A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



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malua *, odorem habet sicut muge, 

 gall. crispe mauue uel symoine.] 



Bisala, hermodactilus idem^ 



Bitumen judaicum^, idem. 

 5 Bichicon * interpretatur ad tussym, 

 unde pellem bichice ut in Alex- 

 andro^. 



Bistorta virtutem habet constringendi 

 consiliandi et confortandi, et valet 

 10 ad concipiendum [gall. Bistorte]. 



Botrus*' interpretatur rotundum, unde 

 collectio uuarum que in rotunda 

 forma inuenitur dicitur botrus. Di- 

 citur etiam botrus illud corpus ro- 

 15 tundum a quo fiores procedunt. 

 [gallice, botun'' de rose.] 



Borax' uel borith, herba fullonum, 

 saponaria idem. angl. crowe- 

 soppe^ 



[Bouis lacta^'', orobo idem.] ao 



Borith", nonaclum cirurgie, lanceolata 

 aquatica idem, a^'. sperewort. 



Borax^^ est quedam gumma unde con- 

 solidatur aurum, ace. [et gall.] Bo- 

 reis. 35 



[Borago, gall. et acp. borage uel bou- 

 rache.] 



Botrix^^ arbor est fructuosa tota ex- 

 pansa super terram, colorem mel- 

 Hnum habens, per interualla fur- 30 

 cata. 



Boletus" fungus idem. Crescit in terris. 



3. hermodactilis. 4. aspaltum idem. Nota quod sunt tres malve viz. malva ortolana vel 



domestica. g. mauue, ang. mawe. Item bismalua g. wymauue. ang. mersmawe. Item crispa 

 malua g. cresmauue, odorem habet sicut muge. 6. pillule. 8. Bistorta bistorte habet virtutem. 

 9. consolidandi. 11. rotundus. 15. folia rosarum. anglice, rosetuoppel. 18. crowesope. 

 21. nouaculum cyrurgie. 22. sperwrt. 23. Item borax. 24. aurum et argentum. Boreys. 

 28. Botris herba est. 30. habet. 



* Gerarde, p. 931. ' Malva crispa, the French curled mallow.' E. P. N. p. 36, ' Malva crispa, 

 symeringe wyrt.' * Meadow-saffron. Matth. Silv. c. c. ' Bisari, i. hermodactili.' 



^ Bart. p. 13, ' Buiimen judaicum, aspaltum idem.' ^qxiKov. App. ' Benicon vel beticon, i. 



ungula caballina' (that is Tussilago). ib. ' Becion vel bedon, i. cassilago alba.' Cf. Diosc. iii. 116, 

 p-fjXiov. ^ Alex. Trall. ed. Puschmann, ii. 157, 0r]xiitd oh dd KexPl'^^'^'- ^ Porpvs. 



E. P. N. p. 21, ' Butrus, hos.' id. p. 23, ' Butros, geclystre.' ^ Fr. Bouton. See post, Lacta. 



* Bart. p. i3,'J5orcf;c, gummi idem, solidantur aurum et argentum.' ib. 'BoriVA, herbasaponaria seu 

 herba fullonis, sed carduus fullonis aliud est.' App. ' Burit, herba fullonum, saponaria idem est.' 



* Bart. p. 37, ' Saponaria, crowsope.' Borith is its Semitic name : cf Jer. ii. 22. ' Si laveris te nitro 

 et multiplicaveris tibi herbam borith.' " ^PP- ' Orobani lenici, i. lacca.' See post, Lacta. 

 " Bart. p. 13, 'Borith, i. nepta.' The plant meant would seem to be Alisma Plantago : the leaves of 

 which are lancet-shaped, and hence gained for it the name spere-wort, which for a similar reason 

 was given also to Flarnmula (Bart. p. 21, ' Flammula, i. sperwort) and Inula campana (E. P. N. 

 p. io,Innule campane, spere-wyrt). See ante, sub Alphesora. " Bart. p. 13, ' Borax, 

 gummi idem, solidantur aurum et argentum.' The reference is to its use as a flux. 

 *' Matth. Silv. c. cvi, ' Dia. cap. botris. Botrix est herba fruticosa tota spansa super terram, 

 colorem mellinum habens, per interualla furcata' etc. Diosc. iii. 120, fi^rpvs iroa iartv o\rj 

 firj\lvri, OafivodSrjs, 5iax^^'''"7> foXXds (xovaa ;<affx<^^^' " Bart. p. 13,' Boletus, fungus 

 idem.' 



