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of focquer over two’ h u J T E E E T E E "ft ”, "L®"«« ->-® than a
'^‘’7 7 1 7 7 -rn icifera is kn/ten to / r o l Ite ja p /rc tee r/l
chron. table). ' '"®-‘"°®"& '^t year of Y-tsoung, of the Thang” or Fifteenth dynasty -(C h in ese
A n g I o - 7 lo te 7 n r o f E n S 'n 7 '^ ’ ft'ft™"®"'“ 11-succeeded by E thelbryht IL or E thelbert II., fourth
of the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. i. H - m t e be c’on oarld 7 t t e ' ” ®» «^11 and not sown
observed by Scopoli in Carniolia; a!d is fe o te te o i n /v ! / t e " " " " 7 ®“ ”« ft'®®*®" ’ ""t"
middle Europe as far as Denmark (fi, Dan. pl 184 Crantz Lam’ fl f" France and tliroiigliout
Eastward, was observed by Sibthorn around Con t , 1 ’ ®® F« ' 595, and Pers).
aNloonrtgh e“arsota dAsmideersi,c an,e awrh teorwe nisn, sopuarr inNoofryt h”e rn a n t e l t e S Stat ^’ f"®"®®T'™"'!"!» to A. Gray, it "c"o"ntat'®in“u e™s
ta T 0 r 0 + 0 ? . ' r e t y o, A f r,. C frfrfr B fr.fr.
r“esfaersrsekdr ahuetr”e (bWy .C Cocokleasy, naen:d EP.r aiollri)a r• iat hise deLsec r7ihe dCtee n1 I ff t EAnfg lo-Saxon letea®c"h"®b"®o’ o'k® iii™, ®ltya"®-’i®sy
by Tournefort inst. 222 ; was observed by Brotero c v r t P ? ' 1 '"'7 ^ “ "®"P®®'" ™""‘" redolens ”
and throughout middle Europe as far al Denm/rk ffl te"«'«™? to grow in France
observed by Sibthorp on mount Athos.* ^ ft®®"'” Eastward, was
y T T -'zz tjoT s t t 11, » here by Cockayne: the ‘‘lady-smocke t e t e f l Y ‘ \® leechbook i. 30 to 3 8 - i s referred
w hite” by Shakspeare I, I. 1. 2 (Prior n lo tl • C n t ^ Crayton eel. 4, and “ lady-smocks ail silver
served by Brotero in Portugal ■ by Satt i in itn'lv n te described by Gerarde p. 203; ivas about
middle and Northern Europe as h r as Ln!h te ' / ,®°7 ® / ff®°"' "ttet grassy meads throiigh-
Wats,). Eastward, was obterted hv r 7 7 " f“ '®®'"®“ L"®' P" ®°39, Pers., Hook , Ind
Island towards Behring Straits • is known totem te ! 7 ' ‘Liberia; by Chamisso, on St. Lawrence
TIghloe ofhlko w(ePras rrayc)c,o arnddin g/o utot hLwinlrdll e7v 1ar et e “u nTn,™o lsn L t e 0( t e®'S®'£') /ttoe Wt eis!c7on sin anId EVerm’ ont ‘("®A .® ''G®®ray),
popular remedy for epilepsy in chfldren ” °™ ' ” ‘®’” "®“ ™'®" “®'®« “ ""'to h®®" " „T T Z iT + l z i + ' + I . B f r.f r, w „ . i . G„-
m ,i b e c „ fr p ,„ d , D , l o „ g i f + + V " ' ,l,e A .g lfr S « .., .. ,s .
Portugal; by Allioni, in Piedmont- and is known! '^°® £ P £ " observed by Brotero in
foaurt aSsi bLearpiala; nids aknndo wInre ltaon «dr o(wP einte Kl’aHmotoskri ifsatln^t e 7/' 7 7 7 / 7 "'' ''°®ft™®® L®"°P® - t ' i k was observed by Gmelin throughand
Grav) ; was o b se r v e d ^ Short in K ^nf V ^ E^ast, in Canada (Torr.
ll.e D etofrfr B .„ i„ f r ,, p , + , + 0 f . + « ”“ 3®“«
c . „ . . f r ; r : i i ; ; 0 + , + + 7 ” 4 “ '-, n . , A , g , .. s . „ . . . B o , , v v y n T - i. „ r „ , . , „ b,
is known to grow throughout middle Eteoile f r o n s “ •'!" 1"®®'/®« ^ xv. pl. 4, f . i ; ancl
and W ats.). Eastward wasteteeivetelAte te itt'/rerland to Sweden and Russia (Hayne, Pers.,
gtoe oggrro, wb .i np .t hse6 c6e)n. tral portion oft he CCoonnttiinneenitte taett eCr u"m °7berll'a n®d/ tHe®o'u"®se in NLoart,t h5 4A° m(Heroicoak, .,a nandd i sA k. nDowecn.
k . c l , + + r C + t ' 4 , L S 0 , + X l 0 f O T e f» ." J h o n n of .b . A oglo-s,,™
humble and w orthless brier (see Prior) • R 'c Y l'te r'* " “ °®,°‘ '■*’ «’® co>"ext implying a
pS.t e5u4d2.;) . and is known to gro"w n V o te " a"®nd“ "h®et“eSt®e " 7«' roug'hfo Q®t '®Nteo''r’t®h“e rn Europe "(®P“e rSs™., "H"a y"n®e",' and
«ferafe. of Northern Europe and Asia. Called in Britain or or
l/lex Europæus of middle Europe. Called in Britain fu rze or gorse (Prior), in which we recognize
the ¿ O r S T of the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 31. 3, — and transl. Diosc. 142: “ gorassorum non
portantium fructus comestibiles ” are mentioned in Stat. Montis reg. p. 236 (Prior) ; U. Europæus,
occurring at Gibraltar (Boj.) and rare in Italy (Daub.), is known to grow throughout middle Europe,
mead-sweet or meadow-sweet, in Denmark “ miod-urt,” in Sweden “ miod-ort” (Prior), in Germany
“ wiesenkonigen ” giving rise to the mediæval “ regina prati ” (Cockayne) ; in all which we recognize
the m fd o V V y P T of the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 30 and 38. 10, — or “ regina medwurt ” of gloss.
