The names of herbes, A.D. 1548. Edited, with an introd., an index of English names, and an indentification of the plants enumerated by Turner.

  • William Turner
Date:
1881
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Credit: The names of herbes, A.D. 1548. Edited, with an introd., an index of English names, and an indentification of the plants enumerated by Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto.

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    for ryght Venus heir. I haue founde ^it in bushe rootes ofte tyines in Germany, it may be called in englishe petie Feme, or okeferne. Ebulus. Ebulus is called in greeke Chameacte, in english Wahvurt or Danewurt, in duch Allich,^ in frenche Hieble, it groweth abrode in Cambryge fieldes in great plentie. Elatine. Elatine is lyke wythwynde, but it hath seedes and floures lyke Buckwheate, it groweth amonge the come & in hedges, it maye be named in englishe running Buckwheate or bynde corne, it is colde in the roote. ElioseLinum. Elioselinum is called in latin Paludapium of Gaza, it is called in englishe Smallage, it groweth in watery places and also in gardines. Some haue taken thys for Apio, but the errour was not very greate because they are lyke in strength. Ephemeruni non lethale. Ephemeru is called in duch meyblumle,^ in french Muguet. It groweth plentuously in Germany, but not in England that euer I coulde see, sauynge in my Ix)rdes gardine at Syon. The Poticaries in Germany do name it Lilium couallium, it maye be called in englishe May Lilies. ^ Erice. Erice is called in greeke Ereice, it is named in english Heth hather, or ling, in duch Heyd, in french Bmyer, it groweth on frith * and wyld mores, some vse to make bmsshes of heath both in Englad and in Germany. Eruca. Eruca is named in greeke Euzomos, in englishe rokket, in duch also rokket, in frech Roquette. After Dioscorides & Plinie there 1 C viij. ' Attich. ' [meybluma.] * C viij, back. * Hethes. D 2
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