Re: (OT) Herb identification

[reeds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Reeds)]

On Nov 28, 23:06, Daniel Harms wrote:

> If you've heard of either of these herbs in pre-20th century sources, please
> let me know:
> 
> Olieribos
> Aglaophotis (or Aglaophtis)

which I passed on to my favorite historian of botany.  She
replies:



On Nov 29,  9:17, Karen Reeds wrote:

> Subject: Re: (Fwd) (OT) Herb identification
> Jim-- I replied to Harms question earlier (July 15, 1999) about Olieribos.
> 
>  I don't recognize Aglaophotis as the name of a plant, but it looks like a
> reasonable Greek compound word that could be translated as
> "shining/glorious light." One could easily imagine such a name being
> applied to a bright-colored flower (cf. daisy = day's eye).
> 
> Note that many pre-Linnaean herbals recorded the synonyms of plant names in
> many languages--but don't index them.  See, e.g. R. L. Gunther's
> exasperating edition, The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides, Illustrated by a
> Byzantine A.D. 512, Englished by John Goodyer A.D. 1655, Edited and First
> Printed A.D. 1933  (London and NY: Hafner Publishing Company,
> 1968[facsimile of 1934 edition]). I'm not going to look through every page
> for these 2 names, but Harms might think it worth the effort. He'll
> certainly encounter a lot of old plant names that way.
> 
> Karen   11/29/2000

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