100 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



/Etiiu'sa, Linneus. G., aitho, I burn ; on account of its 

 acrid propert}'. 

 Cynainiim, Rivinus ; from G., cyn, dog, and apiony 

 parsley ; dog's parsley. Fool's Parsley we call it. 



Ag'raphis. G., a, not, and graph, write. The youth Hj^a- 

 cj^ithus was accidentally killed by Apollo, and was 

 by him changed into a flower — the Hyacinth — the 

 leaves of which bore in dark streaks the initials of 

 his name; so runs the story. This similar plant 

 (agraphis) having no such marks, has been also 

 called Hyacinthus non-scriptus (L., non, not, and 

 scriptiis, written). 



Agrimo'nia, Brunfels. Doubtful, said to be derived from 

 G., argema, cataract of the eye, which this or some 

 other plant was supposed to cure. 

 Eupato'rium, Dioscorides. From Eupator, king of Pontus. 

 The name has been given to a number of plants, of 

 which he has been supposed to have discovered the 

 uses. 



Agrostem'ma, Linneus. G., agrou stemma, crown of the 

 field ; from its being an ornament to cornfields. 

 GitUa'go, Tragus. From Gith of Pliny and the older 

 botanists. Githago is mentioned by the botanists of 

 the 16th century, and was applied as the specific 

 name of this plant by Linneus. 



Agros'tis, Theophrastus. G., agros, a field ; a name given 

 by the Greeks to different grasses. 

 Spi'ca-ven'ti, Lobel. L., spica, a spike, or ear (of corn), 

 and venti, of wind ; " by reason of his feather top, 

 w^iich is easily shaken wdth the wind." — Gerard. 



Ai'ra, Theophrastus. G., airo, I destroy ; anciently applied 

 to Lolium temulentum (Darnel), on account of its 

 injurious efi'ects, and now to this genus. 



Aj'uga, Pliny. Derivation uncertain ; said by Pliny to be 



