[Anape, apparently the name of a herb. It is mentioned in an old receipt in a MS. of the 15th century.'-Hal. May it not be a nape, a turnip ?]

Anchuse (Lat. anchusa), Anchusa officinalis, L.-Wr.

Andurion, (a corruption of Eupatorium ?) Eupatorium cannabinum, L.-Lanc. (Ormskirk.)

Anemony. The genus Anemone: see Prior, p. 6.

Anet (Lat. anethum). Anethum graveolens, L.-Hal. Wr. Prior, P. 7.

Aneys, Pimpinella Anisum, L.-Hal. Wr.

Angelica, a species of masterwort.'-Hal. Wr. Nares.

The common (Latin) name under which the Archangelica officinalis was, and still is, known and employed in confectionery, etc. All in generall call it Angellica from the angell-like properties therein.' Park. Theatr., p. 941. Prior, p. 7.

It is probable that the sweet angelica' of Heywood's Marriage Triumph (1613) is Myrrhis odorata, L.

'And as they walke, the virgins strow the way
With costmary and sweet angelica.'

Angel's eyes, Veronica Chamaedrys, L.-Dev.

'Around her hat a wreath was twined

Of blossoms, blue as southern skies;

I asked their name, and she replied,

"We call them Angel's Eyes."-Garden, June 29, 1872.

Angleberries, Lathyrus pratensis, L.-Northern counties. Cornhill Mag., July, 1865.

Angober, a sort of large and long pear.'-Hal. Wr.

Anise. (1) Pimpinella Anisum, L.-Prior, p. 7.
(2) Myrrhis odorata, L.-Durh. (Upper Teesdale).

Anny, Pimpinella Anisum, L.

"Some anny seeds be sweet and some more bitter."
The Englishman's Docter;

the Anny having arisen from a mistake of Anise for a plural noun.'Prior, p. 7.

Annyle, anise seed. Huloet.'-Hal. Most likely a misprint for Annyse, the long f being mistaken for 1.

Anthill-grass, Festuca sylvatica, Vill. Marshall's Rural Econ. of Midl. Counties, ed. 2, p. 107.

Anthony-nut, Staphylea pinnata, L.-Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 8.

Aparine, the [Lat.] name of a plant; cleavers.'-Wr.
Aparine, L.

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Galium

Apis, a kind of apple-tree, which Skinner says was introduced into this country about 1670.'-Hal. Wr.

Aplyn, apples. (A.S.) Hal. Wr.

Apopuak, a kind of herb.'-Hal. Wr. Perhaps this should be Apopnak, and Opoponax is intended.

[Apostolione, an ingredient, perhaps a herb, mentioned in an old medical recipe in MS. Lincoln, A. i. 17, f. 295.'-Hal. Wr. More probably incorrectly written for Apostolicon, a universal remedy.' See Nares.]

Appel-leaf, the violet.' It is the translation of viola in an early list of plants in MS. Harl. 978, and is the A. S. word.'-Hal. Wr. Appelyn, or Applen, Apples. (A.S.) Hal.

Apple, the fruit of Pyrus Malus, L., and applied to other fruits. Holl. has 'Apple, Sax. any round fruit.' See Apple, Fir Apple, Berk, the cone of Pinus sylvestris, L.--Yks. (Wensleydale.) Apple, Cane, Arbutus Unedo, L. 'It hath come to us from Ireland by the name of the Cane-apple, with as great judgement and reason as many other vulgar names are.'-Park. Theatr. 1491. "His ignorance of the Irish Language made him censure the name, for Pliny called the fruit Pomum, and the word Cachne [Caihne] is Irish, so that Mr. Parkinson ought to have forborn his Fling upon the Word Caneapple.'-Threlkeld.

Apple, Coddled, Epilobium hirsutum, L.- Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. Linc. See Apple-pie.

Apple, Deal, the cone of Pinus Abies, L., probably.—East. Holl. Apple, Fir, the cone of Pinus Abies, L.-N.-W. Cumb.; Hants, Holl; Line. Young's Survey; Suss. Holl. Sometimes called simply Apple; the poor people supply themselves with very good fuel by gathering the fir-apples; you will sometimes see twenty children in my plantation appleing, as they call it.'-Young's Agric. Survey of Linc.

Apple, Hen, Pyrus Aria, L.-Moray., Fl. M.

Apple-John, or John-Apple, a kind of apple.'-See Hal. Wr. and Nares. This apple is well known in Cheshire, and is so called because it is ripe about S. John's Day.

Apple, Pine, the cone of Pinus Abies, L.-Lyte. See Pine-apple.
Apple, Sorb, Pyrus domestica, L.-Lyte, p. 726.

