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Osmund Royal (Ger.). (1) A common old book-name for Osmunda 
regalis, L., which is also called Osmund the Waterman (Lyte, Ger.), 
Osmund Fern (Coles, A. in E.), or simply Osmund (Lyte, who 
applies the name also to other ferns). A portion of the root was 
called Heart of Osmund (which see). Cfr. Prior, p. 171, for a noto 
on the derivation of the name. In Wordsworth’s poem On the 
Naming of Places he speaks of it as ‘ of the Queen Osmunda named’ 
(N. & Q. 1st Ser. vi. 617), but this is merely a fanciful conjecture. 
In the Circle of the Seasons (1827) it is called Osman Roy. ‘Min- 
shew ideo dictum putat quod ejus decocto ut utuntur ad os mundan- 
dum, quod an verum sit, nescio, conjectura certe ingeniosa est. 
Potest tamen simplicius deduci ab Osmundo quodam inventore, forte 
an Osmundo rege.’ Skinner. Some see in Osmunda a reference to 
Thor under his name Osmund. 
(2) Lyte figures Nephrodmm Filix-mas, Rich., under this name, 
and says it is so called of Matthiolus and Ruellius. 
Osteriacks, or Ostericks. Polygonum Bistorfa, L.— Prior (p. 171) 
says, ‘ M.Lat. ostriacum, apparently a corruption of L. aristolochia, a 
name transferred to it from another plant ; ’ a suggestion borne out 
by Skinner’s remark on Oysterloyte (which see). In some editions of 
Culpeper spelt Ostrich. Prior, p. 171. 
Ouler, Sea. Pyrus Aria, L. — See Chess-Apple. 
Our Lady of New ChapeTs Flower. Orohanche major, L. — ■ 
‘ Groweth ... in the North countre besyde Morpethe, whereas it is 
called our lady of new chapellis flour.’ Turn. Herb. ii. 71. In 
Turn. Names it is called simply New chappel flour e. The plant 
‘ still grows on the banks about our Lady’s Chapel in Bothal wood.’ 
Hodgson’s Hist, of Northumberland, ii., pt. 2, 459 (1832). 
For plants dedicated to the B.Y.M. under the title of Our Lady, 
see pp. 294 — 297. 
Our Lord’s Flannel, or Our Saviour’s Flannel. (1) Echium vul- 
gare, L. — Kent (Bridge, near Canterbury). 
(2) Verhascum Thapsus, L. — Kent (Faversham). 
Overenyie. Artemisia Ahrotanum, L. — Aherdeensh. Jamieson. From 
Lat. Ahrotanum. See Averoyne. 
Owd Lad’s Corn (owd lad = the devil). Stellaria Holostea, L. — 
Sal. (Pulverbatch). 
Owler. Alnus glutinosa, L. — Clies. (or Oler) ; Lane. ; N.-W. Line. 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; Staff. With. ed. ii. ; North, Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 
171. Ollerton in Cheshire, pronounced locally Oivlerton, may have 
derived its name from the Owler tree. Oiler is another form of the 
name, used in Wore. (With. ed. ii.) and by Pulman. 
Owl’s Crown. Filago germaniea, L. — Norf. (general). In E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 3 it is assigned to Onaplialium sylvaticum, L. ; and Hal. and 
Wr. have ‘ Wood cudweed. Norf.,' but the above is probably meant. 
Owm. Ulmus eampestris, L. — Yks. (Holderness), E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 7. 
Oxan. Galium Crueiata, L. — Ger. Appx. 
Oxberry (Wore.), Oxberry Root. Tamus communis, L.— Her ef. ; 
