4 POPULAR NAMES 



Egypt, but more probably derived from an earlier name, 

 Petroselinum Macedonicum, a parsley of Macedon, Alex- 

 ander's country. See Dodoens, p. 697. 



Smyrnium Olus atrum, L. 



ALISSON or ALISON, L. Alyssum, from Gr. a, not, and 

 Xva-a-f}, madness, a plant called so by the ancients, because, 

 as Turner says, " it helpeth the biting of a wod dogge." 

 He seems, by his description of it, to mean the field mad- 

 der, Sherardia arvensis, L. a very different plant from that 

 which now bears the name. That of modern botanists is a 

 genus of Cruciferse, Alyssum, L. 



,, SWEET-, from its scent of honey, 



A. maritimum, L. 



ALKANET, Fr. orcanette, a dim. formed from It. and Sp. 

 alcana, representing the Arabic El or Al hanne or canne, 

 the name of a very different plant, the Lawsonia inermia, L. 

 which yields, like the alkanet, a red dye, the Henna of the 

 harems, Anchusa officinalis and tinctoria, L. 



,, BASTARD-, Lithospermum arvense, L. 



ALKEKENGI, from the Arabic, Physalis Alkekengi, L. 



ALL-BONE, a name taken from the Gr. o\o<rreov, as a 

 compound of 0X09, whole, and oareov, bone, applied to a 

 very tender plant, " whereof," says Gerarde, " I see no 

 reason, unlesse it be by the figure called Antonomia ; as, 

 when we say in English, ' He is an honest man,' our mean- 

 ing is, ' He is a knave.' " The oXoareov of Dioscorides 

 was some other, probably, very different plant, the name 

 of which has been transferred to this from, its jointed skele- 

 ton-like stalks. In Cheshire it is called " Breakbones" 

 from their snapping off at the joints. 



Stellaria Holostea, L. 



ALLELUJAH, see HALLELUJAH. 



ALLGOOD, Du. algoede, G. allgut, from a Latin name 

 tola bona, Fr. in Cotgrave and Palsgrave toutte bonne, given 

 in old works to a goosefoot, that is otherwise called " Eng- 



