132 EEYTHEA. 



and the second edition of Tomus I (1532, an exact reprint of 

 original 1530 edition, according to Pritzel). Three pages » in 

 Tomus I are devoted to "Hepatica," its synonomy, brief 

 descriptions of the plants to which the name had been 

 applied, with well drawn figures of two, their supposed 



medicinal properties, etc. 

 A nearly literal translation of the more botanical part of 



the text would be about as follows: 



"Nomenclature: Greek, X"x^'v; Latin, Hepatica, Hepa- 

 taria, Jecoraria; German, Leberkraut. All interpret Hepa- 

 taria or Hepatica to be Lichen,— what with Dioscorides is in 

 Book 4, under the heading Xetxvv. The words of Dioscorides 

 are: Lichen,— that which grows upon stones, is called 

 Bryon by some, adheres to sprayed rocks. 



Paraphrase of Barbarus* on Dioscorides. 



Lichen or Lechen is a moss, as above, and likewise 

 another herb growing in rocky places, the name being met 

 with in both because they are preferred to all other remedies 

 for the disease called lichen. [The former] has one broad 

 leaf at the root, one small stem, and long dependent leaves. 

 Eecent botanists call both Hepatica. The Appulians call the 

 herb which we have said to have one leaf at the root Jecoraria 

 or Ficatella, the leaf being full of juice and thick, — so named 

 because it is seen to be similar to the fiber of the liver. * * * 



Serapion, ^ Lib. Simplicium, cap. 113. 



Hazez ahacher, that is, Hepatica, grows upon moist 

 stones where the dew falls upon it; is similar to Lenticula 

 aqucB. 



Platearius, ^ cap. 5. 

 Hepatica is an herb growing in wet and especially stony 



8 Op. cit., pp. 190-192. 



4 Hermolaus Barbarus. The reference is undoubtedly to his "Corollarii 

 in Dioscoridem." Venice, 1516. 



5 Eefers evidently to a Latin version of an Arabian medical treatise 

 not infrequently quoted by the early botanical writers. One of the 

 editions of this work, according to Haller, was published in Venice in 

 1479, 



6 Author of a medical work, 1497. 



