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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    affodillum et nigriora et aspera, nascitur in locis asperis et siccis. Elleborus quando simpliciter ponitur albus intelligitur. [Respice in si- samus.] Eleua eampana^ uel enula'^, ortolana et campana differunt, ortolana maior, elena campana minor, sca- biosa maioridem. angl. horshelne*. Eleutropia*, incuba^, sponsa solis^ uel mira solis, solsequium'', cicoria^ idem, a^. et g«. cicoree cuius flos dionisia uocatur. EliotropiurQ magis multi scorpion dicunt eo quod flores similes sint i figure scorpii, cursum solis semper respicit, folia habet azimo similia sed asperiora et nigriora, hastas v. uel vi. ex una radice cum ramulis quamplurimis. 2 Eliotropion minus^^ locis nascitur cultis et in pratis, semen habet ro- tundum et pendens. Elaeterium succus cucurbite agrestis idem, sed electerid.es sunt cucu- 2 meres agrestes, tam fructus eorum 3. pro alio. 6. enula campana similis est consolide maiori sed minus aspera habet folia, enula ortolana et. 8. enela. 9. horselle. 11. cycorea. 17. et ymo. 20. pluribus. 25. elacterides. ' iKiviov, Diosc. i. 27. See post, Ellenium. Inula, Plin. Hist. Nat. xix. 29. i. ' E. P.N. p. 16, ' Helena, hors-helene;' ib. p. 44, ' Enula, alne, hors-elne.' Gerarde, p. 793, ' in English, Elecampane and Scab-woort, and Horse-heale.' * ijXioTpoiriov. See App. Elionos. ^ Inlubum, whence endive: cf. Bart. p. 25, ' Incuba, solsequium, cicoreaque sponsaque solis.' * See App. Sponsa solis. Gerarde, p. 283, 'others, as GtdieUmis Placentiwis and Petrus Crescejitius terme it Sponsa solis,' ' E. P. N. p. 12,' Solseqmum uel heliotropium, solsece vel sigel- hwerfe ;' ib. p. 32,' Solsequia, golde;' ib. p. 63,' Hoc solseguium, a rode,' where the reference seems to be not to the endive, but to the sun-flower. ^ See ante. Fr. chicoree, our succory. '° Bart. p. 18, 'Dionisia, flos cicoreae.' Diosc. iv. 190, ■^kioTpomov t6 fteya, S Ivioi (KaXfaav aKopTriovpov aiib tov irepi rb avdos axof^aTos, ■^MoTpoirtov 8« anb tov avpiTTtpi- rpi-nfaOai ra (pvWa ry rov ^Kiov K\iafi' «x*' ''''^ (pvWa ujKifia> ■napatrKTiaia daavrepa Si Kai XfVKoTfpa Kat ixfi^ova' KXtuvia aTrb rrjs p't(rjs oaov y' b' t', Kal l/c tovtcdv ij,aaxa\as irXftovs. This passage may serve as a test of the different translations of Dioscorides. Sim. Jan. (circ. 1300) has ' Eliotropium maius multi scorpioron dicunt eo quod flores similes sint figure scorpii, eliotropion vero idcirco nomen accepit quod cursum solis semper respicit, folia habet ozomo similia sed asperiora et nigriora, hastas ex una radice sex aut quinque ramis quam plurimis.' It appears in Vincent of Beauvais (circ. 1250) thus, ' Eliotropium maius scorpion dicitur a multis eo quod eius flores similes sint figure scorpionis, ex hoc autem nomine Eliotropium accepit quod semper cursum solis respicit, habet folia ocimo similia sed asperiora et nigriora, hastas habet ex una radice quin- que vel sex cum ramulis quamplurimis.' Diosc. iv. 191, ■^Ktorpdirtov rb fitKpuv, oi 51 aKopirwvpov, (pvfrat fv rfX/jaTduSfat . , . Kapirbv arpoyyvKov, airoKpfixapLtvov. eXar^ripiov, Diosc. iv. 155. Bart. p. 18, ' Elactarium est succus cucumeris asinini. Elacteris est cucumer agrestis. Elacterides secundum quosdam sunt cucumeres, tam fructus eorum quam ipsa herba. Elacterides ut quidam volunt svmt catapucie,'