88 NOTES. 



Victoriala of Apuleius was really the Sa<pvoeiSfs of 

 Diosc. iv. 146 : i.e. our Daphne laureola; and it was 

 called Victoriala as also viicr]<pv\\ov because of its like- 

 ness to the Laurel, the producer of the victor's garland 

 (Humelberg). 



P. 5, 1. 3. Leporis pes. Xayojwovs Diosc. Trifolium 

 iirvense (Sibth.), which is known in English as 

 Hare's-foot Trefoil. 



1. 10. Brlonia. Gerard has two, the White Bryonia 

 and the Blacke Bryonie. His figures are so good, 

 that there is no uncertainty. His White Bryonie 

 is Bryonia dioica, and his Blacke is Tamus com- 

 munis. 



1. 15. Uerbascus. -p is feldwyrt. 'Nuncvulgb tapsus 

 barbatus vocatur, et Teutonic^ Wullen krut, eo quod 

 folia habeat ad tactum niollia ceu lana (Humelbergius).' 

 Below, p. 44, Taj}sus barbatus is rendered by the French 

 moleine and the English softe. The French word is 

 now naturalized as Mullen, and it is derived from 

 mollis =-soit : Littre, v. Molene. The velvety leaves of 

 the species V. thapsus has thus been prominent in 

 the popular naming of this genus ; and I am indebted 

 to my friend Mr. Mowat for the very ingenious and 

 happy suggestion tliat possibly /cZiZ wijit is for felt injrt, 

 a suggestion which, if approved, would be all the more 

 interesting because the word felt, Gei'man fil;;, Dutch 

 nilt, Latin pileufi, Greek mKos, though found in Early 

 English,' has not yet been registered in Anglo-Saxon. 

 .Skeat in voce. 



1. 25. Bopen. ' LoUum, bo^en : et cetera adultcrina 

 fjenera, and otJre ly^re-cynn.' Wright, p. 55. 



P. 6, 1. 1. Perdicalis. Humelbergius says it is 

 quite clearly what the Germans call Sant Peters hrut, 

 and tag und nacht, and (/lassl-rut. It seems to be 

 pellifory. Leechdoms, 187. 



1. 2. Mcrcurialis. Dioscorides \iyv^(uaTis iv. 1S8. 



