ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Absinth, (L. Ahsintlmim') Artemisia Ahsinthium, L. — ^ Ahsintli and 
poj’-son be my sustenance ; ’ Passenger of Benvenuto, 1612; Nares. 
Absinthium^ wormwood. — Hal. See Absinth. 
[Accripe, ‘ a herb 1 ’ — Hal. Probably not. 
‘ Some be browne and some be whit, 
And some be tender as accripe.’ — Eeliq. Antiq., i. 248.] 
Ach, Apiiim graveolenSy L. — MS. Harl. 978, f. 24; Hal. Wr., 
Prior, p. 1. See Ache. 
Acharne, an acorn. — Prompt. Parv., which see. 
Ache, (1) Apiam graveolens, L. ‘Prom the French ache*i\\Q, old 
name of parsley ; ’ Prior. The Lat. apium becomes ache in French, by 
rule. — Harl. MS., Hal. ‘With alisaundre thereto, ache ant anj^ ; ’ 
Lyric Poetry, p. 26. 
(2) Ranunculus sceleratus, L. — In Turn. Lib., from its celery- 
like leaves. 
(3) Fraxinus excelsior, L. — ‘ This seems to be the meaning of it in 
the Plumpton correspondence, p. 188 ; ’ Hal. 
Achorn, an acorn. — dies. Hal., Wr. 
Achras, ‘ a wild choak-pear. Kersey.’ — Hal. ‘ But this is simply the 
Greek name of a tree in Theophrastus, commonly translated the wild 
pear.’ — Mart. Mill. 
Achweed, Jhigopodium Podagraria, L. — Baxter. See Ashweed. 
Ackern, an acorn. — Cumh. Westm. W^r. 
Ackerons, acorns. — Yks. (’W'hitby). E. D. S. Gloss. C. 2. 
Aconite. (1) A common book-name for Aconitum Napellus, L. — • 
Prior, p. i, 
(2) Eranthis hyemalis, L. — Herts, and elsewhere. 
Aconite, Winter, Flranthis hyemalis, L. — Prior, p. 2. 
[Acopus, ‘ either a herb or a stone.’ — Hal. Probably the latter.] 
Acte, ‘ the elder-tree,’ Hal. ; which ‘is called in Greeke cicfe.’ — Turn. 
Names. 
Adam-and-Eve. (1) ‘ The bulbs [tubers] of Orchis macidaia, L., 
which have a fancied resemblance to the human figure.’ — Yhs. 
(Craven). Hal. Wr. ; Hallamsh. Gloss. Nhamp. Baker. I. of Man, 
E. Forbes, MS. 
(2) 0. lati folia, L. ‘ The root . . . is generally known as 
Adam-and-Eve, the tuber which sinks being Adam, and that which 
swims being Eve.’ — Bot. E. Bord., 193. According to Phyt., iv. 1127, 
O.S., this reference to 0. lati folia in Bot. E. Bord. should be trans- 
ferred to 0. mascida. 
(3) 0. mascula, L. — Northd. ; Corn., w'here the dark flower-spikes 
represent Adam and the pale ones Eve. 
(4) Arum maculatum., L. — N. Line. Yhs. (Bedale) ; the dark spadices 
represent Adam and the light ones Eve. See Lords and Ladies. 
(5) Pulmonaria oficinalis, L. ; on account of the two-coloured 
flowers. — Cumh. (Keswick.) 
