OF BRITISH PLANTS. 93 



GOLDEN-ROD, Lat. virga aurea, from its tall straight stalk 

 of yellow flowers, Solidago Virga aurea, L. 



GOLDEN SAMPHIRE, from its thick samphire-like stems, 

 and its golden flowers, Inula crithmoides, L. 



GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE, from its yellow flowers, 



Chrysosplenium, L. 



GOLDILOCKS, Gr. xpvo-oKopr), from ^/juo-09, gold, and 

 KO/JLIJ, hair, Chrysocoma Linosyris, L. 



also Eanunculus Auricomus, L. 



GOLDINS, or GOLDINGS, Du. gulden, golden, a florin, 

 from the yellow colour and flat round shape of its flowers, 

 the source of the numerous Scotch names applied to the 

 marigold, the marsh marigold, and other yellow flowers, 

 such as Gowlan, Gmcan, Gool, Gouk, etc. See below GOOLS. 

 By Goldin is usually meant the corn-marigold, 



Chrysanthemum segetum, L. 



GOOD HENRY, or GOOD KING HARRY, G. guter Heinrich, 

 Du. goeden Henrik, an obscure name, which Dodoens tells 

 us (p. 651) was given to the plant to distinguish it from 

 another, a poisonous one, called Malm. Henricus ; but why 

 they were either of them called Henricus, we are not told. 

 Cotgrave gives the name Bon Henry to the Roman sorrel, 

 Rumex scutatus, L. as well as to the allgood, the plant to 

 which it is usually assigned. Cordus on Dioscorides, 

 Frankf. 1549, calls it " Weyss heyderich, vel ut alii volunt, 

 Gut heynrich" It has nothing to do with our Harry the 

 8th, and his sore legs, to which some have thought that it 

 referred. Chenopodium Bonus Henricus, L. 



GOOLS, GULES, GOWLES, GUILDES, GOULANS, GOWANS, 

 and GOLDS. See under GOLDINS. 



Calendula officinalis, Caltha palustris, and Chrysan- 

 themum segetum, L. 



GOOSE AND GOSLINGS, or GANDERGOSSES, from the 

 flowers being shaped like little goslings, 



Orchis Morio, and bifolia, L. 



