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elacterium' 

 cida.] 



et in sicides uel si- 



Custos orti^, pendactilis i. gira solis 



uel palma Christi idem. [Sucube^ 

 S fructus est cuiusdam arboris in 



transmarinis partibus nascens. 

 Cabulum% morella^. Respice in uua 



lurina''. 

 Custos orti, respice in pentadactilus. 

 loConsolida minor, uicetaxicon'^, herba 



uenti idem. Secundum Tedoricum 



capitulo de antrace.] 



Daucus creticus", i. pastinaca domes- 

 tica. gc. dauk, Respice in carei 

 pontici. 15 



Daucus asininus' assimilatur pe- 

 trocillino^" sed folia eius sunt 

 pilosa, in. damphnidis^' uel damp- 

 nis^'^, i, laurus. Inde dampleon^^ 

 i. oleum laurinum. Item damp- 20 

 nochoche siue dampnococti '* 

 bacce lauri idem [et daucus a- 

 grestis]. 



16. petrosilino. 18. pilosa dicitur etiam daucus agrestis dampnidis uel dampnis. 19. damp- 

 nilion. 20. dampnocheche. 21. dapncocci. 22. idem est. 



^ iXarr]piov, Diosc. iv. 152. ^ -^PP- ' Custos orci, petendactylis, id est grana solis. 



ib, 'Pentadactyhts, custos horti.' Bart. p. 33, ' Pahna Christi, grana solis idem.' In addition to 

 the references given in the notes to the Appendix add Parkinson, Theat. Bot. p. 182, 'Ricinus 

 sive Palma Christi : Ricinus sive cataputia major vulgatior; 'the leaves . . . are very broad 

 and divided into five or seaven or into more divisions (representing the hand of a man with the 

 fingers spread abroad).' ib. p. 183, ' it is called by Dioscorides in Greeke klkl tj KpuTcuv; . . . of 

 some Pentadactylus, by Mesues Granum Regium: Caesalpinus from the Italian name Girasole 

 took it to be Heliotropium Dioscoridis, but most commonly it is called Ricinus and Palma Christi, 

 and in the Apothecaries' shops Cataputia tnajor.^ From a comparison of the name custos horti 

 and the glosses in App, ' Ciriogon, i. grana solis,' (cf. note, ' Ciriougon, i. giria solis.') 

 ' Ragarius, i. grana solis,' with the gloss ' Diatricum, i. custos duarum dieium,' there can be no 

 doubt that this plant was called icrprovpSs or Krjwaipos, 'keeper of the garden.' ^ Perhaps 



cubehe : cf. Flatearius, circ. inst. ' Est autem fructus cuiusdam arboris in transmarinis partibus 

 nascentis.' * Plin. Hist. Nat. xxvii. 8, ' Cucubali . . . quidam hanc alio nomine strumum 



appellant, alii Grsece strychnon.' Apuleius de Virt. Herb. c. 22, ' alii cecabon.' Probably from 

 Diosc. iv. 72, (TTJ Kal erepov arpvx^ov S iSiais aXiKaKa^ov KaXovaiv, ol 6^ (f>vaa\i5a. ^ Bart. 



p. 30, ' Morella sive Maurella, solatrum, uva lupina, strignum idem sunt.' * Lupina : 



the words have been corrupted into Walupia, E. P. N. p. 83, ' Wcdupia, electre,' ' Vin- 



cetoxicon. * Bart. p. 17,' Daucus quandoque sumitur pro pastinaca.' App. ' Daucus 



creticus, id est pastinaca domestica.' Cf. Diosc. iii. 76. * Matth. Silv. c. ccl, ' Et dicitur 



asininus quod est cibus asinorum.* *" Diosc. iii. 76, 6 5 tjj avruv eari afXivo) dyptoj 



TrapaiT\Tjaios. " Apparently Sa<pvr]s. App, ' Diaphnidos, i. laurus.' '^ ib. 



'Daphnis, i. laurus.' Bart. p. 17, 'Damphius, laurus idem,' *' 5a(pv(\aiov, Diosc. i. 49, 



App. ' Daphneleon, i. oleum laurinum,' '* Apparently SaipvoKOKKot. See ante, 



Bacce lauri. 



