106 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



Absinth'iuvi, Dioscorides. G., apsinthion, L., ahsintJnum. 

 Name for Wormwood. 

 Arthrolo'bium. G., from arthro, joint, and lob, pod; from 



the jointed seed-vessel. 

 A'rum, Dioscorides. G., aron ; the meaning is uncertain. 

 As'arum, Dioscorides. G., a, not, and sairo, I adorn; 

 because it was rejected from the garlands used by 

 the ancients. 

 Asrar'agus, Dioscorides. L., from G. asparagos, from 

 sparasso, I tear; some of the species being armed 

 with spines ; or perhaps more probably from aspairOy 

 I tremble, from the tremulous foliage. 

 Asperu'go, Pliny. From L., asper, rough. 

 Asper'ula, Dodonaeus. From L., asper, rough. 



Cynan'chica. G., cynanche, quinsy, a reputed remedy 

 for this complaint. Squinancywort. 

 Aspid'ium. G., aspidion, a small shield ; which its indusia 

 resemble. 

 Fi'lix-mas, Fuchs. L., filix^ a fern, and mas^ male ; the 



male fern. 

 LonchVtis, Dioscorides. From G., louche, a lance ; name 

 given by Dioscorides both to the Holly Fern and the 

 Hard Fern. 

 Oreopteris. From G., oreo, mountain, and pteris, fern ; 



the Mountain Fern. 

 Thelyp/teris. From G., tliely, female, and pteris, a fern. 

 The name Lady Fern is now applied to a different 

 species. See Athyrium. 

 Asple'kium, Dioscorides. G., asplenon ; the name was given 

 by Dioscorides to Ceterach, which he sets fortli to 

 be a remedy for diseases of the spleen (a, privative, 

 and sylen, the spleen). See Ceterach. 

 Adian'tum-nVgrum, Lobel ; the Black Maiden-hair 

 (Spleenwort). See Adiantum, 



