88 NOTES. 



Victoriala of Apuleius was really the fatyvoeiSes of 

 Diosc. iv. 146 : i.e. our Daphne laureola; and it was 

 called Victoriala as also viKT]<pv\\ov because of its like- 

 ness to the Laurel, the producer of the victor's garland 

 (Humelberg). 



P. 5, 1. 2. Leporis pes. \ayunovs Diosc. Trifolium 

 arvense (Sibth.), which is known in English as 

 Hare's-foot Trefoil. 



1. 10. Brionia. Gerard has two, the White Bryonie 

 and the Blacke Bryonie. His figures are so good, 

 that there is no uncertainty. His White Bryonie 

 is Bryonia dioica, and his Blacke is Tamus com- 

 munis. 



1. 15. Uerbascus. is feldwyrt. 'Nuncvulgb tapsus 

 barbatus vocatur, et Teutonice Wullen brut, eo quod 

 folia habeat ad tactum mollia ceu lana (Humelbergius).' 

 Below, p. 44, Tapsus barbatus is rendered by the French 

 moleine and the English softe. The French word is 

 now naturalized as Mullen, and it is derived from 

 mollis = soft : Littre', v. MoUne. The velvety leaves of 

 the species V. thapsus has thus been prominent in 

 the popular naming of this genus ; and I am indebted 

 to my friend Mr. Mowat for the very ingenious and 

 happy suggestion that possibly feld wyrt is for felt icyrt, 

 a suggestion which, if approved, would be all the more 

 interesting because the word/eZ<, German ft(j, Dutch 

 vilt, Latin pileus, Greek mXos, though found in Early 

 English, has not yet been registered in Anglo-Saxon. 

 Skeat in voce. 



1. 25. BoJ>en. ' Lolium, bo}>en : et cetera adulterina 

 genera, and oSre lyftre-cynn.' Wright, p. 55. 



P. 6, 1. i. Perdicalis. Humelbergius says it is 

 quite clearly what the Germans call Sant Peters ~krut, 

 and tag und nacht, and glasskrut. It seems to be 

 pellitory. Leechdoms, 187. 



1. 2. Mercurialis. Dioscorides Atvofcorts iv. 188. 



