genicularis

genicularis [LL] , (?) lychnis. ~is est herba auferendi [sic] versus scorpionis [sic] Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 80; lichitis, quod Latini ~em, i. bellariam vocant, florem habet similem viole sed paulo fulviorem Alph. 102 (cf. Isid. Etym. XVII 9. 83: ~is herba substernitur ob scorpionum vim repellandam).