A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARV. 



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faciunt et i^lumbo. Virtus est ei 



staltica, i. frigida et stiptica. 

 Lignum aloes S lignuni amarum 



idem, [xilocassia, respice in 

 5 xilon.] 



Limphea aqviatica^ lilium aquaticum, 



neniphar,ungula caballina aquatica^ 



idem. 

 Lympha^, i. aqua, inde limphaticus, 

 To i. lunaticus. 



Lingua ceruina'', scolependria '^, lin- 



gua cerui, herba scripta'', splene- 



tica^ idem. gall. cerflange*, a<^. 



herttonge ^. 

 Lingua hircina, folia habet spissa 15 



iuxta terram et aspera superius. 



gallice, lange de cheuvre ". 

 Lingua auis ^'^, pigula idem, florem 



habet album. g. pigule, a. stich[e]- 



uurt- 20 



Lingtia aids^^ quandoque sumitur pro 



seminefraxini. 



7. nenuphar. 9. Limpha. 11. scolopendria. 13. cerlaung. 



15. hyrcina. 17. cheure. 19. stichwort. 



14. hertistong. 



' Bart. p. 28, ^ Lignnm aloes, i. lignum amarum.' " vv^Kpaia, Diosc. iii. 138, 139, 



Gerarde, p. 820, ' Water Lillie is called in Greeke, vvii(f>ala, and in Latine also Nymphcea . . . the 

 Apothecaries call it Nemtphar.' Bart. p. 28, ' Lilium aquaticum, an. edocke, flos ejus nenufar.' 

 ^ Bart. p. 43, ' Urigula caballina est duplex . . . aquatica cujus flos dicitur nenufar.' * Sim. 



Jan. ' Limpha, aqua, inde limphaticus qui aquam timet ut est morsus a cane rabido.' Bart. p. 2i>, 

 ' Limphaticns, i. \una.ticns.' ' Hart's-tongue Fern : see ante, Herba cervi. Gerarde, p. 1139, 



' It is called in Greeke (pvWirts, . . . in shops Lingua cervina, and falsly Scolopendria, for it differs 

 much from the right Scolopendria, or stone Feme, . . . in French Langue de cerf, in English, Hart's 

 tongue.' * Bart. p. 38, ' Scolopendria, i. lingua cervina, spleneon idem.' Gerarde, p. 1139, 



' Spleenwort . . . the true Scolopendria hath leaves . . . wliich when they bee withered are folded up 

 together like a scrole, and hairy without, much like to tlie rough Bear-worme, wherewith men bait 

 their hooks to catch fish.' The name comes from the resemblance to the aitoKoTrfvZpa or milliped : 

 cf. Diosc. iii. 1 1 1, <pvX\a dviTjaiv, . . Ik twv oniaOev 5 KaOdnep aKuiXTjKas (xovra drrT]pTr]fjiivovs Kenrow. 

 "^ No doubt from its being ' upon that side next the ground straked overthwart with certain long 

 rough marks like small wormes hanging on the back side thereof.' Gerarde, p. 1137. ** Diosc. 



iii. 151, aanXrjvov, ol 5e aKoKoiriv^piov, ol 5 aTrXrjvtov . . . (pvWa exd aKoKonevSpa tw Orjpio) ofxota 

 , . . Siivafitv 5e ex^t . . . ankrjva TTjKetv. ^ Langue de cerf. '" Harts-tongue. 



" Langue de chevre. " Bart. p. 27, ' Lingua avis, i. stichewort, i. pigle.' Brit. Mus. 



Add. MSS. 15236, ' Lingua avis, gallice pigle, latine vero pigla.' Bart. p. 34, ' Pigle, i. stichewort.' 

 Gerarde, Supplement, ' Pagle, stitchwort.' The name stitchwort seems to come from its being good 

 'against the paine in the side, stitches, and such like' (Gerarde, p. 47). Its name Hdosteum 

 {u\vaT(ov, Diosc. iv. 11) refers perhaps to its use in affections of the bones and joints, and il is at 

 least worthy of remark that the cowslip, which was thought to have similar virtues, is also called 

 pigle, pagle, or paigle. '' Sim. Jan. ' Lingua avis est semen fraxini.' Bart. p. 2"],' Lingua 



avis . . . quandoque accipitur pro semine fraxini.' Compare the Italian lingua d' uccelli for the 

 keys of the ash. Gerarde, p. 1472, ' The frait likeunto cods is called of the Apothecaries Lingua 

 avis and Lingua passerina . . . it is termed in English Ask-keyes, and of some Kite-keyes.' 