Apple, Thorn, Datura Stramonium, L.-Prior, p. 234.
Apple-pear, a kind of pear.'-See Hal. Wr. and Nares.

Apple-pie, from the odour of the flowers and young shoots. (1) Epilobium hirsutum, L.--Ches. Ess. Glou. (Stroud.) Herts. (Buntingford). Suff. Yks. Lady Wilkinson (p. 164) calls this Apple-pie Plant.

(2) Artemisia vulgaris, L.-Mid.-Ches.

(3) Cardamine pratensis, L.-Yks. (Bedale).

Apple-riennie, or Apple-ringie, Artemisia Abrotanum, L.-Scotl. Jamieson. Stirlingsh.

Apple-riennie, Deil's,

I., or an allied plant.

wild Camomile.' Matricaria Chamomilla, Stirlingsh.

Apple-rose, a book-name for Rosa villosa, L.-With. iv.

Apples of Love, see Love-apples. Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill.— Hal. Wr.

Appletree, Sorb. Pyrus domestica, L.-Lyte, p. 726.

Appletrees, Deil's, Euphorbia Helioscopia, L., and other species. Clackmannansh.

Appo, an apple.-Ches. Hal. Wr.

Appulle, an apple.—Hal.

Apricock, an apricot, cfr. Richard II., iii. 4. 89. Feed him with apricocks and dewberries.' - Mid. Night's Dream, iii. 1. 169. Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 9.

Apron, Tanner's, Primula Auricula, L.-Glouc.

Aps, or Apse, for Asp: this is a very common corruption in Sussex and Hants; as clapse for clasp; hapse for hasp.'-Holl. It is not, however, a corruption, but the oldest form. The A.S. for asp-tree is aps; clapsed for clasped is in Chaucer, Prol. 273; and the A.S. for hasp is hæps. Populus tremula, L.-South and West, Hal.; Dev. Hants, Holl.; Kent, Pegge; Surr.; Suss. Parish; Som. Holl.; Warw. Wr.; Wight, Fl. Vect. The provincial word Apse for this tree gave rise, I presume, to the names of several places so-called in this island, as Apse farm, Apse heath, &c.'-Fl. Vect., p. 463. Hence apsen, made of aspen-wood. Apyum (= Apium), 'Parsley,' Hal.; or perhaps Apium graveolens, L.

Arach (Minsheu), or Arage (Prompt. Parv.), Atriplex hortensis,
L., and other species. See Orach. Prior, p. 10.
Arbeal, Populus alba, L.-Nemnich.

A mis-spelling of Abele.

'Arbeset men heom calleth.'

Arbeset, Arbutus Unedo, L.-(A. N.)
-Kyng Alisaunder, 6765. Hal. Wr.
Arbouses, the dark hard cherry. Howell.'-Hal. Wr.
Arbute-tree, Arbutus Unedo, L.-Lyte.

Arby, or Arby-root, Armeria maritima, L.-Orkneys, Jamieson. Archall, Roccella tinctoria, L.- Park. Theatr., 1315. Hal. Wr. 'Sold by the name of Archel in this city' [Dublin].-Threlkeld. Spelt also Arcel; the commercial name is Archil. (How, Phytologia Britannica, 1650.) See Orchil. Prior, p. 10.

Archangel, a name applied to Archangelica officinalis, and also to various species of Lamium, in Trev., Turn. Lib., and other old authors. Stachys sylvatica is included under the name by Lyte; the Lamiums are so-called in Glou., but not generally; L. album in Leic. (Belgrave); and Hal. renders the word 'the dead nettle.' In Prompt. Parv. we find Archangel, defe nettylle.'-Prior, p. 10.

Archangel, Black, Ballota nigra, L.-Ger. Index.

Archangel, Red, Lamium purpureum, L.—Ger.

Archangel, Sweet, Lamium purpureum, L.

It is far from being foetid, as is the case with many others, so that by some for distinction this plant is termed the Sweet Archangel.—E. Baylis, New & Compleat Body of Physic, 1791.

Archangel, White, Lamium album, L.-Ger.

Archangel, Yellow, Lamium Galeobdolon, L.-Ger. Leic.
Archarde, an acorn.-Prompt. Parv., p. 6. Hal. Wr.

Archer, Water, Sagittaria sagittifolia, L.-Ger. Because it is good to pull out arrows' (Minsheu), a notion suggested on the doctrine of signatures, by the form of the leaves. See Arrowhead. Areche, Atriplex.--Turn. Lib. See Arach.

Areges, an herb.'-Hal. No doubt the same as Arach, which see. Arestogie, a kind of herb?'-Hal. Wr.

Argans (from Lat. name), Origanum vulgare, L.- Dev. See Organ.

