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A DICTIONARY OF 
(6) Aconitum Napdlus, L. — Norf. (Yaruioutli.) ‘ Wlien the hood 
[of the flower] is lifted up, there is an appearance of two little 
figures.’ — These are the ujDper petals. See Venus’ Chariot. 
Adam’s Apple, ‘ a kind of citron. Gerard.’ — Hal. Wr. 
Adam’s Flannel, (1) Verhascum Thapsus, L. — N. Line. JS hainp. 
(Baker.) Yks. [Craven) Hal. ; Hallamsh. Gloss. From the texture 
and appearance of the leaves. ‘ Antique Mullein’s flannel leaves.’ 
— Clare, Village Minstrel. 
(2) Lipsacus sylvestris, L. — Leic. 
Adam’s Needle. (1) Scandix Pecten, L., from the long needle-like 
fruits. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(2) A garden name for Yucca gloriosa, L., from a tradition that the 
hard point of the leaf was the needle with which Adam sewed the fig- 
leaves together. 
Adder’s fern. Poly podium vulgar e, L. — Hants. It will be ob- 
served that most of the plants connected with the adder appear in 
spring, when snakes are most generally seen. 
Adder’s flower, Lychnis diurna, Sibth. — Herts. (Buntingford.) 
Adder’s grass, (1) Orchis mascula, L., ‘fort, quia viperae circa earn 
latitare solent ’( ! ). — Skinner. Ger. Index Nhumh. Turn. Herb. 
Hal. Wr. 
(2) 0. maculata, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(3) Ophioglossum vidgatum, L. — Turn. Herb. ‘ Of some Adders- 
grasse, though improjDerly.’ — Ger. 
Adder’s meat, (1) Arum maculatum, L. — Cornw. (Bodmin.) 
(2) Alercurialis perennis, L. — Herts. Bhyt., ii. 201, N.s. 
Adder’s spear, Ophioglossum vidgatum, L. ‘ It is still gathered [for 
making an ointment] in some parts of Surrey and Sussex, and used 
under the name of Adder’ s-spear ointment.’ — Newman’s Hist, of 
British Ferns. 
Adder’s tongue, (1) Ophioglossum vidgatum, L. — Turn. Names. 
Hal. Wr. 
‘ Because out of every leaf it sendeth forth a kind of Festal, like 
unto an adder’s tongue; it cureth the bitings of serpents.’— Coles, 
A. in E., 558-9; Prior, p. 2. 
(2) Orchis mascula, L. — Mid-Ches. 
(3) Arum maculatum, L. — Cornw. 
(4) Geranium Rohertianum, L. — Ess. 
(5) Sagittaria sagittifolia, L. — Nemnich. 
(6) Maianthemum hifolium, D.C.— Nemnich. 
Adder-spit, Pteris aquilina, L. — Suss. 
Adderwort, Polygonum Bistort a, L. ; cf. the Dutch naterwurtz. — 
Ger. Index. Hal. Wr. 
‘ This hearbe hath his root crooked and winding up, as a snake 
when he lieth wound up, and therefore it is called Adderivort.' — 
Minsheu. ‘ The wreathed form of the root is a sign that [it] is good 
against the bitings of Serpents.’ — Coles, A. in E., p. 75; Prior, p. 2. 
Adhib, ‘a Fr. Gal. adib.’ Eupihrasia officinalis, L., in Dr Thos. 
More’s MS. additions to Pay. Hal. Wr. ' E. D. S. Gloss. B. 16. 
