[NOTE Hulwort 1]

In his List of Medicamenta, (Vol.II, xlviii-xlvix), which is a
'List of remedies used and the drugs, herbs and other ingredients of
prescriptions', provided to augment the Celsus de medicina text, Spencer
writes:
  
  Polium; Teucrium polium, polygermander, the grey
      evergreen germander, hulwort.
         The popular name for this was trixago, because
      its leaves resembled the castor oil plant, trixis.
         A decoction of the leaves was used for the
      relief of pain in the side and cough. I. 406; III. 532,
      and also for snake bite, II. 120.
   




[NOTE Hulwort 2]

From biax@magigimmix.xs4all.nlThu Aug 14 10:13:08 1997
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 07:28:30 GMT
From: biax@magigimmix.xs4all.nl
Reply to: archaeobotany@eng-h.gov.uk
To: Multiple recipients of list 
Subject: Is there a scientific name for Hulwort?

In Vechten in the Netherlands is found a roman bottle with an 
inscription that it was filled with NEPTUNIA. The Latin Dictionary 
transelate this word  with the english word "Hulwort".  I couldnot 
find a scientific name for Hulwort. Is there anybody who knows the 
scientific name???

Laura Kooistra
e-mail: BIAX@xs4all.nl




[NOTE Hulwort 3]

Postings to archaeobotany@eng-h.gov.uk:

From biol8@york.ac.ukWed Aug 13 08:38:22 1997
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 22:57:54 GMT
From: "..." 
Reply to: archaeobotany@eng-h.gov.uk
To: Multiple recipients of list 
Subject: Re: Is there a scientific name for Hulwort?

Laura

Re hulwort', my 1979 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary has the
following entry for this [my translations and comments in brackets; shame
e-mail won't carry italics so have marked italicised words +'!]:

"+Herb. +Obs. [with herbalists, obsolete]. The name of a plant. [!].
c.1265 +Voc. +Names +Pl. in Wr.-Wuelcker 55/I [I think this is an old list
of plant names] +Pulegium, puliol, hulwurt. 1597 Gerarde. +Herbal. App.
[Appendix?] Hulwort is +Polium.  1884. Miller +Plant-n, +Teucrium +Polium,
Cat-Thyme, Hul-wort, Poly Germander."

I can fish out the three literary references - but later, if you need
them; they are in minute print in the second volume, and I haven't the
energy to do it tonight!


Hope this helps...


Allan

Dr Allan Hall
Environmental Archaeology Unit
University of York, YORK YO1 5DD   UK
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