ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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gives a somewliat different explanation of the name. See Mace, 
Beed. 
Reefort. ‘A radish.’ Jamieson. 
Reindeer Moss. Cenomyce rangiferina, Hoffm. Prior, p. 195. 
Reits. ‘ Sea or river weed. West.' Hal. Wr. has Belts — a misprint. 
Ranunculus Jiuitans, Lam. Sal. (Shrewsbury); W. Wore. (Rate), 
E. D. S. Gloss Cfr. Roits. 
Remcope. Seahiosa Succisa, L. — Grete Herball. 
Remember Me. Veronica Chamoedrys, L. — N. Yks. ; Scotl. 
Rennet. Galium verum, L. — From its property of coagulating milk. 
See Cheese-rennet. Ellis, Mod. Husbandman, III. i. 110; he also 
(Shepherd’s Guide, 116) calls it Rennet-wort grass. W. Cumh. 
Resh, or Reshes. Rushes — various species of Jtincus. Cumh. E. 
D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; North, Grose ; Yks. ‘ wire rush, a weed.’ Hal. Wr. 
E. Yks. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2 (Whitby, ‘ the wire rush of the moors 
and wastes. Juncus glaucus'), E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 4 ; /ScoZZ. Jamieson ; 
Early Lowland, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 13. Hal has Rescen (Exmoor), 
probably a misprint for Rexen, which see. Prior, p. 200. 
Respe, Respies. Rahus Idoeus, L. — Tusser (Five Hundred Points), 
E. D. S. ed. Hal. quotes Respasse from Herrick. 
Rest-Harrow. Ononis arvensis, L., ^. e. arrest harrow, as the Latin 
Aresta Bovis is corrupted to Resta bovis. ‘ The roote is long and very 
limmer, spreading his branches both large and long under the earth, 
and doth oftentimes let, hinder, and staye, both the plough and oxen 
in toyling the ground, for they be so tough and limmer, that the share 
and colter of the plough cannot easily divide, and cut them asunder.’ 
Lyte, p. 669. N.-W. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 6; Suss. (Hastings). 
Prior, p. 195. 
Retherne-tounge. ‘ The herb Buglos. See a list in MS. Sloane 5, 
f. 3.’ Hal. 
Rexen. A rush : various species of Juncus. Dev. (Exmoor), Grose. 
Holl. Pulman ; West., Hal. who gives it as ‘ rushes,’ and doubtless 
it is a plural form. 
Rhineberry. The fruit of Rhamnus catharticus, L. A translation 
of the German name. ‘In English Rhein-herries, because there is 
much of them found alongst the river Ehene.’ Lyte. Prior, p. 195. 
Rhode. A common Scotch contraction for Rhododendron. Ayrsh. 
Rhubarb. (1) The usual name for Rheum officinale, Baill. See 
Pharmacographia (ed. i.), p. 443. Prior, p. 195. 
(2) Rumex alpinus, L. — JDerb. (Ohapel-en-le-Frith). 
See Bog Rhubarb, False Rhubarb, Meadow Rhubarb, Monk’s 
Rhubarb, Poor Man’s Rhubarb, Wild Rhubarb. 
Rib. ‘ The common watercress. East.' Hal. Wr. Nasturtiu7n 
officinale, Br. 
Rib Grass. See Grass, Rib. 
