88 NOTES. 



Victoriala of Apuleius was really the Sa(pvoeiBes of 

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

 called Victoriala as also viKricpvXKov because of its like- 

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

 (Humelberg). 



P. 5, 1. 2. Leporis pes. Xayuirovs Diosc. Trifolium 

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

 Hare's-foot Trefoil. 



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

 and the Blacke Bryonie. His figures ai'e so good, 

 that there is no uncertainty. His White Bryonie 

 is Bryonia dioica, and his Blacke is Tamus com- 

 munis. 



1. 15. Uerhascus. i> is feldwyrt. 'Nuncvulgb tapsus 

 barbatus vocatur, et Teutonic^ Wullen krut, eo quod 

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

 Below, p. 44, Tapsus harhatus 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 : Littr^, v. Molene. 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. Movvat for the veiy ingenious and 

 happy suggestion that possibly /eZtZ wyrt is for felt icyrt, 

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

 interesting because the word/e?<, German filj, Dutch 

 cilt, Latin pile us, Greek rnXos, though found in Early 

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

 Skeat in voce. 



1. 25. Bo})en. ' Loliiim, bo)?en : et cetera adulterina 

 genera, and o'Sre ly^re-cynn.' Wright, p. 55. 



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

 quite clearly what the Germans call Sant Peters hrui, 

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

 pellitory. Leechdorns, 187. 



1. 2. Mercurialis. Dioscorides AivS^coaTis iv. 1S8. 



