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GLOSSARY.
]7uiu leccjnc cont.
Lactuca sylvatica. Masc. G.D. 11a. The
gloss in H. Scariola must be accepted ;
Sir J. E. Smith turns it Friclily Lettuce
Sir W. Hooker says it is found on waste
ground in Cambridgeshire, at Southend,
Essex, and formerly near Islington. He
adds that the garden lettuce, L. sativa, is
not a native of this country. " Lactvica,
" letuse, slepewort, idem ; domestica et
" campestris." Also " Lactuca agrestis,
" rostrum porcinum . mylk thistell." MS.
Ilarl. 3388. " Lactuca silvatica idem
" wild letys, \>\s erbe has leuys like to a
" thystell, and they ben scharpe "t ken "t
" hit has a floure of purpure colour, "t
" hit groys in feldes "t in whet," MS.
Bodl. 536, fol. 17. The word purpure
was in early times an exact repetition
of purpureus, which the Romans applied
to any bright colour. The flower of
Lactuca scariola is yellow.
Lactuca silvatica
has yellow rays in MS. Bodl. 130,
but the leaves are too like sword blades.
It is there glossed Suge Jhiftel, that is,
sow thistle. " Scarola . endiua . tx°nna
() lactuca agrestis," Gl. M. The
drawing in MS. T is an exact representation
of i. scaro7a, glossed Branca vrsina,
to which there is resemblance.
p'ubu ]io]:e, hpoje, gen. -an: 1. Affodehis
ramosus. In lib. xxxiii., liii. Woodroffe
is astula regia, that is hastula regia, the
royal sceptre, and all accounts agree that
it is a kind of onion, an asfodelaceous
plant, with a vast number of bulbs,
" Lxxx. simul accvvatis sa»pe bulbis,"
" Plinius, xxi. 68 ;
and though it has
" transfeiTcd its name to the daffodil,
" yet not that plant. Narcissus pseudo-
" narcissus, is its equivalent. The Asphodelus
is figured in IMS. V. fol. 28 a,
but the flower is gone ; the drawing, as
much as remains, matches that in Fuchsius,
p. 121. " Asphodellus, wode houe"
(so), MS. Harl. 3388. " Astula regia. i
" wode rove," MS. llawl. C. 607. " Ilas-
" tyca regia . i . woderofe." MS. Bodl. 536.
]7ubu )ioj:e cont.
" Aff'odillus vude hofe," (.so), Gl. Dun.
So Gl. M.
Euchsius makes his goldwurz,
asfodelus luteus, Gl. R. 40. Lacn. 69.
2. Asperula odorata, modern usage.
In MS. Bodl. 130 ; for hastula regia is
drawn a true Asperula, with gloss in
14th century hand " woodrofe." "Rubea
" minor woodroff'," MS. Bodl. 178.
pubupoi'e, gen. -an, fern., wild rose, dogrose,
hedgerose, rosa canina. Lb. I.
xxxvii. 1.
J7ubu peaxe, gen. -an, fern loood wax,
wood loaxen, Genista tinctoria. Lb. I.
xlvii. 2 ;
III. XXX.
]7ul]es camb, masc, gen. -cs, " wolfs-
" comb," ivild teazle, Dipsacus silvestris.
In Hb. cliii. translates xfM"'^*''"') "which
in clvi. is turned by jailyej* csejd ; as the
teazing wool is combing it, this has no
surprise. The figure in MS. V. art. xxvi.
is a teazle, so MS. T. The equivalent
XafxaiiXaia was misunderstood by our
interpreter. However x'*M'*'^*'