an ancient English gold-coin, first struck in the reign of Edward III. It was formerly current at 6s 8d, and so called because stamped with a rose.

ROSMARINUS, in botany, a genus of the diandria monogynia clas. The corolla is unequal, and the upper lip of it is split into two segments; the filaments are long, crooked, and simple. There is but one species, viz. the officinalis, a native of Spain.

Rosemary is a very valuable cephalic, and is good in all disorders of the nerves, and in hysterical and hypochondriac diseases. It is good in palsies, apoplexies, epilepsies, and vertigoes.