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A DICTIONARY OF 
Red Rot. Drosera rotimdifolia, L. — North. Ger. ‘ Sheepherds 
do call it the Red Rot, because it rotteth sheep.’ Coles, A. of S., p. 30. 
‘ Some think it rots sheep that feed thereon ; but of this be sure, if 
sheep feed much on the places where it grows, they will quickly run 
to rot.’ R. Turner’s Botanologia, p. 274. Prior, p. 194. 
Red Rust. See Rust. 
Red-shank, or Red-shanks. A name applied to many plants of 
which the stems are more or less red. 
(1) Polygonum Persicaria, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8 ; Yks. 
(Cleveland); North, Wr., HoU. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Irel. (Bel- 
fast), Elora Belfastiensis. 
(2) Polygonum amphibium, L. — Nhumb. But perhaps (1) is in- 
tended. 
(3) Polygonum HydropipeVy L. — North, Eay. Hal. Cfr. Redlegs. 
(4) Rumex Acetosa, L. — Roxh. Jamieson. 
(5) Rumex ohtusifoUus, L. — ‘The dock after it has begun to ripen,* 
N. Scotl, Jamieson. 
(6) Geranium Robertianum, L. — Lisle’ s Observations in Husbandry, 
(1757), p. 345. 
Red-ware. Laminaria digitata, Lam. — Orkneys. Edinburgh En- 
cyclopaedia. 
Redweed. (1) Papaver Rlioeas, L. — Lobel, Stirp. Adv. nova, p. Ill 
(1570). ‘In some countries it is called Rediveed.^ Coles, A. in E. 
Bucks, (including P. Argemone, L.) ; East, Hal. Wr. ; Hants. (New 
Eorest) ; E. Norf. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 3 ; Wight, FI. Vect. (Spelt 
Ridweed in E. D. S. I. of Wight Gloss.). Prior, p. 194. 
(2) Geranium Robertianum, L. — dies. (Helamere Forest), Science 
Gossip, 1877, p. 39. 
(3) Polygonum aviculare, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(4) Polygonum Hydropiper, L. ; and 
(5) P. Persicaria, L. — Ches. 
Reddish. A common mis-pronunciation of radish. Raphanus 
sativus, L. — Yks. (Swaledale), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 1. 
Reed. (1) The general name for Phragmites communis, Trim — Yks.; 
E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 194. 
(2) Phalaris arundinacea, L. — Cumb. 
See Bog Reed, Bur Reed, Ditch Reed, Loch Reed, Mat Reed, 
Pole Reed, Pull Reed. 
Reed Blade. Poa aquatica, L. — Wr. ; Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
Reed Canary Grass. Phalaris arundinacea, L. — Prior, p. 37. 
Reed Grass. A name given by Lyte to Sparganium ramosum, L. — 
Ger. assigns the name to Apera Spica-venti, Beauv. (pp. 4, 5), but in 
his Index says, ‘ Reede grasse, that is Burre Reede. ’ 
Reed Mace. Typha latifolia, L. — ‘ It maye be also called rede 
mace, because boyes use it in theyr handes in the stede of a mace.* 
Turn. Herb. pt. ii. p. 159. Wr. E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior (p. 195) 
