16 
A DICTIONARY OF 
Archangel, Red, Lamium purpureum, L. — Ger. 
Archangel, Sweet, Lamium purpureum, L. 
‘ It is far from being foetid, as is the case with many others, so that 
by some for distinction this plant is termed the Sweet Archangel! — E. 
Baylis, New & Compleat Body of Physic, 1791. 
Archangel, White, Lamium album, L. — Ger. 
Archangel, Yellow, Lamium Galeohdolon, L. — Ger. Leic. 
Archarde, an acorn. — Prompt. Parv., p. 6. Hal. Wr. 
Archer, Water, Sagiftaria sagitti folia, L. — Ger. ‘ Because it is 
good to pull out arrows’ (Minsheu), a notion suggested on the doc- 
trine of signatures, by the foiin of the leaves. See Arrowhead. 
Areche, Atriplex. — Turn. lib. See Arach. 
Areges, ‘ an herb.’ — Hal. iNo doubt the same as Arach, which see. 
Arestogie, ‘ a kind of herb ] ’ — Hal. W r. 
Argans (from Lat. name). Origanum vulgare, L. — Dev. See 
Organ. 
Argemone, ‘ the Avild tansy.’ — Minsheu. Hal. Wr. See Argentina. 
Argentill, Alchemilla orveiisis, L. — Hal. Wr. Ger. Appx. Prom its 
pale colour. 
Argentina, PotenfiJla anserina, L. — ‘ Argentina, wild tansy, grow'es 
the most in the fallowes in Coteswold.’ — Aubre 3 "’s MS. Hal. Wr. 
‘ The later Herbarists do call it Argentina, of the silver drops that 
are to be seene in the distilled w^ater thereof when it is put into a 
glasse, which you shall easily see rowiing and tumbling up and dowme 
in the bottom.’ — Ger., p. 841. ‘ I judge it rather so called of the fine 
shining silver coloured leaves.’ — Johnson in Ger. Emac., p. 993. 
Argentine, (1) Onopordum Acanthmm, L. — YVith. Lyte and Ger. 
call it Argentine Thistle, from the whiteness of the leaves. 
(2) Potentilla anserina, L. — Mith. Hal. Wr. See Argentina. 
Aristoloch, ‘ the plant called round birth-wort ’ (i. e. Aristolocliia 
rotunda, L.). — Hal. 
Armstrong, Polygonum aviculare, L. — Suss. (Hastings). From 
the difficulty of pulling it up. 
Arn, or Arin, Alnus glutinosa, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. Inverness; 
Moray, FI. M. 
Arnberries, fruit of Ruhus Idoeus, L. — Yhs. ('Whitby). E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 2. 
Arnit, or Arnut. (Du. aardnut, earth-nut.) (1) Bunium flexuosum, 
L. — North. Hal. Wr. Brockett. Scotl. Jamieson. Yks. (Tadcaster). 
Nhumb. (Newcastle). Bot. E. Bord. Dumfries (Moffat). Roxb. (Kelso). 
Prior, p. 10, who includes B. Bulbocastanum under the name Arnut. 
(2) Arrhenatherum avenaceum, Beauv. — Scotl. Jamieson. Also 
Swine -Arnut. 
