94 NOTES. 



P. 45, 1. I. guweorn. Apparently for Gilhcorn. 

 Compare p. 7 : Lacterida, GiScorn ; where Lacterida 

 on the same page is a Spurge, nQvuaXXos. 



1. 24. Frisgonem, fresgun, cue-hole. This should be 

 cne-hole, i.e. cneow-holen. In Bartholomaeus : 'fres- 

 gunda i. bruscus.' 



P. 47, 1. i. Mordla, morele, atter loj>e. Maurella 

 in Macer is doubtfully identified by Chonlant with 

 Solanum nigrum. He compares Dios. iv. 71 arpv-^vos 

 KTITTCUOS ; Apul. c. 74 solata s. strychnum ; Platear. S. 

 2. solatrum. 



P. 48, 1. i . Mirtus, gasel. Probably Myrica gale, 

 the sweet Gale, called also Bog myrtle. Leechdoms, 

 ii. v. Gagel. 



P. 49, 1. 21. Hec embroca, maythe. The plant is 

 Anthemis nobilis, Camomile, which was used for eye- 

 wash ; and embroca, which is the Greek fuPpoxrj, means 

 an infusion, or as apothecaries say, Embrocation. Her- 

 barium Apul. xxiv. apud Cockayne, i. 120. 



P. 53, 1. 10. newtre, i.e. an yew tree. 



1. 1 6. ascer, i.e. acer. 



1. 24. Hec sorbv.s. The rendering of Sorbus, Sorbum, 

 and Mespila, seems to point to the Medlar, Mespilv^ 

 germanica L. In Virgil Geor. iii. 380, when the 

 cave-dwellers of the glacial world are revelling in the 

 warmth of huge fires and wine-cups of acidis sorbis 

 the Service Tree is commonly understood, Pirns do- 

 mestica. 



P. 55,1. 14. Hoc stragum. Forfragum. 



P. 59, 1. 6. ' Sene folium est cujusdam arboris cre- 

 scentis circa Damascum.' Bart. fol. 268, verso. 



P. 60, 1. 5. Vermicularis, ston-croppe. So Bart. : 

 ' Vermicularis, crassula minor, stan croppe.' Mr. 

 Mowat asked a little girl at South Hinksey what she 

 called that plant (which was Stone crop) ; and she said 

 they called it Creeping Jenny. This starts a sugges- 



