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A DICTIONARY OF 
Roman Camomile. See Camomile, Roman. 
Roman Nettle. Urtica pilulifera^Ju. — Lyte. ‘ They do commonly 
call al such straunge herbs as he unknowen of the common people, 
Eomish or Romayne herbes, although the same he brought from 
Norweigh, which is a country far distant from Roome.’ Lyte, p. 5. 
Roman Plant, The. (1) Chenopodium Bonus-Henricusy L. — Lane. 
(Holmscales, near Milnthorpe). 
(2) Myrrhis odorata, L. — Lane. (Holmscales, near Milnthorpe). 
Roman Willow. Syringa vulgaris^ L. — Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6. 
N. & Q. 2nd S. vii. 385. 
Ronclewort. At Lidhury, Dev., ‘ they chop rue, wormwood, and 
ronclewort,' and give them to sheep as a preventive of rot. EUis’ 
Shepherd’s Guide (1749), p. 144. We do not know the plant. 
Rone Tree. See Rowan. 
Ronge-wort. Ranunculus Flammula, L. — ‘ Ronge-ieort, i. e. spear- 
wort, because vagabonds use to make y“ sore legs.’ Buddie MS. 
‘ Range, to bite, to gnaw. TFes^.’ Hal. 
Ronnachs. Triticum repens, L. — Aberdeensli., Mearns, Jamieson. 
Rope Grass. See Grass, Rope. 
Rope-wind. Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Pratt. 
Rosary. ^ A rose-bush. Skelton.’ Hal. Wr. 
Rosa-solis. (1) Drosera rotundifolia, L. — Roxh. ‘ An obvious cor- 
ruption of Bossolis.’ Jamieson. Ger. gives Ros Solis as one of its 
Enghsh names, which was also in common use as a name for a 
‘liquor made thereof, which the common people call Rosa Solis.' 
Ger. 1367. 
(2) Narthecium Ossifragum, Huds. ‘ This Moor-grass, in the parish 
of Wing \_Bucks.'] they call Rosa-solis, as it is distinguished by shep- 
herds from other grasses, who know it by its three-square leaf, rapier- 
like ; for its blade, like that, is thickish, and shaped somewhat in the 
flag kind, bearing a yellowish flower, like that of a daffadowndilly, 
and seldom runs above a handful high, in a spungy, soft substance.’ 
Elhs’ Shepherd’s Guide (1749), pp. 321-2. 
Rose. The general name for the genus Rosa, extended to many 
plants which have no affinity with that genus, and used also as mean- 
ing flowers in general. Prior, p. 197. 
See under their respective headings, Apple Rose, Barrow Rose, 
Bell Rose, Briar Rose, Burnet Rose, Canker Rose, Cat Rose (in 
Appendix), Choop Rose, Christmas Rose, Cliff Rose, Cock Rose, 
Cop Rose, Corn Rose, Cup Rose, Dog Rose, Egyptian Rose, 
Fox Rose, Guelder Rose, Gipsy Rose, Juno’s Rose, Lent Rose, 
Marsh Holy Rose, May Rose, New Year’s Rose (in Appendix), 
Piano Rose, Pig Rose, Pimpernel Rose, Rock Rose, Rosin 
Rose, Scotch Rose, Sheep-shearing Rose, Snowdon Rose, Sun 
Rose, Virginia Rose, Water Rose, Wild Rose, Wind Rose, 
Woodman’s Rose. . 
