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A MEDICO-BOTAXICAL GLOSSARY 



neris, i. papauer plaustre ^ siuc ut 

 Latini gallam plaustrem^ uocant. 

 Nascitur^ in aquis stantibus uel 

 locis non cultis et aquosis, folia 

 5 habet similia cicoree * sed minora 



et oblonga, alcius super aquam 

 proferens capud, multa infra aquam 

 capita habens ex una radice, flos 

 est illi albus sicut lilii cum paruo 



lo pallore, semen habet in medio 



croceum, sed cum effloruerit rotun- 

 dum efficitur sicut mala maciana ^, 

 hasta eius lenis et non grossa est 

 et nigra, similis cinolie , radix 



15 nigra et aspera et nodosa, [et] in 



autumpno siccatur. Multa in 

 sompnis'' uidentibus bibita /rc^^j/. 

 Que autem habet albam radicem 

 forcior est uirtute. 



Nictum, fragula arbor est et habet 20 



folia similia lupino et flores cro- 



ceos. 

 Nux magna ^ que uenit de yndia. 

 Nux miristica " uel carida, nux mus- 



cata idem. 25 



Nux pontica" uel auellana idem. 

 Nux quando simpliciter ponitur pro 



nuce usuali intelligitur. 

 Nuclieus" quando simpliciter ponitur 



pro nucheo pinee intelligitur. 3 



Oculus Xpi'", ordorifera est, laciora 

 habet folia iuxta stipitem et super- 

 ius rotunda ei florem citrinum. 

 [Respice in centum galli.] 



Oculus Consulis ", oculus bouis idem. 35 

 angl. oxeseghe. 



5. similia habet. 14. cinolio. 



29. nuclens. 30. nncleo. 



22. Add Nux indeyca, nnx vomica, castaneola idem. 



* Palnstre. ^ Alga palnstris. ^ Diosc. iii. 13S, vv\i<pa[a <pvirai ev iXeai xal 



vhaai aTaaiiJ,oi9, k.t.X. * Ib. Ki0ojpiq). * Ib. fJ.Tj\w rrapairXrjaiov. Cf. Plin. Hist. 



Nat. XV. 14, ' Habent originem a Matio.' * o/xoios tw tov m0wpiov, ib. "^ TrivtTat 5e koI 



irpos ovetpojyfjiovs, ib. * Apparently the Cocoa-nut, cf. Gerarde, p. 1522, ' Tbe frnit is called 



in Latine, Nux Indica, of the Indians, Cocits.'' ^ Gerarde, p. 1537, ' The Nutmeg tree is 



called of the Grecians Kapvov (xvptaTiKov, of the Latines, Nnx Moschata and Nux 3Iyristica.' See 

 ante, Careon and Muscus-. "' iTovriKa, Diosc. i. 179, Gerarde, p. 1439, ' in Greeke Kapva 



novTtKTj, that is Ni/x Ponlica . . . and commonly Niix avellana, by which name it is usually knowne 

 to the Apothecaries . . . in English, Hasell Nut and Filberd.' " Matth. Silv. c. dlxviii, 



' Nucletis quando simpliciter ponitnr pro nncleo pini intelligitur.' Pine-Apples. Gerarde, p. 1355, 

 ' The fruit or apples of these be called in Greeke kwvoi . . . they be also named in Latine, Nuces 

 finea.' '^ Gerarde, p. 772, ' Wilde clarie is called after the Latine name Ocnlus Chris/i of 



his effect in helping the diseases of the eies.' See Centrum galli and App. Oculus Chriiti. Bart. 

 p. 32, ' Oculus Christi similis est oculo consulis nisi quod redolet illa non et habet florem citrinum.' 

 '' Matth. Silv. c. dlxxvii, ' Ocuhts Consnlis est herba dicta filius ante patrem uel oculus Christi.' 

 Gerarde, p. 747, ' Biifhthalmum, in Englishe oxe-eie . . . what form ConsUigo is of we fmd not 

 among the old writers.' See ante, Butalmon. App. ' Ocxilus Consulis similis est menthastro.' 



