10 POPULAR NAMES 



at first called it abricock (restoring the 7c), and lastly with 

 the French termination, apricot." Prunus armeniaca, L. 



ARACH, in Pr. Pm. and in Palsgrave ARAGE, the older 

 spelling of ORACH. 



ARCHAL, a lichen called more commonly Orchil, 



Koccella tinctoria, D.C. 



ARCHANGEL, M.Lat. archangelica, so called Parkinson 

 tells us, "ab exiiniis ejus viribus;" Nemnich, from its 

 having been revealed by an angel in a dream ; more pro- 

 bably from its being in blossom on the Archangel St. 

 Michael's day, the 8th of May, old style, and thence sup- 

 posed to be a preservative against evil spirits and witch- 

 craft, and particularly against the disease in cattle called 

 elfshot, G. hexenschuss, ulcera regia. The name is applied 

 to an umbelliferous plant, Angelica archangelica, L. 

 and to certain labiates, severally called 



RED-, Stachys sylvatica, L. 



WHITE-, Lamiuli album, L. 



YELLOW-, Lamium Galeobdolon, Or. 



ARNUT, or ERNTJT, Du. aardnoot, the earth-nut, 

 Carum Bulbocastanum, K. and Bunium flexuosum, With. 



ARROW-GRASS, a translation of its Greek name, triglochin, 

 from the three points of its capsules, rpet?, three, ^\w^, 

 arrow-point, T. palustre, L. 



ARROW-HEAD, from the shape of the leaves, 



Sagittaria sagittifolia, L. 



ARSMART, Fr. curage, i.e. cul-rage, the water-pepper, 

 from the irritating effect of the leaves, 



Polygonum Hydropiper, L. 



ARTICHOKE, in Turner ARCHICHOCKE, Fr. artichaux, It. 

 articiocco, Sp. artichofa, a name which Diez derives from 

 Ar. ardischauM, earth-thorn, and which was introduced 

 with the plant by the Moors of Spain. 



Cynara Scolymus, L. 



ASARABACCA, a name adopted, as a compromise or middle 



