A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARF. 



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uastitate digiti unius, cauum, et in 

 summo rreiit ramulum diffusum et 

 folia oblonga, fructum in summi- 

 tate ramorum habens triangulum et 

 5 subrotundum in modum capparis. 



Lavendula \ gall. et angl. lauendre. 

 Lactuca, huius sunt due species^, s. 

 domestica et agrestis, endiuia agres- 

 tis idem, anglice et gall. endyue[t]. 

 10 Lactuca domestica, gall. et angl. 

 latewes ^. 

 Lacterides*, cathapucium^ nomen est 

 herbe et seminis eiusdem, et est 

 genus titimalli. Lacterides, quando 

 15 simpliciter ponitur, pro semine 



intelligitur. 



Lacta'' alio nomine dicitur orobus oro- 

 bonis, gumma est de qua urina [et] 

 humana fu per carminum. 



Lactanea, id est tepida. 20 



Lax ' simpliciter bonum est solutorium 

 uentris et bonos nutriens humores. 



Lacteris^ multi istam lacteridem pu- 

 tant, hastam habet in longitudinem 

 cubiti sed inanem, in grossiludine 25 

 digiti unius, in qua capitellum ro- 

 tundum, foHa in hasta sunt ob- 

 longa sicut amigdale sed oblongi- 

 ora et leuiora. 



La.nceolata^ quinqueneruium ^', plan- 30 

 tago minor idem est. g. launcele", 

 ae. ribuurt ^" uel fanuurt ^^ 



8. endyua. 

 simplex. 



3i' 



II. letuse. 

 lanceie. 



18. et urina humana. 

 32. ribwert. fauwert. 



20, i. tepida. 



21. Lac 



1 E. P. N. p. 45, ' Lavendula, lavendre.' ^ Tlie Qpiba^ Tjixepos- and dypia of Diosc. ii. 164, 



165. ' E. P. N. p. 57, ' Hec lactuca, letys.' ib. p. 65, ' Hec letusa, letuse.' * \aevph. 



* KaTairoTiov. Cf, Diosc. iv. 164, ra airipfxaTa . . . \afj.Pav6^eva ev KaTaTroTiw. ^ Bart. 



p. 27, ' Lacca est gumma herb.' Sim. ]a.n.' Lacca est gummi rubicundum quo tincture fiunt.' 

 Renzi, Coll. Salernit. iii. 296, 'de qua cum urina umana fit carminium.' Bod. MS. Ashm. 1470, 

 ' Lacca orobo orobonis alio nomine gumma est de qua et urina humana fit carminuni ' {in a later 

 hand pictores utuntur). Carmimwi seems to be cur carmine, which is said to come to us through 

 the Low Latin carmesinus (cf. French cramoisi) from the Arabic kermes. See Du Cange, s. v. Car- 

 mesinus, and Skeafs Dict. Carmine and Crimson. Cotgrave, * Lacque, sanguine, rose or rubie 

 colour. The true Lacca is an Armenian gumme used in the dyeing of Crimsons, and afterwards, 

 (grown artificiall) imployed by Painters.' Bailey, ' Lacca a gum or ratherwax (made as some say 

 by a kind of winged ants) hard, brittle, clear, and transparent, brought from India, &c., and used 

 in painting, vamishing, &c. Also a certain red gum issuingfrom certain Trees in Arabia ofwhich 

 the best hard sealing wax is made.' Gerarde, p. 1534, ' Indian Lacke is callcd in shops Lacca, in 

 Italian Lacketta . . . Paulus and Dioscorides (call it), as some have thought, Cancamtm.' (Diosc. 

 i. 23.) See ante, Bovis lacta. ' Diosc. ii. 75, yd\a koivws /jiIv nav (vxvfiov, Tp6(pifiov, 



fwXaKTiKbv KoiXias. ^ See ante, Lacura. ^ E. P. N. p. 44, ' Lanceolaia, launceleie, ribbe.' 



" Bart. p. 36, ' Quinquenervia, lanceolata, plantago minor idcm.' " Cotgrave, ' Lancelce, 



Ribwort Plantaine, Lambestongue.' " Ribwort Plantain. " This word seems to be 



allied to the Ger. Fahue, and to refer to the pennon-shaped lcaf of the plant. Compare the name 

 /ae (see ante, Elpha and Folium Elphion), which, according to Gerarde, Supplcment, is givcn to 

 the white ftour de luce. In this case the name seems to have bcen rcplaced by that oi flag.^ 

 Another allied word is hemerfan ; see ante, Atanasia {marg. and note). 



