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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    Da[m]pne', quam alii Alexandrinam uocant uel ypoglosson, folia habet eximursine similia sed maiora et albidiora et molliora; semen in 6 medio foliorum est. Dafnoydes'' uel pentalon aut came- dafne, dura folia habet lauro simi- lia sed maiora et duriora, gustu calido gula exasperancia, flores lo albos et semen nigrum. Draguncea% asclepias, uiperina*, pen- taria, serpentilla, colubrina, basi- lica^ cocodrilla^ idem. gallice et anglice, dragaunce. [Dampnoeocci^ i. bacce lauri. 15 Dircea^, respice in circea. Dactilus, respice in finican^^ Dampnis^'^, i. laurus. Dactilus indicus, respice in oxife- nicia.] 20 Dragantum, uitriolum^^, calcantum, [floresis]^^ idem. Dragantum gummi cuiusdam a[r]bo- ris esi cuius triplex est maneries s. dragantum album per melidem si»5 clarum fit et purum, item sub- rufum et citriiium. [Respice in ianeia.] 3. oximyrsino. 23. dragagantum 7. dicta folia. 9. gulam. 25. album quod melius est. sit. 12. serpentaria. 27. cytiinum. 21. uitreolum. * Sim. Jan.' Dafne, Dya. quam multi alexandrinam aut ydeam, aut danaen aut ypoglossam aut zalam aut stephanum dicunt, folia oximisino similia habet, sed majora et albiora, semen in medio foliorum ejus.' Diosc. iv. 145, hacpvri aKt^&vbpeia, ol 8« Ihaiav, ol St Aavariv, ol 5i vvo^^XairTov (? imro-^KcaTrov, compare Horse-tongue: Gerarde, p. 909), 01 5« ia\(iav, 01 Se arf(pavT]v, ^uPCXa o^vnvpaivr) 6p.oia ex*«, fifiCova Sl /toi naXaicuirtpa mi \tvic6repa- Kapiibv St kv fjLtaoLS tpvdpov. ^ Diosc. iv. 146, SacpvotiSh . . . ol Sl tviriraKov, ol S^ xM'5a0'7»' • • • (pvKKa Safvri eoiKora, /xaKaKijTtpa St Kol iaxvoTtpa . . . S6.KVovra Kai TTvpovvra rh arona Koi r^v <t>dpvyya, av9r] KevKa, Kapnbv Si piiKava: so Sim. Jan. ' Bart. p. 18, ' Dragantea, serpen- taria, herba colubrina idem.' K^^.' Draguntea, i. asclepia.' Apuleius, de Virt. Herb. c. 14, ' Dracontea, aliis Asclepias . . . alii corcodrillion , . . et columbrium.' * Apuleius, de Virt. Herb. c. 5, ' Latini hinnulam, uiperinam, serpentariam et radicem Macedonicam nominant.' = K^^.' Basiliscus, serpentaria, dragum, uel hortulana.' Bart. p. 12, ' Basilica, i. serpentaria.' In the sense of hasilisle. ^ In the sense of cockatrice: cocodrilla being a perversion of crocodilus. See Skeafs Dict. s. v. cockatrice. ^ Gerarde, p. 832, ' in English Dragons, and Dragonwort.' ' SacpvSKOKKOs. ' KipKaia, 01 5^ SipKaiav KaKovat, Diosc. iii. 124. > S&KTvKos. (poTvii, Diosc. i. 143. See ante, Daucus asininus. Gerarde, p. 1607, 'Tamarinds were not knowne to the antient Greekes, but to some of the later, as Actuarius, and that by the name of OxyphcBnicm, that is, soure Dates, drawne as it may seeme from the Arabicke appellation Tamarindi, that is Indian Date.' Bart. p. 18, ' Dragantum, i. uitreolum, calcantum idem.' Bart. p. 42,' Vitreolum viride, i. coperosa, calcantum idem.' See ante, Attramentum. xa^''''^''. Diosc. v. 114. Bart. p. 14, ' Calcantum, i. vitreolum.' Flos eris, a translation of xaW^of. Bart. p. 21, ' Flos eris, i. cuperosa.' Platearius, circ. inst.' Dragagantum . . . est autem gummi cujusdam arboris in ultramarinis partibus nascentis.' Diosc. iii. 20, iari 5i ^ TpaydKavSa S&Kpvov rrjs piCv^. ' Gum Tragacanth.