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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    Herba Sancti Pauli S fartellus idem, similis est artemesie nostre sed minora habet folia. Herba Sancti Pauli spergula idem, similis est persillio nisi quod habet folia albiora et est amara, et di- citur persillium insipidum [aUo nomine.] Herba fortis^, abscint[h]ium idem. gallice aloyne, a^. wermode. Herba catholica*, allipiados idem, [respice ibi]. [Hasta regia °, respice in rasta regia et in nepta. 15 Herba uenti uicetoxicon ^, consolida 10 minor^ idem, secundum Thed. capitulo de antrace. Herba pulicum est idem quod eupa- torium secundum quosdam, ut recitat J. Mesue in medicinis laxa- 20 tiuis, capitulo de eupatorio. Herba scelerata i. apium risus, re- spice ibi. Et uocatur herba mirti- lana siue brutacea Herba paralesis respice in herba 25 Petri. Hilla respice in mescara. Herba cancri^'*, respice in centum galli. Herba benedicta respice in cicuta. 30 I. sarcellus. Herba catholica. 2. archemesie. 4. alio modo Herba Sancti Pauli. 10. weremod. 9. Herba fortis after ' Sim. Jan. ' Herba Sti. Pauli in antidotario universali in quodam unguento ad plagas.' Matth. Silv. c. clxiii,' Aspergula, spargula, sic vocatur, a quibusdam rubea minor.' See post, Spergula minor. This may be the plant described by Gerarde, p. 1125, 'called Sagince spen- gula or Spurry, which is sown in Brabant, Holland, and Ffanders, of purpose to fatten cattel and to cause them to give much milke.' Persillinm may be for psyllium. s gart, p. 23, 'Herba fortis, i. absinthium.' See ante, Absinthium. ^ Sim. Jan. 'Herba caiholica vocatur a quibusdam laureola.' Matth. Silv. c. cccl, ' Herba caiholica, id est meze- reon, vel alimpiados, laureola.' Bart. p; 23,' Herba catholica, i. laureola.' See ante, Allipiados. = Bart. p. 23, 'Hastula regia, i. woderove.' ib. p. 12, ' Astula regia, woderove idem.' ib, p. 24, 'Herba muscata, i. hastula regia, woderove.' See ante, Asta regia. Gerarde, pp. 94, 96, gives hastula regia as one of the names of asphodel, and it certainly would seem to be more applicable to it than to woodruff. Perhaps some manuscript confusion may have arisen between the words asphodelus, asperula, and astula. In this gloss it seems also to be identified with nepeta, or cai-mint. « Matth. Silv. c. cccliii,' Herba venti major, scatumcellum, id est paritaria (which must here mean not pellitory, but wall pemiy-wort, or Cotyledon Umbilicus), sed herba^ venti mi,ior est consolida minor.' Bart. p. 24, ' Herba venti, i. scabiosa secundum quosdam.' ib. p, 43, ' Venti minor, i. consolida minor.' ' Bart. p. ^},,' Vicetoxicon herba est que valet contra toxicum.' 8 See ante. « Sim. Jan, ' Herba scelerata, supra in botrachium.' Bart. p. 34,' Herba scelerata, i. apium risus.' 10 See ante,' Botrachion. Herba paralysis. That is. ia«sag-«. Sim. Jan' • Herba cancri, supra in crispula.' See ante, Centrum galli. This term is also applied to avens, which is caUed Herb Bennet. Matth. Silv. c. cccl,' Herba benedicta quid est lege fu vel gariofilata.' '