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A GL088ABT OF DSVONSHIRE PLANT NAMES. 49 being that which by its poisonous qualities piodnces rue, sonow or grief. I should bave thought the name had reference to the red- ness of the berries had there been any satis&ctory proof that Eo means red, as suggested by Mr. King in Sketches and SiudieSy p. 342. Hredw will meet all the difficulties of pronunciation ; for our word rue comes from it, whence rue-berry ^ as given above; while the open 6 and the final w would account for ro-berry, and row-berry, Rui Fbbn, Aaplenium Ruta-murariOj L. The Ru&-leaved Spleen- wort (See The Fern Paradise, p. 410.) Saffron, Oroeus saHtmSy L. (Cf, Trans. Devon. Assoc, xiiL 93 : " Tis a very purty little place ; he'd let so dear as saffron ;" Benfey's ■Sanskrit Dirtionaryy pp. 184, 190; Plant Lore of l^iakespeare, S.V.) Sailob. See Drunkibn, Rovino, Wandering Sailor. ScABLBT Lightning^ Lychnis chaleedoniea, L. A corruption of Scarlet Lychnis, (See Le Bon Jardinier, 1848, pt iL p. 500.) In Berkshire the Bed Poppy {Papaver Rhosasy L.) used to be called Lightning or Thunder-flower. (Cf. Britten, p. 305.) SoBNTED Fbrn, Tanocetum vtdgare, L. Tansy. (Cy. Parslkt Fbrn.) Scotch Rose. A Eose with small white flowers and insignificant leaves. Sea Daisy, Armeria maritvmay L. (See next word.) Sea Pink, Armeria maritimay L. From its colour and habitat. Thrift Sedum, Sedum acre, L., and other varieties. The name is em- ployed by such as know a little botany for the various Stone^rops. Seedling, Alyssum mariHmumy L., and other plants used for borders. A vague term^ synonymous with Bordering and £doing, which see. Selgreen, Silgrebn, Sengreen, Sempervivum tectoruniy L., frequently called aye-greeny a word with exactly the same meaning, The form set or sil stands for ^n (Z«n, as in chimley, snag, &c.). Sin is the A.S. word for ** ever ;" hence singreeny " evergreen," from the colour of the leaves. We have the same word in Sunrdew. (See Prior, p. 512; Earle's Plant NameSy p. Ixxxix, for excellent note on sin ; pp. Ixix. 4, 31, &c ; Mythology among the Hebrews^ p. 442 ; and comp. Grerman Singriin.) Seven Years' Love. " Love supplies many with his name ; for we have a plant called 'seven years' love.'" — Borders of Tamar and Tavyy L p. 274. Old people tell me they remember the name, but I have not as yet been able to identify the plant. Shacklbrs, fruit or keys of Ash and Maple. (Qf. Cats-and- KET8, LOCKS-AND-KETS, &C.) Shaking Grass, Brixa medioy L. Also called Shaky-grass. The common names in use everywhere refer to the incessant motion of the pretty lobe-Hke flowers.