106 BOTANICAL NAMES 



herb women in Queen Elizabeth's days, as long 

 as it was imported, but when it was discovered to 

 be a home plant, it was discarded and of no value. 



Goldilocks. Two different plants have this Eng-. name. 

 The reason for the Eng. name is clear in the case 

 of Auricomus, but not so in the case of the other, 

 Aster Lionsyris. 



Good King Henry. Is the Eng. name of one of the 

 Goosefoots. It is a good example of the pitfalls 

 in finding out how plants have come by their names. 

 Its second bot. name is Bonus Henricus. The 

 " Bonus " (good) was given to distinguish it from 

 a poisonous (" Malus ") Henricus plant. Linneus 

 evidently took the plant name from the Germans, 

 who called it Heinrich, and Latinized it into Hen- 

 ricus. This, when translated into English, became 

 Henry, as if it were a Christian name. Grimm 

 says " Heinrich " is not a Christian name. It is 

 a German word for what we in English call goblin. 

 To make confusion worse confounded, someone has 

 put in a " King,*' and the Good Goblin becomes 

 Good King Henry. 



Goodyera. After Goodyear, a Hampshire botanist. 

 Bot. name for a group Orchid family. 



Gooseberry. Eng. name for a well-known fruit. The 

 bird goose has nothing to do with its name ; it is 

 more likely a corruption of its second name, L. 

 " Grosslaria," from " grossus " (an unripe fig). 



Goose Foot. Eng. translation of the bot. name Cheno- 

 podium. 



Goose Grass. Eng. name for one of the Galium group, 

 and so-called because geese are said to do well on 

 the plant, which is not a grass at all. 



