Then again, garden tools; boxes of seeds; a vessel containing syrup for assuaging the sting of the scorpion; the asir-rese or anagallis, a potent medicine of the class of poisons, which was taken in wine for the same mischance.
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman
8. Brooklime, anagallis aquatica; moderately hot and moist, prevalent in the Scorbute, and Stone.
"Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets"
John Evelyn
It occurs quite commonly in gardens and open fields, being the scarlet Pimpernel, or anagallis arvensis, and belonging to the Primrose tribe of plants.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie