NAMES OF PLANTS. 101 



corrupted from abiga (ahigo, to expel), of the Latins, 

 a medicinal plant allied to this. 

 Chamce'intys. G., cliaiiue, on the ground, and pitys, pine ; 

 Ground-pine. " Chamaepitys, called in Latin Abiga," 

 Pliny. 



Alchemil'la, Tragus ; from Arabic alkemelyeh, alchemy ; 

 on account of its pretended alchemical virtues. 

 Theis. 



Alis'ma, Pliny; a name that has been applied to different 

 plants. Its derivation is said to be from the Keltic 

 alls, water. It seems to have been most generally 

 applied to species of Water Plantain. 

 Flanta'go, Pliny ; the L. name for plantain. The water 

 plantain was formerly called Plantago aquatica ; and 

 next to it Gerard places land plantain, sea plantain, 

 and " sea buckthorne plantaines." In modern classi- 

 fication these plants are widely separated, Alisma 

 being monocotyledonous, and Plantago dicoty- 

 ledonous. 



Allia'ria, Fuchs. L., ^ZZm??i, Garlic ; on account of the 

 scent of the bruised leaves. 



Al'lium, Plautus. L., Garlic. 



Ampelopra'sum^ Dioscorides. G., ampelo, vine, and prason, 

 a leek. Dodonseus tells us that it grows spon- 

 taneously in vineyards, and hence its name. 

 Schoenopra'sum, Dodonseus. G., schoenos, a rush, and 

 prason, a leek; from the rush-like form of the 

 leaves. 

 Scoroclopra'sum, Dioscorides. Name applied by Dios- 

 corides to a kind of leek, and given by Linneus to 

 this species. 



Alloso'rus. From G., alios, various, and sorus, a heap ; 

 "the intention being no doubt to indicate the varia- 

 tion in the arrangement of the sori, occurring among 



