INTBODUCTION. Ixix 



Fraxinus, aesc, ash. 



Genista, brom, broom. 



Hedera, ing, ivy. 



Malus, apulder, apple tree. 



Nasturtium, caerse, cress. 



Nigra spina, slag j?orn, sloe. 



Quercus, ac, oak. 



Ruscus, cneow holen, knee-holly. 



Salix, wij>ig and welig, withy and willow. 



Taxus, iw, yew. 



Urtica, netile, nettle. 



4. CONSISTENT GLOSSING OF SYNONYMS. 

 Where a plant appears in the Lists now 

 under one name now under another,, and 

 the identity of the plant under diverse 

 names has been recognised, and one Eng- 

 lish name has been assigned, this gives us 

 confidence that the glossing was carefully 

 and advisedly done, and increases at once 

 our certainty and our interest. In one 

 List we have Sempervivum sinfulle, and in 

 another List Aizon sinful le : Aizon being 

 the Greek for Sempervivum. In several 

 Lists Marrubium is glossed 4 hune ' and 

 'harhune/ but in two Lists Prassion is 

 glossed by these ?ame English words : now 