Argemone, the wild tansy.'-Minsheu. Hal. Wr. See Argentina. Argentill, Alchemilla arvensis, L.-Hal. Wr. Ger. Appx. From its pale colour.

Argentina, Potentilla anserina, L.-' Argentina, wild tansy, growes the most in the fallowes in Coteswold.'-Aubrey's MS. Hal. Wr. The later Herbarists do call it Argentina, of the silver drops that are to be seene in the distilled water thereof when it is put into a glasse, which you shall easily see rowling and tumbling up and downe in the bottom.'-Ger., p. 841. I judge it rather so called of the fine shining silver coloured leaves.'-Johnson in Ger. Emac., p. 993. Argentine, (1) Onopordum Acanthium, L.-With. Lyte and Ger. call it Argentine Thistle, from the whiteness of the leaves.

(2) Potentilla anserina, L.-With. Hal. Wr. See Argentina. Aristoloch, the plant called round birthwort' (i. e. Aristolochia rotunda, L.).-Hal.

Armstrong, Polygonum aviculare, L. Suss. (Hastings). From the difficulty of pulling it up.

Arn, or Arin, Alnus glutinosa, L.-Scotl. Jamieson. Inverness; Moray, Fl. M.

Arnberries, fruit of Rubus Idaus, L.-Yks. (Whitby). E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2.

Arnit, or Arnut. (Du. aardnut, earth-nut.) (1) Bunium flexuosum, L. — North. Hal. Wr. Brockett. Scotl. Jamieson. Yks. (Tadcaster). Nhumb. (Newcastle). Bot. E. Bord. Dumfries (Moffat). Roxb. (Kelso). Prior, p. 10, who includes B. Bulbocastanum under the name Arnut.

(2) Arrhenatherum avenaceum, Beauv. - Scotl. Jamieson. Also Swine-Arnut.

Arnit, Lousy, Lucie, or Loozie. Bunium flexuosum, L.-Forf. Fl. Forf. Moray. Fl. M. Stirl.

Arntree. Sambucus nigra, L.-Scotl. Loudon, Arboretum.

Aron. (1) Arum maculatum, L.-Lyte. Hal. Teriotd., Jamieson. (2) The commonly cultivated Richardia æthiopica is so called in Wales.

Arrow, Green, a corruption of Green Yarrow, Achillea Millefolium
L.-Suff.

'Green 'Arrow, Green 'Arrow, you bears a white blow;
If my love love me my nose will bleed now;
If my love don't love me, it 'ont bleed a drop;
If my love do love me 'twill bleed ivery drop.'

Suffolk rhyme. See Nosebleed.

Arrow-grass, a book-name (transl. of Triglochin), Triglochin palustre, L.-Prior, p. 10.

Arrow-head. Sagittaria sagittifolia, L.-Hal. 'Hath large and long leaves, in shape like the signe sagittarius, or rather like a bearded broad arrowe heade.'—Ger., 336. Prior, p. 10.

Arrow-root. (1) Arum maculatum, L.-I. of Portland. So called from the starch prepared from its tubers, which is known as 'Portland Arrow-root' from its resemblance to the arrow-root of commerce, which is obtained from the rhizome of Maranta arundinacea, L.-See Phyt. iv. 1032, 0.8.

(2) Achillea Millefolium, L.-Suff. A corruption of Yarrow-root. Arrow-wood. Rhamnus Frangula, L.-Lyte.

Arsenick. Polygonum Hydropiper, L.- Waterpepper or arsenicke.' Nomenclator, 1585. Hal. Wr.

Arsesmart (Turn. Names), or Arsmert (Turn. Lib.). Polygonum Hydropiper, L.-Hal. Wr. Because if it touch the taile or other bare skinne, it maketh it smart, as often it doth, being laid into the bed greene to kill fleas.'-Minsheu. Ches. Cumb. N. Linc. Prior, p. 10. Arsesmart, Dead. Polygonum Persicaria, L. 'It doth not bite as the other doth.'-Ger. 362.

Arsmart, the usual spelling in more recent books of Arsesmart, which see.

Artetyke, a corruption of arthritica, an old name of the plant, because it was thought to be good against the pains of the joynts,' Ger.; a disease which was known as artetyke. See Hal. Primula veris, L.-Grete Herball.

Artichoke. Cynara Scolymus, L.-Nares. Prior, p. 10.

Asarabacca. Asarum europæum, L.-'Vulgo azarabacca dicitur.' Turn. Lib. See Prior, p. 10.

Ash (in Prompt. Parv. Asche). Fraxinus excelsior, L.-Prior, p. 11. Ash, Ground. (1) Egopodium Podagraria, L.-With. Ches. Linc. Brogd. See Ashweed.

(2) Angelica sylvestris, L.-E. Bord., Bot. E. Bord.

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