Alphita : a medico-botanical glossary from the Bodleian manuscript, Selden B.35 / edited by J.L.G. Mowat.

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1887
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    elacterium' et in sicides uel si- cida.] Custos orti'^, pendactilis i. gira solis uel palma Christi idem. [Sucube^ S fructus est cuiusdam arboris in transmarinis partibus nascens. Cabultim*, morella^. Respice in uua lurina. Custos orti, respice in pentadactilus. loConsolida minor, uicetaxicon'', herba uenti idem. Secundum Tedoricum capitulo de antrace.] Daucus creticus^ i. pastinaca domes- tica. g^. dauk. Respice in carei pontici. Daucus asininus assimilatur pe- trocillino sed folia eius sunt pilosa, in. damphnidis^^ uel damp- nis^^, i, laurus. Inde dampleon^^ i. oleum laurinum. Item damp- nochoche siue dampnococti bacce lauri idem [et daucus a- grestis]. i6. petrosilino. 18. pilosa dicitur etiam daucus agrestis darapnidis uel dampnis. 19. damp- nilion. 20, dampnocheche. 21. dapncocci. 22. idem est. 1 (XaTripiov, Diosc. iv. 152. = App. ' Ciisios orci, petendactylis, id est grana solis. ib. 'Pentadactylus, custos horti.' Bart. p. 33, ' Palma Christi, grana solis idem.' In addition to the references given in the notes to the Appendix add Parkinson, Theat. Bot. p. 182, 'Ricinus sive Palma Christi: Ricinus sive cataputia major vulgatior; 'the leaves . . . are very broad and divided into five or seaven or into more divisions (representing the hand of a man with the fingers spread abroad).' ib. p. 183, 'it is called by Dioscorides in Greeke klki rj KpoTwv; . . . of some Pentadactylus, by Mesues Granum Regittm: Cassalpinus from the Italian name Girasole took it to be Heliotropium Dioscoridis, but most commonly it is called Ricinns and Palma Christi, and in the Apothecaries' shops Cataputia major.' From a comparison of the name custos korti and the glosses in App. ' Ciriogon, i. grana solis,' (cf. note, ' Ciriougon, i. giria solis.') 'Ragarius, i. grana solis,' with the gloss ' Diairicum, i. custos duarum dierum,' there can be no doubt that this plant was called K-q-irovp6s or Kij-irojpos, 'keeper of the garden.' = Perhaps cubebe: cf. Platearius, circ. inst. ' Est autem fructus cuiusdam arboris in transmarinis partibus nascentis.' * Plin. Hist. Nat. xxvii. 8, ' Cucubali. . . quidam hanc alio nomine strumum appeUant, alii Grsece strychnon.' Apuleius de Virt. Herb. c. 22, ' alii cecabon.' Probably from Diosc. iv. 72, effTi Kai tTtpov OTpvxvov h ISioJs aXiKaKa^ov KaXovaiv, ol 5k tpvaaUSa. = Bart. p. 30, ' Morella sive Maurella, solatnim, uva lupina, strignum idem sunt.' « Lupina:— the words have been corrupted into Walupia, E. P. N. p. 83, ' Walupia, electre.' ' Vin- cetoxicon. » Bart. p. 17, 'Daucus quandoque sumitur pro pastinaca.' App. ' Daucus creticus, id est pastinaca domestica.' Cf. Diosc. iii. 76. ^ Matth. Silv. c. ccl, ' Et dicitur asininus quod est cibus asinorum.' i Diosc. iii. 76, 5 Se' tis ovtwv kari atXivw dypiq, TTapairXrjffios. Apparently M^i/i^s. App. ' Diaphnidos, i. lamvis.' ' jb. 'Dapknis, i. laurus.' Bart. p. 17, 'Damphius, laurus idem.' SatpvfKawv, Diosc. i. 49. App. 'J)aphneleon, i. oleum laurinum.' Apparently Sa<pv6KOKKoi. See antei Bacce lauri.