ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Goggles, Water. Caltha pdlustris, L. — Oxf. 
Gold, perhaps more frequently used in the plural form, Golds. 
(1) Calendula officinalis^ L. — ‘ We call them in English generally 
eyther Golds or Marigolds.’ Park. Parad. 298. This is probably the 
plant referred to by Chaucer in the Knightes Tale : 
‘ Jalousie 
That weved of yellow golds a garland ; ’ 
and in the quotation given by Hal., sub. v. : 
“ That she spronge up out of the molde 
Into a floure was named golden 
Gower, ed. 1554, f. 120. 
It is also the golds described at length in the Old English Medical MS. 
printed in Archseologia, xxx. (pp. 367 — 369) ; and is so called in 
Prompt. Parv. 
(2) Chrysanthemum segetum, L. — Hal. Wr. South and East, Pay 
(E. D. S. Gloss. B. 16); Midlands (E. D. S. Gloss. B. 5); Nhamp., 
Nth. Gloss. This, from the plants associated with it, is clearly the 
plant intended by Drayton (Polyolbion, xv. 946). ‘ The crimson 
darnel-flower, the blue-bottle, and gold’ It is the gold of Langham’s 
Garden of Health : ‘ Goulds, or wilde Marigoulds growing in come.’ 
(3) Myrica Gale, L. — Som. Hoi. Hal. Wr. 
(4) ‘ The plant turnsol.’ Hal. Wr. The sunflower {Helianthus 
annuus, L.) is probably intended: the name is assigned to this in 
Prompt. Parv. 
Gold, White. Chrysanthemum Leucantheinum, L. — Ger. Appx. 
S. Cuml). (spelt White Gould). 
Gold, Yellow. Chrysanthemum segetum, L. — S. Cumh. {Yellow 
Gould). 
Gold-balls. (1) Ranunculus repens, Y. — Pratt. The name was pro- 
bably applied to the double-flowered variety which is sometimes seen 
in gardens. 
Gold-bloom. Calendula officinalis, L. — Wr. ‘ In base Almaigne 
Gout hloemen.’ Lyte. 
Gold Chain. (1) Sedum acre, L. — Pratt. 
(2) (Golden Chain) Cytisus Laburnum, L. — Pulman; Dors., Sal., 
Som., West. Hal. Wr. Prior, p. 92. 
Gold Crap (in Som. Goldy-crap). ‘ The herb crowfoot.’ Hal. Wr. 
Ranunculus acris, Y., R. hulhosus, L., and R. repens, Y. 
Gold Cup. Same as preceding. Lyte; Hants, Som., Suss. Holl., 
Parish (‘the meadow ranunculus’), ‘The herb crowfoot.’ Hah; 
South and West. Wr. The double garden form of R. acris, L., is called 
Double Goldcups by Lyte. 
Gold Dust. (1) Sedum acre, L. — Suff. 
(2) A popular name for Alyssum saxatile, L. — Treas. Bot. In both 
cases from the profusion of small yellow flowers. 
Goldflower. ‘ Golden Cudweed ; the Aurelia, according to Elorio, 
p. 166.’ Hal. Wr. In Mart. Mill, this is identified with Helichrysum 
Stoechas, DC. 
