ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 409 
Rubwort. Geranium Rohertianum, L. — Ches. (Delamere Forest) 
Science Gossip, 1877, p. 39. 
Ruckles. A pond-weed said to be dangerous to bathers by impeding 
their swimming ; probably PoZyyowwm amjphibium, L., or somePoiaw- 
ogeton. Staff. N. & Q. 4th S. x. 48. 
Ruddes. (1) Calendula officinalis, 1 j . — Grete Herball. ‘ May dens 
make garlandes of it whan they go to feestes and brydeales bycause it 
hath fayre yelowe floures and ruddy.’ Grete Herball. Probably the 
name was pronounced ‘ruddies.’ /. of Wight (Rud), E. D. S. I. of 
Wight Glosl 
(2) Chrysanthemum segetum, L. Prior (p. 199) spells it Rudds. 
Rue. Ruta graveolens, L. — Lyte. Prior, p. 199. 
Rue, Fen, or Meadow. ('With. ed. ii.). Book names for Thalictrum 
fiavum, L. — Prior, p. 199. 
Rue, Goat’s. Galeya officinalis, L. — Lyte. 
Rue, Stone. (Lyte) or Wall (Turn. Names). Asplenium Ruta- 
muraria, L. 
Rue-berry. See Ro-berry. 
Rue Fern. Asplenium Ruta-muraria, L. — Dev. Friend. Ger. calls 
it Rue Maidenhaire. 
Ruffet. ‘Furze. Dorsf Hal. Wr. Ulex europceus, T,. 
Rump. Raphanus Raphanistrum, L. — Oxf. Journ. R. Agric. Soc. 
1st S. XV. 207. Cfr. Runch. 
Run-away-Jack. Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. Glou. 
Runch, or Runches. (1) Sinapis arvensis, L. — Hal. Wr. ; North, 
Grose and Ray, who confine the name to the dried stalks, and give 
also Runch-balls ; Cumh. (Runch-balls) Hal. Wr. ; E. Tks. E. D. S. 
Gloss. B. 2 (Holderness), E. D. S. Gloss. C. 7 (Whitby), E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 4 ; Roxb. (Kelso), Science Gossip, 1876, p. 39. 
(2) Raphanus Raphanistrum, L. — Hal. Jamieson; Ayrsh. Stat. 
Account of Scotland, i. 247 ; Cumh. (Winderwath) ; E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. ; Moray, FI. M. ; Roxb. (Kelso), Science Gossip, 1876, p. 39. 
Prior, p. 199. 
(3) ‘ White roots, common among ploughed land ; swine are fond 
of them, farmers not.’ Mactaggart’s Gallovidian Encyclopaedia. 
Probably Stachys palustris, L., or perhaps Triticum repens, L. 
Runcivals. A variety of Pisum sativum, L. : probably the large 
marrow-fat kinds. Tusser (Five Hundred Points), E. D. S. ed. 
‘ Supposed to be derived from Span. Roneesvalles, a town at the foot 
of the Pyrenees, where gigantic bones of old heroes were pretended to 
be shown ; hence the name was applied to anything larger than usual.’ 
Idem (Index). 
Runcle. A variety of beet (‘ Beta maxima ’). Annals of Agriculture, 
xxxii. 367. 
Rungy. Sinapis arvensis, L. — Edmonston’s Flora of Shetland. 
