The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Abraham Cowley Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...Angl. 179 21. Helleborine dicitur, quod sit Hellebori albi folio, Jlos Calcciformam quodammodo representat, unde Calceolus Maria vulgb indigetatur, Angl. Ladies-slipper. Unde et Cosmosandalos existimatur esse veterum d Sandalis flgurd. 22. Barba Hirci, Tpayarsiyov, Angl. Goats-beard, quod fios nondum explicates barba hircina Jfguram imitalur, vel a pappo cano grandiori qui in summo vertice ejus nascitur. Plin. Cornea etiam vocal. Quotidie circd meridiem flos occludit folia nec nisi mane postero explicat. 23. Angl. Ox-eye. Buphthalmos Jlare similis boum oculis, folio faniculi, circd oppida nascens, fruticosa caulibus, qui et manduntur decocti, quidam Cachlam vocant. Plin. /. 25. 8. Dalech. Legit Calcham;fortasse non male Caltham legeremus, nam ex earum genere videtur esse, et colore etflgurb floris. Notum est Bovinos oculos, i.e. magnos, Junoni attribhi. 24. Angl. Vipers-grass, Scorsonera Hispanicb sonat quasi Viperaria herba non itd pridem inventa, contra venena laudatissima, lacteo humore abundans, Flos luteus dilutd flavedine, et non absimilis Barba Hircina; Tragopog. 25. Radix Cava, Angl. Hollow-root, A re nomen habens, nam intus cava est, testdmque refert. Herba est Delphimo Jlore similis folio Aquilegia, Tola veri mancipatur, reliquo anni tempore sub terrd latens. 26. Variis nominibus nuncupatur Viola Lunaris, Bolbonach, (barbarico nomine) Viola latifolia, Viola peregrina, Lunaria Graca, Lunaria major, Lunaria odorata, Angl. Sattin Flower, Honesty, Penny Flower. 27. Plin. Lib. 25. 9. Est similis Verbasco Herba, qua sape fallit pro ed capta, foliis minus candidis, cauliculis pluribus, htcc abjecta blattas in se contrahit, idebque Roma Blattariam vocant: Atque idem scribit Dioscor. de verbasco sylvestri; negat id Parkinsonus in nostratibus Blattariis obs...