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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    Capsellula^, herba sanguinaria'^, [radi- cibus utimurj, bursa pastoris idem. Florem facit album. Gallice burse a pastur, a<^e. pursewurt. Cardo benediettis carduncellus*, [cressiones], senecio idem, sene- chion^ an^e, gowndeswilie. [Respice in labrum ueneris et in senecio.] Carpobalsamum. id est semen bal- sami. Caropos mirice % fructus geneste idem. Cardamen^, i. semen narslucii. Cardamus agrestis^ nascitur in locis 15 aquosis, folia eius assimulantur fohis cardomami sed sunt maiora. Carnopodion uel sinopodion, pes ceruinus idem. Herba esl. Crassula maior ^'^, faba siluestris idem, io subalba est et spissa habet folia, GalUce orme^^, anglice alfuurt. Crassula minor^® similis est ei sed multo minor, crescit [super] lapi- dem et uomitum prouocat. an^e. 25 tecesorite'. Respice in uermicu- laris minor. [Cardomomum fructus est cuiusdam 3. bourse a pastour. 4. perswovt. 6. senechon. 7- gowndeswyle. 10. i. semen. 17. cardomomi. J8. cynopodicon. add, cardimomum est succus cuiusdam arboris uel polius semen; per x. annos potest seruari. 20. saba. 22. orpyne. 26. tecesdirte. ' App. 'Dapellula. i. sanguinaria, florem facit album.' So called from its little pods. ^ Bart. p. 38, ' Sangiiinaria, bursa pastoris idem.' E. P. N. p. 32, ' Pilogonus et sanguinaria, Sset is unfortredde.' There seems to be a confusion between Shepherd's Purse and Knot-grass (Polygonum aviculare). ^ Bart. p. 14, ' Carduus henedictus, i. senecion.' * Cf. the It. cardoncello. ^ Fr. sene^on. ^ Groundsel. E. P. N. p. 46, ' Iregerontis, cenesuns, grundeswilie.' ib. p. 5, ' Senecio, \i is Gitmdes wylige.' Prof. Skeat derives groundsel from A. S. grund, ground, and swelgan, to swallow, and makes it mean ' the ground-swallower.' Fuchs, however (H. S. p. 321), gives the name Grindtkraut, and the associations of the plant seem rather to point in tlie direction of grau and greis; cf. Ger. Bald-greise and Greiskraut for Erigeron (Grassmann p. 129). ' KapTrbs PaXadixov, Diosc. i. i8. Bart. p. 14, ' Carpohal- samum, i. fructus balsami.' App. ' Carpohalsanium, id est semen balsami.' ' Kapwds fivptKTjs, Diosc. i. 116. ^ Bart. p, 14, ' Cadamus, i. nasturcium.' ib. p, 13, ' Cartamum, i. semen croci ortensis.' K&pSafiov, Diosc. ii. 184. The description resembles Diosc. ii. 205, i^ripis, rjToi KapSaiJ.avTiKTj, e'xfi rd (pvXXa irapSpLOia Kaplafxw kv eapi ev6a\eaT€pa . , (pveTai 5J (V dyfQjpyrjTOts t6itols. See post, Cinopedicon. Bart. p. 17, ' Crassula major, aurum ualet, an orpin.' App. ' Crassula maior, id est faba siluestris.' Fuchs, H. S. p. S77, ' Tr}Ke<piov tj dei^aov dyptov Grsecis, Telephium et Illecebra Latinis, officinis et vulgo crassula major, alias minor appellatur.' Orpine. See ante, Barba iouis, Perhaps a form of halswyrt, from its use in king's evil, Gerarde, p. 518. 'It wasteth away hard kernels, and the kings evill if it be laid unto them.' Bart. p. 17, ' Crassula minor, vermicularis, an, stancroppe,' App. ' Crassida minor similis est ei, sed multo minor.' Read tete de zouris (cf. Nemnich, s. v. Sedum album), see post, ' Vermicularis maior, tetroselion idem. g. tatesoriz, ang. andrede uel musedode.' ^^' Platearius, circ. inst. 'Est autem fructus cuiusdam arboris vel potius semen . . . per decem annos potest servari.'