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Cujimelle
con t.
expression, " caules geniculati," seems
iiTeconcileable with the genus. The interpreter
of our MS., however, and the
draughtsman did not know what plant to
name for the greater, nor did Fuchsius,
the botanic reformer. Of the less, Plinius
says, " Hoc (minus) centaurion nostri
*' fel terrse vocant propter amaritudinem
^' summam." " The whole plant is ex-
" tremely bitter, and when dried is used
" in country places as a substitute for
" gentian root," (Lindley). Lyte (p. 375)
describes Ery th. c, and mentions (p. 436)
its bitterness, calling it " the small cen-
" torie." " Centaurea minor, horse galle,"
Gl. Sloane, 5, where " horse " means
luild. " C. maior, cristes ladder," Gl.
•Sloane, 5, but minor, Gl. Sloane, 13.5;
Christs ladder cannot be polemonium
cseruleum, which is nowise to the purpose.
" C. J^e more is not well knowen,"
Gl. Sloane, 5, fol. 18 b. " Centaurea
*'
maior, anglice more centori or yrthe
*' galle, it hathe leuys like lasse centori
" whytt, with on \_one\ stalk and yolow
*'
flowrys and he flowryth nott in )pe
" topp," Gl. Sloane, 135; and so Harl.
3840, this is chlora perfoliata. Centaurea
maior coniungit folia iuxta stipitem,
florem habet croceum, MS. T., fol. 63 a.
" Centaurea minor, anglice lasse centori,
" with lasse leuys and grener J^en J>e more
*' centori, and hath mony branches com-
" yng out of on, with flowre some dele
" redde," Gl. Sloane, 135, plainly erythrcea
c. The [H]ortus Sanitatis figures
for centaurea, the erythraum c.
Sibthorp
in the Flora Graca sustains the assertion.
Centaurea, erthegalle, is drawn in Grete
Herbal as C cyanus. Dorsten says the
greater centaury is unknown, yet draws
it as C. cyanus.
Cuj-lyppan, obi. case, cowslip, primula veris
fem. is a compound of cu, perhaps in
the genitive, and slyppan. See Oxanj-lyppan.
Lb. IH. xxx. Slyppan is probably
the sloppy dropping of a cow.
Cpseb, neut., du)ig. Lb. T. 1. 2 ; II. xlviii.
jjynne is also neuter.
Cpelbehc, full of evil matter, of pestilence.
Lb. I. liv. The termination as in csejiphc,
cressy ; cluphc, cloved ; cneoehc,
kneed; hEejiihc, hairy; hBclJiht, heathy;
hpeodiht, reedy ; helmihc, leafy ; staenihc,
stony ;
Ijopniht, thorny. For cpylb,
see Lye.
Cwicbeam, gen. -es, masc.
the roivan tree, Pirus aucuparia.
1. By tradition
2. luniperus communis, many glossaries.
3. Furze, or gorse, Vlex Europxtis,
Lb. I. xxxi. 3. Prompt. Parvul. See
Hb. cxlil.
4. The aspen, Populus tremida, Pref.
vol. I. p. Ixxxvi.
Cpi^, gen. in -ey, masc, the matrix, uterus,
vulva. Lb. III. xxxvii. xxxviii.
Cpi'S, Lb. I. xlvii. 3, Matricaria Read
cpice
D.
Dsel, gen. -es, neut. a dale, vallis, "barath-
" rum. " C.E. p. 93, 1. 26, p. 94, 1. 18.
Cffidm. if Caedm., p. 16, line 11, p. 22,
1. 10.
Dael, gen. -es, mostly masc, sometimes
neut., like Germ. Th.ei\, part, pars. The
masc. occ. everywhere. Exx. of neut.
AiSa|. 52, unless nominatival apposition
is there used ; as is perhaps the case in
Lb. II. xxx. Heo nsenig bsel leohcej*
j-ciman jej-eon mihce. Bed. 578, 20.
Sum bsel o'Spef peo]iCef co pypcanne,
D.G. 23 b.
Deaye, gen. -e, fem. deafness, surditas, Lb.
.'
L iii. 2, 5. Cf. Isl. Deyfa, fem. id. (B.H.)
Dile, gen. -es, masc, dill, anethum graveolens.
Lib. I. i. 8 ; II. xxxiii. Leechd.
vol. I. p. 374, where haepene is for
hsepenne by suppression of consonant;
Pref. vol. I. p. c. ci.