XX ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. 
Anemone, ab anemos^ ventUF, quod nifi fpirantc vcntp 
non apperiat fc, becaufe its faid, the flower never opens, 
but when the wind blows. 
Anethum, Plin. ^anethon para to and thein^ quod cito 
crefcat, becaufe it foon grows up after fown. 
Angelica, a vi radicis feminifque, from the fuppofed 
angelical virtue of the root and feeds. 
Anthemis, ab anthos^ a flower. 
Anther icuM, ab anthos^ flos, et rechos^ fepium, as 
tho* it delighted in hedges. 
Anthyllis, ab anthos^ flos, a flower, et lanugo, foft 
-down. 
Apium, quod ex eo apex, /. e. caput triumphantium 
coronabatur. Becaufe the head of thofe who had the 
'honour of a triumph, were crowned with it. 
Aquilegia, ab aqua, water, and lego, to gather, as 
tho’ it colledted more water than comimon. 
Arctium, ab arktos^ urfus, a bear. 
Arum, ab privativum, et ara^ noxa, /. e. without 
-any noxious quality. 
Asparagus, ab afperitate plantse. From the afperity 
of the plant. 
As PERU GO, ab afperitate plantae. From the afperity 
of the plant. 
Asphodelus, ab privativum et fphaltd^ fubplanto, 
to fupplant. 
Aster, after^ ftella, a flar. 
Asplenium, ab a privativum, et fplen,' the fpleen, 
from its fuppofed virtue in curing the fpleen. 
Athamantha, ab urbe ThelLlias, fo called frorrf a 
city in Theffaly. . 
Atropa, ab non, trepho^ nutrio, becaufe of its 
deadly quality. 
BALLOTA,y)^r<^ to ballein dta^ quod tanquam aures de-' 
mittat pofl: folia locatos, becaufe it puts out flowers like 
ears behind the leaves. 
Beta, fortafle aflumine Bsetis ubi nafcitur, from the 
river Betis where found. 
Betonica, 
