

 ,, PIN-, Juncus effusus, L. 



RUST, from an effect similar to the rust of iron produced 

 upon plants by certain minute fungi. 



RUTABAGA, the Swede turnip, so called from Sw. rota- 

 baggar, root-rams. J. H. Lundgren in N. & Q., 4th 

 ser., v. 76. Brassica campestris, L. var. rutabaga. 



RYE, A.S. ryge, O.N. rugr, W. rhyg, O.H.G. roggo, Lith. 

 ruggei, Rus. rosk, Pol. rez', Esth. rukki, a word extending, 

 with dialectic modifications, all over Northern Asia, from 

 which this grain seems to have travelled to the South and 

 West. Its derivation unknown. See L. Diefenbach, Or. 

 Eur. No. 29, and J. Grimm, Gesch. d. D. Spr. p. 64. 



Secale cereale, L. 

 RYE-GRASS, see RIE-GRASS, and RAY-GRASS. 



SABIN, see SAVINE. 



SAPPLOWER, from its flowers being sold, as a dye, for 

 genuine saffron, Carthamus tinctorum, L. 



SAPFRON, Sp. azafran, Ar. al zahafaran, 



Crocus sativus, L. 



SAGE, Fr. sauge, It. and Lat. salvia, which by change of 

 / to u became sauuia, sauja, sauge, as alveus, a trough, by 

 the same process, auge, Salvia, L. 



WOOD-, from its sage-like leaves, and growth in 

 woods, and about their borders, Teucrium Scorodonia, L. 



SAINFOIN, sometimes spelt, as in Lyte, in Dale, and in 



