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ANGUILLARA’S Fizius-ANTE-PATREM 375 
name ‘“ John-go-to-bed-at-noon”’ as far back as about 16 
(Morison). > 
The Latin name Filius-ante-patrem leads to the same goal. 
About 1313, Silvatico wrote that Garyophyllon is called Filius- 
anle-patrem and Filius-ante-patrem is called Oculus Christ.* Da 
Manlio,t+ citing this about 1450, added another synonym, Ocw/us 
~ Consull. i . ee 
ulis. This latter name is as rare as it is remarkable, but an 
ancient gloss ona Wolfenbittel MS. of Hildegardis occurs { which 
makes it a synonym of Oculus porci. Now Oculus porct in Ger- 
many throughout the Middle Ages was a common name for Tra- 
gopogon porrifolius L. 
fie “ea therefore deny that Anguillara’s /zdus-ante-patrem 
meant to him Zragopogon porrifolius, including with it 
7 of Matteo Silvatico saying, 
herba “anphaaeiariong latine. Arabice Tariff, graece Garyophyllon. Plinius. Est 
ae nila hers buphtalmos ; sed ramos post natus, excedit longitudine ante 
Rakins sae est ilius ante patrem vocatur. Et vocatur similitur oculus Christi. 
a es o omaha quod est planta quae nascitur in vere ; et flos ejus similis est 
eat . he interpretatinnt of this seems to be as follows : 
us-ante-patrem is a plant name in [medizeval] Latin. It is used for the 
. apap e., the clove-pink, carnation, ete.]. Pliny mentions the Garyophyllon, 
Becca: rag a ia) the clove tree]. Garyophyllon is [also the name of} an herb 
Re ict As a lenis 7] which produces flowers like the buphthalmums or oxeye- 
Reveiopea ; segs In having its later-developed branches exceed in length those before- 
ilacly oi mn this account it is called Filius-ante-patrem. And it is called, sim- 
, us Christi. 
- eegaeres in his second book mentions Filius-ante 
the is san, de and its blossom is similar to a garden croc 
me Colchicum which is called Filius ante patrem by Parkinson} 
Manlio, in Brunfels’ De vera, 170, ‘* Oculus Christi vel 
-patrem as a flower which is 
us [meaning doubtless 
” 
Oculus Consulis, 
s more at length, first dis- 
gopogon or Pallenis, saying : 
Geulus Consuli . ante patrem, sive Oculus Christi vel 
“si gage ulis, ut volunt herbarii. Forma vero ipsius reperitur apud Mathecum ayiye: 
Fil 
me “ste patrem or Oculus Christi or Oculus Consults, as theh 
* aN aracter are found given by Matthaeus Sylvaticae. And this plant with us grows 
adows.’’ 
+o 
t Fide Jessen, notes to Albert of Lauingen, De Vegetabilibus, bk. 6, ch. 547. 