Harl. in 1240 : the older names according to Hill p. 23 derived from mixing the flowers “ with mead
to give it the flavour of the Greek wines,” an account confirmed by Nemnich (Prior) : S. ulmaria is
described by Linnæus ; and is known to grow on the Pyren es (Brot.) and mountains of Switzerland,
and throughout middle and Northern Europe as far as Lapland and Iceland (fl. Dan, pl. 547, Pers.,
and Hook.). Eastward, is known to grow on Caucasus (B ieb.), and in Siberia (W ats,). By European
colonists, was carried to Northeast America, where it continues in gardens. According to
Lindley, ‘-a fragrant water, forming an agreeable aromatic beverage, may be distilled from the
flowers.”
Sedum villosum of middle and Northern Europe, Included in the V V y r m V V y r T ofth e
Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 39 and 57 — according to Lyte, and Cockayne : S. villosum is described by
C. Bauhin pin. p. 283 ; and is known to grow in marshy meads throughout middle Europe as far as
Denmark (fl. Dan. pl. 24, Engl. bot. pl. 394, and Pers ).
Hieracium pulmonarium of Britain. Called there golden lungwort, and the L v n ^ e n VVy PT
yellow upwards of the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 38. 4 — is referred here by Cockayne : H. pulmo-
narium is described by Smith (Steud.).
Gentiana pneumonanthe of Northern Europe and Asia. Called in Germany “ lungen blume ”
(Val. Cord.), in Britain lung-flower or calathian violet (Prior) having been mistaken by Ruel ii. 129
for the “ calathiana” of Pliny (D od.) : the P ie r S C P ie A r g € i.L L An of the Anglo-Saxon leechbook
i. 39. 2 and ii. 50. 2, — and Lacnunga, is referred here by Cockayne : G. pneumonanthe is
termed “ pneumonanthe” by Valerius Cordus (Dod. pempt. ii. i. pl. 12); is described by Linnæus;
and is known to grow from Switzerland and France as far as Sweden (fl. Dan. pl. 209, Lam. fi. fr.,
and Wats.). Eastward, is known to grow on Caucasus (B ieb.) ; and in Siberia as far as the Yenisei
(Pall.).
Primula elatior of middle and Northern Europe. Called in Britain oxlip (Prior), in which we
recognize tlie OXAP S L y p p A n o f the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 2. 15 : — P. elatior is termed “ p.
Columnae” by Tenore; is described by Miller, and Linnæus; is knovvn to grow in France and
throughout middle and Northern Europe (fl, Dan. pl. 434, and Pers.), its leaves according to Lindley
not so “ finely downy and so ft” as in P. veris.
l.amium album of middle Europe. Called in Britain blind nettle or white dead-nettle (Prior),
in which we recognize the b L lp d e p e T L e o f the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 23: — L. album is
described by Linnæus ; and is known as a weed in cultivated ground throughout middle Europe
(Crantz, and Pers.).
Melafupyrum vulgatum of Northern Europe. Called in Britain horse flower, in Flemish “ peerts-
bloem” (Prior); and the ( e r d VVyPT of the Anglo-Saxon leechbook i. 87 — m aybe compared:
M. vulgatum is mentioned by Lyte ii. 14; is described by Lobel adv. p. 11, Dalechamp, and Gerard
(Spreng.) ; and is known to abound in woods in France and Britain (Ray, Engl. bot. pl. 113, and
Pers.).
Rumex palustris oitJortberriiLurope. Included in the “ fealwan doccan” of the Anglo-Sa.xon
leechbook — by Cockayne : R. palustris is described by Petiv-er pl. 2. f. 7, and Boccone mus. pl.
104; and is known to grow in wet places in France and Britain (Thuil., Dec. fl. fr.. Curt. lond. iii.
pl. 23, Pers., and Steud.).
Myrica gale of Northern climates. A shrub called in Britdm bog myrtle or gale or sweet gale,
by Turner “ gall ” and in his time in Somersetshire “ go u l” or “ golle,” by Galfridus pr. pm. “ g a w l”
or “gavl” or “ gawyl,” in Dutch “ gagel ” (Prior); in which we recognize the g A g e L of the Anglo-
Saxon leechbook i. 36, — and Lacnunga, referred here by Cockayne: M. gale is described by
Gerarde ; was observed by Brotero at S. Martinho in Portugal ; is known to grow from Switzerland
throughout middle and Northern Europe as far as Lapland (fl. Dan, pl, 327, Lam. fl. fr., Dec.,
and Wats.). Eastward, is known to grow in Northern Asia (Wats.). Westward from Europe, was
observed by Lapilaye in Newfoundland ; by Michaux, in northern Canada ; by myself, throughout
New Lngland, ceasing at about Lat. 41° (Eat.) except on the mountains of Pennsylvania and
Virginia, ancl continuing inland as far as Wisconsin (Pursh, and A. Gray). An infusion according to
Lindley has been employed medicinally, and “ the leaves are used in Sweden as a substitute for hops in brewing.”
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