ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 17 
Arnit, Lousy, Lucie, or Loozie. Biinium flexuosum, L. — Furf. FI. 
Forf. Moray. FI. M. ^tirl. 
Arntree. Sambuciis nigra, 'h.—Scotl. Loudon, Arboretum. 
Aron. (1) Arum maculatum, L. — Lyte. Hal. Teviotd., Jamieson. 
(2) The commonly cultivated Ricliardia cethiopica is so called in 
Wales. 
Arrow, Green, a corruption of Green Yarrow, Achillea MtUefolium 
‘ Green ’Arrow, Green ’Arrow, you bears a white blow ; 
If my love love me my nose will bleed now ; 
If my love don’t love me, it ’ont bleed a drop ; 
If my love do love me ’twill bleed ivory drop.’ 
Suffolk rhyme. See Nosebleed. 
Arrow-grass, a book-name (transl. of Triglocliui), Triglochin gga- 
lastre, L. — Prior, p. 10. 
Arrow-head. Sagittaria sagittifolia, L. — Hal. ‘ Hath large and long 
leaves, in shape like the signe Sagittarius, or rather like a bearded 
broad arrowe heade’ — Ger., 336. Prior, p. 10. 
Arrow-root. (1) Arum maculatum, L. — I. of Portland. So called 
from the starch prepared from its tubers, which is known as ‘ Portland 
Arrow-root ’ from its resemblance to the arrow-root of commerce, 
which is obtained from the rhizome of Maranta arundinacea, L. — See 
Phyt. iv. 1032, o.s. 
(2) Achillea Millefolium, L. — Suff. A corruption of Yarrow-voot. 
Arrow-wood. Rhamnus Frangula, L. — Lyte. 
Arsenick. Polygonum Hydropiper, L. — ‘ Waterpepper or arseniched 
Nomenclator, 1585. Hal. Wr. 
Arsesmart (Turn. Names), or Arsmert (Turn. Lib.). Polygonum 
Hydropiper, L. — Hal. Wr. ‘ Because if it touch the taile or other bare 
skinne, it maketh it smart, as often it doth, being laid into the bed 
greene to kill fleas.’ — Minsheu. dies. Cumh. N. Line. Prior, p. 10. 
Arsesmart, Dead. Polygonum Persicaria, L. ‘ It doth not bite as 
the other doth.’ — Ger. 362. 
Arsmart, the usual spelling in more recent books of Arsesmart, 
which see. 
Artetyke, a corruption of arthritica, an old name of the plant, 
because it was ‘ thought to be good against the pains of the joynts,’ 
Ger. ; a disease which was known as artetyke. See Hal. Primula 
veris, L.— Grete Herball. 
Artichoke. Cynara Scolymus, L. — Nares. Prior, p. 10. 
Asarabacca. Asarum europcBum, L. — ‘ Vulgo azarahacca dicitur.’ 
Turn. Lib. See Prior, p. 10. 
Ash (in Prompt. Parv. Asche). Fraxinus excelsior, Y . — Prior, p. 11. 
Ash, Ground. (1) JEgopodium Podagraria, L. — With. dies. Line. 
Brogd. See Ashweed. 
(2) Angelica sylvestris, Y.— F. Bord., Bot. E. Bord. 
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