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NOTES. 



P. 45,1. 1. guweom. Apparently for Gilhcorn. 

 Compare p. 7 : Lacterida, GiScom ; where Lacterida 

 on the same page is a Spurge, nOvfiaWos. 



1. 24. Frisgonem, fresgun, cue-hole. This should be 

 cne-hole, i.e. cneow-holen. In Bartholomac-us : 'fres- 

 gunda i. bruscus.' 



P. 47, 1. I. Morella, raorele, atter lo))e. Maurella 

 in Macer is doubtfully identified by Chonlant with 

 Solanum nigrum. He compares Dioa. iv. 71 arpvxvos 

 XTjiraioi ; Apul. c. 74 solata a. strychnum ; Platear. S. 

 2. solatrum. 



P. 48, 1. I . Mirlus, gajel. Probably Myrica gale, 

 the sweet Gale, called also Bog myrtle. Leechdoms, 

 ii. V. Gagel. 



P. 49, 1. 21. Hec embroca, may the. The plant is 

 Anthemis nobilis, Camomile, which was used for eye- 

 wash ; and cmhroca, which is the Greek ffj.Ppoxri, means 

 an infusion, or as apothecaries say, Embrocation. Uer- 

 barium Apul. xxiv. apud Cockayne, i. 120. 



P. 53, 1. 10. newtre, i.e. an yew tree. 



1. 16. ascer, i.e. acer. 



I. 24. Hec sorbus. The rendering of Sorbus.Sorbum, 

 and Mespila, seems to point to the Medlar, 3fcspilu3 

 germanica L. In Virgil Geor. iii. 380, when the 

 cave-dwellers of the glacial world are revelling in the 

 warmth of huge fires and wine-cups of acidis sorbis — 

 the Service Tree is commonly understood, Firus do- 

 mestica. 



P. 55,1. 14. Hoc stratum. For fragum. 



P. 59, 1. 6. ' Senc folium estcujusdam arboris crc- 

 scentis circa Damascum.' Bart. fol. 268, verso. 



P. 60, 1. 5. Vermicularis, Bton-croppe. So Bart. : 

 ' Vermicularis, crassula minor, stan croppe.' Mr. 

 Mowat asked a little girl at South Ilinksey what she 

 called that plant (which was Stone crop) ; and she said 

 they called it Creeping Jenny. This starts a suggea- 



