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A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



Herpentaria, serpentaria S colubrina, 



dragancia- idem. gall. et angl. 



dragance ^. 



Hermodactilis S centum capita idem. 



5 [Respice in bisala et in zirin- 



ga-] 



Hemecocalles -, cathalepton, uel bul- 



lus ematicus, folia habet et hastam 

 simile[m] liHo in initio, cum se- 



lo perit se aperire, flores lilii sundere 



solet iii uel iiii, sed postquam flo- 



ruerit uiridem facit colorem, bonum 



et odoratum. 



Hircina ^ hyposita, hipoas uel hiporis '', 



15 cauda equina, cauda caballina 



idem. Herba aspera est, qua so- 

 lent polliri pectines et archus et 

 ciphi. anglice, schafwort ^. 



Hyerob^ herba est porrecta uirgultis 

 ultra cubitum cum geniculosis foliis 20 

 per interualla distantibus, tanquam 

 quercus incisis et subalbidis. 



Hipporis^** aut anabis nascitur in locis 

 humidis et mont[u]osis, hastas 

 habet rufas et asperas et nodosas, 25 

 folia sunt acuta tenera et iuncto 

 similia. [Respice in hyrcina.] 



Hynos ^^ uel hymom uinum, inde 

 hyonomella ^", i. confectio uini 

 et mellis. 3 



1. draguntena. 4. Hermodactilis hefore Herpentaria. 9. ceperit. 10. ostendere 



solet. 14. yposata, hypoas uel hyporis. 16. solet. 17. arcus. iS. scherwrt. 



28. hymon uinum idem inde hyonemella. 



' Bart. p. 39, ' Serpenlaria, dragantea, cocodrilla, columbrina idem.' See ante, 



Draguncea. ^ Dragons, Gerarde, p. 832. * Gerarde, p. 161, 'the tme FTermodactill 



of the shops, which probably by all is adjndged to this tribe (meadow-saffron) though none 

 can certainly say what floures or leaves it beares : the Roots are onely brought to us, and from 

 what place 1 cannot tell : yet I conjecture from some part of S}Tia or the adjacent countries.' 

 E. P. N. p. 17, ' Hermodactyla, crawan-leac' ib. p. 37, ' Hermodoctula, tiel tidolosa, crawan-leac' 

 * Diosc. iii. 127, ^fiepoKaWis, ol Se yfxepoKaTaWaKTOs, . . . 01 5e /SoXjSoy o aljjxiTLKos, (pvXXa exf ai 

 KavXov ofjioia Kpivo!' dvOrj 5 fv avTw KaO' (Ka(JTT)v dTrScpvcnv y' tj 5' t^j' axiffiv tw Kpivqj (oiKoTa oTav 

 ap^rjTai xo-iveiv, ttjv 5e xpoav lax"?'^^ wxp^v (var. ivavOri). Sim. Jan. ' Hemerocalles aut catalepton 

 vel bulbus ematicus, Dya. folia habet, &c.' * Perhaps a corruption of equina, as hyposita 



almost certainly is of equise/um. "^ iir-novpis, Diosc. iv. 46. App. ' Hiperois, id est cauda 



caballina.' * Gerarde, p. 11 16, 'in English, Horse-taile, Shave-grasse and in some places 



JojTits. Shave-grasse is not Avithout cause named Asprella, of his ruggednesse, which is not im- 

 knowne to women who scoure their pewter and wodden things of the kitchen therewith.' Cf. MS. 

 Sloane 282, ' Hironia uel yronea, hiposita, cauda equina, cauda caballina ys a rowj herb w' {le 

 which men polisshen combes, bowes and cuppes.' " Sim. Jan. ' Hierob, Dya. virga est porrecta 



virgultis ultra cubitum, &c.' ' Sim. Jan. Hyporis, g. aut anabasis, Dya. nascitur, &c.' Diosc. 



IV. 40, 'nrnovpi<! , . . ol Sk dva^aais . . . <pvTai (v tSttois k(pv5pois Kai Td(ppois, KavXia x^' Kfva, 

 VTTtpvOpa, vnoTpaxta, OTeped, yovacn SieiXrjnfjLeva . . . irepl 5e avTa axotvwSr] (pvK\a iTVKvd, KeirTa. 

 " otVoy. Matth. Silv. c. ccclxvi, ' Hynon, i. vinum, inde hjTiomel i. \-ini confectio.' '- olvofieKt. 



