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in some three in others foure or five on a stalke, of a sad greene 
colour, with a shadow of darke purple cast over them, the flowers are 
white ; I never saw this but in gardens where women keepe it with 
confidence to be good for the Purples in children or others.’ Park. 
Theatr. 1112. 
(2) Medicago maculata, L. — Peering (Cat. Stirp). 
(3) Lytlwum Salicaria, L. — Pratt. 
Grass, Quaker. (Nhainp. Nth. Gloss.), or Quaking {W. dies.; 
E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Suff.). Briza media, L. — Prior, p. 191. 
Grass, Quick. Triticum repens, L. — Hudson (Flora Anglica). In 
Warw. Guicken Grass. From A.S.*ciy«c, alive, in allusion to the 
great vitality of its creeping underground stems. 
Grass, Quitch. Triticum repens, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 192. See 
preceding. 
Grass, E-abbit. Agrostis setacea, Curt. — Wight. FI. Vect. 
Grass, Rattle. (1) Rhinantlius Crista-galli, L. — Ireland, Pratt. 
(2) Pedicularis palustris, L. — Ger., who gives also Red Rattle 
Grass. In both these species the dry somewhat inflated cafices 
rattle audibly when shaken. 
(3) Briza media, L. — Wight. FI. Yect. 
Grass, Ray. A general agricultural name for Lolium perenne, L., 
from the French ivraie. Ger. (Index) calls it. Red Raie. Prior, p. 
194. 
Grass, Reed. A name given by Lyte to Sparganium ramosum, L. 
Grass, Reed Canary. See Canary Grass. 
Grass, Rib. Plantago lanceolata, L. — ‘Because every leafe hath 
five strings somewhat like ribs.’ Coles, A. of S. ‘In many places.’ 
Turn. Herb, dies.; Hants.; Sms. Holl. ; Yks. (Tadcaster); E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. Berio.; Moray. Prior, p. 195. 
Grass, Ribbon. A common name for the striped garden variety of 
Phalaris arundinacea, L. — dies.; Notts.; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Prior, p. 195. 
Grass, Ripple {Ireland, Belfast), or Ripplin {Lanarksh. Jamieson). 
Plantago lanceolata, L. — Jamieson has also ^ Ripple-girse, a broad-leaved 
herb which labourers put on cuts; Galloway.'' This is no doubt 
Plantago major, L. 
Grass, Rope. Melica nutans, L. — Gleanings from Books on Agri- 
culture (1801), p. 78. 
Grass, Rot. (1) Holcus lanatus, L,, and H. mollis, L. — Merse 
District, Bot. E. Bord. 
(2) Pinguicula vulgaris, L. — Prior, p. 198. E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
From a supposition that it causes ‘ rot ’ in sheep, because it grows in 
wet land where sheep are subject to the disease. 
(3) Hydrocotyle vulgaris, L. — For the same reason. Cumh. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 8. 
