A MEDICO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



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Mira solis\ sicorea idem. gall. et anglice, 



cikorec ^ [Respice iii elitropia.] 

 Milium solis, granum solis^, cauda 



pecorina idem. g. et a^. gromel. 

 5 [Respice in lichosmon.] 



Mirabolanorum* species sunt quinque 



bonorum, 



Citrinus ^ ebulus *, bellericus ', 



emblicus", indus*. 

 10 Ministicum ^^, i. odoriferum. 



Miconium " uel mico communis, 



papauer album idem. 

 Mirion '^ auricula muris idem, angl. 



mousher ". [Respice in pilocella.] 



Mirica ^^ genesta idem. gall. geneste'^ 15 

 a. brom '^ cuius fructus uocatur 

 carepos mirice ^"^ [id est] fructus 

 geneste. 



Micron^* interpretatur paruum, inde , 

 microtegni ^^ i. parua ars, et 20 

 microcosmus -", i. minor mundus. 



Micotis ^^ uel mionia, herba est nobis 

 ignota ut in Alexandro. 



Miseos"^ genus est terre quo care- 

 mus. 25 



Minium-^ quidam color est pictorum 

 uel scriptorum. gall. et angl. uer- 

 meloun ^*. 



I. cicorea. 3. grana. 4. poicina. gromoyl. 

 10. Muristicum. 11. uel hec. 14. moushere. 



22. miotis. meonia. 27. uermylon. 



6. quinque foliorum. 8. vel ebulns. 



16. broom. 



1 7. caropos mirice 1. 



* Rlatth. Silv. c. dxlix, ' Mira solis, i. cataputia.' See ante, Eleutropia. Gerarde, p. 283, 



Others . . . terme it sponsa solis: the Germanes call it Wegwarien, which is as much to say, as the 

 keeper of the waies : the Italians, Cichorea.' ^ Succory. ^ See ante, Granum solis. 



* ^aXavbs fjtvpfiptKyj, Diosc. iv. 157. Plin. Hist. Nat. xii. 21,' Myrobolanum . . . nascens unguento 

 ut ipso nomine apparet.' Gerarde, p. 1500, ' There be divers kinds of Mirobalans, as Chebnlae, 

 Belliricce, Emblicce, &c.' These are here combined in a hexameter verse. Platearius, Circ. Inst., 

 < Mirabolanorum species sunt quinque bonorum, Citrinus, kebulus, belliricus, emblicus, indus : 

 Primo trahit coleram, citrinus flegma secundo, Kebulus e contra, bellircus, emblicus reque, Illud 

 et hac nigre colere niger imperat indus.' ^ Gerarde, ' Flava or Cilrina which some do call 

 Ariiiqui, but the common people of India Avare,' " Ib. 'ChebuIcB . , . which the Indians 

 call Aretca.'' ' Ib. ' Belliricae, called of the savages Gotni and Guii.' ' Ib. ' EmbliccE, 

 the Indians call Amiale.' ' Ib. ' hidicce, which the Indians call Rezannale.' *" fxvpicr- 

 TiKov. See ante, Careon. '' KaXeirai S^ t6 toiovtov nrjKuvfiov, dSpaveaTfpov tov onov, 

 Diosc. iv. 65. But perhaps the gloss is simply htjkoiv, /xtikojvos. " Bart. p. 30. ' Murion, 

 auricula muris idem.' '^ E. P. N. p. 43, ' Pilosella, peluselle, mus-ere.' Mouse-ear. 

 See ante, Auricula muris. ' /xvp/77, Diosc. i. 116. 'M^rench, genet. ' Broom. 

 E. P. N. p. 46, * Genesia, genest, brom.' ib. p. 50, 'Murica, wormine brome.' ^^ Kapnos nvpiKrjs. 

 ^* fiiKpov. " That is, Galen's Ttxvrj laTpiKT]. See ante, Exarchimetra. ^" fuKpoKoaixos. 

 " Matth.Silv. c. dxlviii, 'Mowzas, mioia esl herba mihi ignota, ut in Alexan.' ib. c. dxlix, Mirouiiis. 

 MS. Ashm. 1470, ' Miomitis herba est nobis ignota ut in Alexandro.' " piiciv, Diosc. v. 116. 

 2' Minium (whence miniature) is described in Plin. Hist. Nat. xxxiii. 7. '^ Vennilion, 

 which derives its name from vermiculus (the cochineal insect). 



