ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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[Anape, ^ apparently the name of a herb. It is mentioned in an old 
receipt in a MS, of the 15th century.’ — Hal. May it not be a nape, a 
turnip ?] 
Anchuse (Lat. ancliusa), Amliusa ofidnalis, L. — Wr. 
Andurion, (a corruption of Eupatorium ?) Eupatorlum cannahinum, 
L. — Lane. (Ormskirk.) 
Anemony. The genus Anemone : see Prior, p. 6. 
Anet (Lat. anethum). Anetlium graveolens, L. — Hal. Wr. Prior, 
p. 7. 
Aneys, Pimpinella Anisum, L. — Hal. Wr. 
Angelica, ^ a species of masterwort.’ — Hal. Wr. Hares. 
The common (Latin) name under which the Archangelica officinalis 
was, and still is, known and employed in confectionery, etc. ‘ All 
in generall call it Angellica from the angell-like properties therein.’ 
Park. Theatr., p. 941. Prior, p. 7. 
It is probable that the ‘ sweet angelica ’ of Heywood’s Marriage 
Triumph (1613) is Myrrhis odorata, L. 
‘ And as they walke, the virgins strow the way 
With costmary and sweet angelicad 
Angel’s eyes, Veronica Chamcedrys, L. — Dev. 
‘ Around her hat a wreath was twined 
Of blossoms, blue as southern skies ; 
I asked their name, and she replied, 
“We call them AngeVs Eyesd' ’ — Garden, June 29, 1872. 
Angleberries, Lathy rus pratensis, L. — Northern counties. Corn- 
hill Mag., July, 1865. 
Angober, ‘ a sort of large and long pear.’ — Hal. Wr. 
Anise. (1) Pimpinella Anisum, L. — Prior, p. 7. 
(2) Myrrhis odorata, L. — Durh. (Upper Teesdale). 
Anny, Pimpinella Anisum, L. 
‘ “ Some anny seeds be sweet and some more bitter.” 
The Englishman’ s Docter ; 
the Anny having arisen from a mistake of Anise for a plural noun.’ — 
Prior, p. 7. 
Annyle, ‘ anise seed. Huloet.’ — Hal, Most likely a misprint for 
Annyse, the long f being mistaken for 1. 
Anthill-grass, Festuca sylvatica, Vill. — Marshall’s Eural Econ. 
of Midi. Counties, ed. 2, p. 107. 
Anthony-nnt, Staphylea gyinnata, L. — Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 8. 
Aparine, ‘the [Lat.] name of a plant; cleavers.’ — AYr. Galium 
Aparine, L. 
Apis, ‘ a kind of apple-tree, which Skinner says was introduced 
into this country about 1670.’ — Hal. Wr. 
