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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    Mira solis^ sicorea idem. gall. et anglice, cikoree l [Respice in elitropia.] Miliuin solis, granum solis', cauda pecorina idem. ge. et a^. gromel. • 5 [Respice in lichosmon.] Mirabolanorum* species sunt quinque bonorum, Citrinus ° ebulus bellericus emblicus^, indus^ id Ministieum i. odoriferum. Miconium uel mico communis, papauer album idem. Mirion '^, auricula muris idem, angl. mousher [Respice in pilocella.] Mirica genesta idem. gall. geneste'^ 15 brom ^*', cuius fructus uocatur carepos mirice ^'^ [id est] fructus geneste. Micron interpretatur paruum, inde . microtegni, i. parua ars, et 20 mierocosmus i. minor mundus. Mieotis uel mionia, herba est nobis ignota ut in Alexandro. Miseos^^ genus est terre quo care- mus. Minium'^^ quidam color est pictoru uel scriptorum. gall. et angl. ue meloun ^*. 25 im uer- I. cicorea. 3. grana. 4. porcina. gromoyl. 6. quinque foliorum. 8. vel ebulus. 10. Muristicum. ii. uel hec. 14. moushere. 16. broom. 17. caropos mirice i. 22. miotis. meonia. 27. uermylon. * Matth. Silv. c. dxlix, ' Mira solis, i. cataputia.' See ante, Eleutropia. Gerarde, p. 283, ' Others .. . terme it sponsa solis: the Germanes call it Wegwarien, ■wh.ich is as much to say, as the keeper of the waies : the Italians, Cichorea.^ * Succory. ' See ante, Granum solis. * /3a\avos fivpeifnKii, Diosc. iv. 157. Plin. Hist. Nat. xii. 21,' Myrobolanum . . . nascens unguento ut ipso nomine apparet.' Gerarde, p. 1500, ' There be divers kinds of Mirobalans, as Chebulas, Bellirica, Emhlicce, Scc.'' These are here combined in a hexameter verse. Platearius, Circ. Inst., ' Mirabolanorum species sunt quinque bonorum, Citrinus, kebulus, belliricus, emblicus, indus: Primo trahit coleram, citrinus flegma secundo, Kebuhis e contra, bellircus, emblicus seque, IUud et hac nigre colere niger imperat indus.' ° Gerarde, ' Flava or Citrina which some do call Aridqui, but the common people of India Avare^ Ib. ^Chehulce . . . which the Indians call Aretca^ ' Ib. ' Belliricce, called of the savages Gotni and Guti^ * Ib. ' Emhlicae, the Indians call Amiale^ Ib. ' Indicce, which the Indians call Rezannale.^ /xvptff- TiKov. See ante, Careon. KaKeiTai t6 rotovTov nTjKttiveiov, dSpaveCTepov tov ottov, Diosc. iv. 65. But perhaps the gloss is simply pf^Koiv, jxtikouvos. Bart. p. 30. ' Murion, auricula muris idem.' E. P. N. p. 43, ' Pilosella, peluselle, mus-ere.' Mouse-ear. See ante, Auricula muris. ptvpiKT], Diosc. i. 116. French, genet. Broom. E. P. N. p. 46,' Genesla, genest, brom.' ib. p. 50, 'Murica, wormine brome.' Kapiros nvpiKtjs. fitKpov. That is, Galen's Texvr] laTpiKTj. See ante, Exarchimetra. ° fUKpoKOff/xos. Matth.Silv. c. dxlviii, 'Miomas, miota est herba mihi ignota, ut in Alexan.' ib. c. dxlix, Mirouitis. MS. Ashm. 1470,' Miomitis herba est nobis ignota ut in Alexandro.' fiiav, Diosc. v. 116. Minium (whence miniature) is described in Plin. Hist. Nat. xxxiii. 7. Vermilion, which derives its name from vermiculus (the cochineal insect).