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A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



Da[m]pne', quam alii Alexandrinam 



uocant uel ypoglosson, folia habet 



eximursine similia sed maiora et 



albidiora et molliora ; semen in 



6 medio foliorum est. 



Dafnoydes'^ uel pentalon aut came- 

 dafne, dura folia habet lauro simi- 

 lia sed maiora et duriora, gustu 

 cahdo gula exasperancia, flores 

 albos et semen nigrum. 



Draguncea^, asclepias, uiperina*, pen- 

 taria, serpentilla, colubrina, basi- 

 Hca'', cocodrilla", idem. galHce et 

 anglice, dragaunce-. 



lo 



[Dampnocoeci*, i. bacce lauri. 15 



Dircea^, respice in circea. 

 Dactilus^", respice in finican". 

 Dampnis'-, i. laurus. 

 Dactilus indicus", respice in oxife- 



nicia.] 20 



Dragantum^*, uitriolum^^, calcantum", 



[floresis]^^ idem. 

 Dragantum^"^ gummi cuiusdam a[r]bo- 



ris est cuius triplex est maneries s. 



dragantum album per melidem si 25 



clarum fit et purum, item sub- 



rufum et citrinum. [Respice in 



ianeia.] 



3. oximyrsino. 

 23. dragagantum 



7. dicta folia. 9. gulam. 



25. album quod melius est. sit. 



12. serpentaria. 

 27. cytiinum. 



21. uitreolum. 



' Sim. Jan. ' Dafne, Dya. quam multi alexandrinam aut ydeam, aut danaen aut ypoglossam aut 



zalam aut stephanum dicunt, folia oximisino similia habet, sed majora et albiora, semen in 



medio foliorum ejus.' Diosc. iv. 145, Safvr] dKe^dvSpfia, 01 5e ISaiau, ot 5e Aavdr}!', ol Se 



vTTuyXcuTTov ( ? lmr6y\wTT0v, compare Horse-tongue : Gerarde, p. 909), ol Si (aKeiav, 01 Se 



artipdvTjv, (j)iiWa 6^vfj.vpaivri 6p.ota ex*', ptei^ova Se ical fxaXaKWTepa Kal kevicuTepa' Kapirbv Se ev 



fjLecrois epvOpuv. ^ Diosc. iv. 146, SatpvoeiSes . . . ol Se evneTaKov, ol Se x'^t^o-'^6.(pvr]v . . . 



(}w\Ka Sdcpvri eoinoTa, fiaKaKWTepa S^ koi iax^oTepa . . . SdKvovTa Kai irvpovvTa to ar6fj.a Kal t^v 



(pdpvyya, avBrf KevKd, Kaprruv Se fxeKava: so Sim. Jan. ^ Bart. p. 18, ' Dragantea, serpen- 



taria, herba colubrina idem.' App. ' Draguntea, i. asclepia.' Apuleius, de Virt. Herb. c. 14, 



Dracontea, aliis Asclepias . . . alii corcodrillion . . . et columbrium.' * Apuleius, de 



Virt. Herb. c. 5, ' Latini hinnulam, uiperinam, serpentariam et radicem Macedonicam nominant.' 



^ App. ' Basiliscus, serpentaria, dragum, uel hortulana.' B.art. p. 12, ' Basilica, i. serpentaria.' 



In the sense of basilisk. ^ In the sense of coclcatrice : cocodrilla being a perversion of 



crocodihts. See Skeafs Dict. s. v. cockatrice. "^ Gerarde, p. 832, ' in English Dragons, 



and Dragonwort.' * Sacpv^KOKKos. ^ KtpKaia, ot Sl StpKaiav KaKovai, Diosc. iii. 124. 



*" SdKTvKos. ^' (poivt^, Diosc. i. 143. " See ante, Daucus asininus. ^^ Gerarde, 



p. 1607, 'Tamarinds were not knowne to the antient Greekes, but to some of the later, as 



Actuarius, and that by the name of OxyphceniccE, that is, soure Dates, drawne as it may seeme 



from the Arabicke appellation Tamarindi, that is Indian Date.' " Bart. p. 18, 



' Dragantum, i. uitreolum, calcantum idem.' ^^ Bart. p. 42, ' Vitreolnm viride, i. coperosa, 



calcantum idem.' See ante, Attramentum. '^ x"^^'"^^^'^^, Diosc. v. 114. Bart. p. 14, 



' Calcanlum, i. vitreolum.' " Flos eris, a translation of xaA/fweof . Bart. p. 21, 'Flos eris, 



i. cuperosa.' " Platearius, circ. inst. ' Dragagantum . , . est autem gummi cujusdam arboris 



in ultramarinis partibus nascentis.' Diosc. iii. 20, eari Se 17 rpaydKavda SnKpvov Trjs pi^rfs. Gum 



Tragacanth. 



