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A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



Hilon ucl [h]yalon\ uitrum idem. 



Inde epialafe - ab epi quod est 



supra, quia uitreus humor in exteri- 



oribus corporis partibus est in hac. 



5 Inde etiam dicitur fiala^, h. mutata 



in f. et hialoide * i. uetreum 



flegma. 



Herba Sancti Johannis^ ypericon^, 



scopa regea'', triscalamus, herba 



lo perforata*, fuga demonum idem. 



anglice, 



Seynt 



ge. herbe Johan ^ 



Jones uurt ". 

 Herba Christofori ^^ est arnoglosse 



similis sed minora habet folia et 



albiora, florem habet croceum et 



durum. 

 Herba Sancti Petri '^ herba para- 



lesis '* idem, plures habet flores. 



ge. maierole ^^ [uel bonele ^^], an- 



glice cousloppe". 



2. epy. 

 amo<rlosse. 



6. hyaloyde. 

 17. paralisis. 



uitreum. 11. herbe lon. Saint. 13. similis est 



20. coussloppe. 



' va\o$. ^ A corruption of Epiala fehris {-qmaKos nvpiros), which is falsely derived 



from vaXos. Bart. p. 19, ' Epiala feb[ris], est in qua vitreus humor in exterioribus partibus corporis 

 est.' Matth. Silv. c. ccclxvi, ' Hyalon, Hyalen, i. vitrum : inde empiala febris ab epi &c. . . . 

 unde dicitur epiale humor mutatus in flegma, et hialodo vitreum fiegma.' ^ <pid\r]. 



* vaXoeiSijj. ^ Bart. p. 23, ' Herba Sancti Johannis, Herba perforata idem, i. ypericon.' 



* Diosc. iii. 161, virepiKov, 01 Se dvSpoaaijxov, ol 5 Kopiov, ol 5e xcA"^'"''''"'^''. ^ Bart. p. 38, 

 ' Scopa regia, i. herba Sli. Johannis secundum quosdam.' App. ' Epiricum, i. scopa regia.' ib. 

 ' Hypericon, scopa regia idem est.' * So called from the many minute punctures in the leaves. 

 Gerarde, p. 541, ' in Latine Hypericum, in shops Perforata, of divers Ftiga dcenioyium . . . in French 

 Mille Pertuys, in English S. John's wort, or S. John's grasse.' Fuchs, Hist. Stirp. p. 909, ' Vulgus 

 herbariorum Perforatam vocat quod folia soli objecta innumeris foraminibus scatere, et omni ex 

 parte punctis quibusdam pertundi videantur.' ^ Bart. p. 22, ' Fuga demonum, herba 

 Sancti Johannis.' Cf. It. caccia diavoli. Fuchs, H. S. p. 909, ' Fugam deemonum aliqui quod 

 superstitione quadam inducti fugare posse dsemones crediderint appellaverunt.' * Herbe 

 de S. Jean, Cotgrave. " St. John's wort. '^ Bart. p. 44, ' Xpofora sive herba 

 Xpofori folia habet rotunda aliquantulum ut pisa.' ^^ Bart. p. 23 

 ' Herba Sancti Petri, primula veris idem.' ib. p. 35, ' Primida veris herba St. Petri idem, solse- 

 quium idem, alia est ab herba paralisi :' the variation being caused by the fact that primula verls 

 is applied to the daisy as well as to the cowslip. Gerarde, p. 782, 'The greater sort, called for 

 the most part Oxlips or Paigles, are named of divers Herba S. Petri.' Matth. Silv. c. ccclii, 

 ' Herba Sancti Petri, 1. empetrum, id est paralesis, primula veris.' " Gerarde, p. 782,'They are 

 commonly called Primula veris . . . they are also named Arthritica, and HerbcE paralisis, for they 

 are thought to be good against the paines of the joints and sinues.' Bart. p. 23, ' Herba paralisis, 

 i. couslop, alia est a primula veris.' '^ gee ante, Consolida media, where the French 

 name is blauerole. '^ This name too seems to be appropriated to the daisy ; see ante, Con- 

 solida minor, which is glossed waysegle (dayeseghe), uel bonwort uel brosewort. ^' Bart. 

 p. 2;,, ' Herba paralisis, i. couslop.' E. P. N. p. 60, Hoc ligustrum, a cowslowpe.' ib. p. 6^,'Hoc 

 ligustrum, a cowyslepe.' 



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