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Sue'* rnl Hoffmsn. in cUv. SchrOdcr. 

 pi 4 a6. inccrto niti fimdamento Ute: 



N?m primi calamus O^con-fti prop* 



diWcrtcaUmuvfculuncuMUtanindo, 



nonvcro rtdi*. IWndc aromancus plan- 

 la crt exotica in Arabia, India, Syria pro- 

 veniens. Tcrtto noftcr non anindmis 

 ftj iiWta in modum crefeir, Qtiaita 

 venw calamus aromaticui odorc ftatim 

 clnngini|iu>inviur,rttffus<ntc,vclfubalbi- 



diH, uflu mollis, minus fragiUs, atqilC 

 ariulofe potiiw, quam nphani modo, fran- 

 eitur,eftq^ecomraanducando£tuiinoiu$, 

 &lineuim cum gullu acri adllringic «tc 

 Minndum eft: Cdebcr- r*DW/br«W plane 

 null:m plamx hujus fcciiTc mennonem, 

 cum tamen ]ob. Boob* candem vident, & 

 in officink ufui aflcrvttw. Ut lutcm pic* 

 nior TOdas hujus plant* habcatur eogm- 

 rio, perpbeec cxaflior Iingnlanim par- 

 tium defenptio, qiialcm adduflum Jc*. 

 £oArr rf fl^rf Not. # Comment, in 

 Thcophr. ErtC Hill Plantar. Lib. IX. cap* 

 VMI.pagio3& lob. B*ub* Rob* Atwif & 

 ipfam avtopfiaro fcqucmem dabim-is : 

 Radix longa, paululum comprcln, digit! 

 craffttci, in fupcrticic multis geniculis, In 

 MuaHs, fumma terra obtiqua feu trans- 

 vcrfi hircns; extern* parte candicans, 

 cum fub terra latct; fupra tcrram cxrans, 

 virefcens, interna parte candidiflmia, & 

 quandoquc modicc rubefcens, fubftamu 

 ran, (mgyftUfimis pons ftingoft & non- 

 dcrc icvi, promtc fragite, jutundi odons 

 & fragranw aromatid, ftporit acra, lu*- 

 viicramaricanris,innumcris infemi par- 

 te adnali* fibris tr^flis, & albicaimbus, 

 e:iamodoratfe & fopidis donata. Scrpit 

 autem & ftmnw tcllure (c diffundit e late- 

 ribus & Angiitis fere articulb, leu genicu- 

 Ite, propagnes alternating in obliquum 

 fp irgutt, ut brcvi tempore magnum fpa- 

 tiuni ocaipent; fola furgunt, iridis tolii* 

 angulHora,S lonpora unciali fere Udtu- 

 dinc,clcgmtiflimo virorc nitcntia, dorfo 

 aliqtantum cxtante, mm in foiii medicta- 

 ic per longitudincm deairrcnte, led ad 

 unum laws incBnantt , anguftioic foiii 

 parte plcrumquc nonnihil enfpata appa- 

 rent, odorc S faporc codem, fed pau- 

 lo renvffiorc, gaudcatia, qj* fub hycmifi 

 imiium imreclcunt & Gccantor, mcuntc 

 auicm vcrc nova gcrminant- Caulcm 

 inter folia non prodmit, ut irides, fed 

 propc folia ex radwc ftorfim csit comi- 

 tante folto unko, Into alhpiando diftan- 

 li4 duonim, vcl trium digitonim a »olii* 

 confurgic loltts, a quo etiam tunc comi- 



Cdtm 



tans alias folium codem fpario diflat; in- 

 fcrna parte craflior eft &triftOgulus, ita 

 tamen, u: duo triangtdi latcra convcxa 

 fine, tcrtium vcr6 fuKattim, quod folia 

 refpicit; medium verfus fubindcextcnua- 

 tur 5t eomplanari indpk, &^ medio ad 

 fummum u^pic feliorum modo planus 

 Sa^umiuatuscll, ^c rcliquis foliis Timilis; 

 circa medium hoc i latere fUleato , quod 

 liic evanefcerc indpii > julum fcu nuca- 

 mentum uniatm, quandoqne, fedtamen 

 ranu*?! gcminum > profci t. teres, ftnlim in 

 acumen itcfincns, riguuim & oblique fur- 

 rettum> inita* coryH julo non majus, li- 

 nehqUC obliquis & iransrafii <e mutuo 

 fecantibns n flofculorum K icininum or- 

 dina;o rail liui dependentibns , difttn- 

 <lum, apicibus excrxis lutcis, fcx t fincu- 

 t\$ flo(culis,quibu5, dum le expliciC, pallt- 

 dis t mufcofis, inodoris, quatuor foliolti 

 conftantibus plenum eft : id paulatim dc : 

 indc incremcnium fumit, donee humani 

 fcrc digiti longitudincm enflitudinemque 

 acquirat, cmincntibus & iircicfccmibtrc 4 

 flofculorum limi feminibtw, quibus, tan 

 qium frcqucmibus tuberculin viridibus, 

 tarn clcgantiferic di^iofm* omffiimcft, 

 ut reccnicm ptnadri connm (cnwlarivi- 

 dcamr, vid- /o4- AJoi Weirtit CAber* 

 BcUn Uflcrtat. if CaUm. orom, i7i8, 

 Jen. lubitam, 

 Odoratus & guflus afliviorcs indicant par- 

 ticular: odoris fcilicct ell fragranti> ftjU* 

 cund^ aromariciquc, bine parttbus falinjft 

 olcofis volattUbus gaudec : fapor acrls 

 flTomaticnm conKrmatvinutem, cumquc 

 amaricansfimulcft, fixrorcs falinas alca- 

 Iteu, & fulpluircas innuiu ; si idem cala- 

 nuw recomevitre* immittitur, obtinc- 

 tur Iptrntis, ftl volatile, & oleum empy* 

 revmadeum. Si ulterior vnalyfn chymi- 

 ca cum cO inftituitur, eminent partes ftli- 

 nx alcalico! tarn vola:ilcs qtiam lixae, qui- 

 businterpofita- itint tckbe volatiIes, : jta> 

 umcn t ot abillis pautilpCT fupcraii vide- 

 antur, *vd filtcm in aqtulibrio finr. 

 <Juamvis cnim tpiritus obicntus oddun 

 faporcm prx (c lert, acor tamen inco 

 apparens penitu* a falc akaliCQ fixo in ca- 

 pice monuo refute abforfwUC, ac a ful- 

 pburcis part *bns cfcnindkun Ite cnim 

 copioJ«:fiit^ ( umvi!Uiilvs,quamfaA,in- 



flm^lketcedaittquantkateftlioifc Tcr- 



tccc autem & aqbesC pjiwiorcs rchquis 



dcprchcnditniur* 

 Qliiamonimiangiunrs.3URcndoditn.nIonem 



& Ibatdonem fcri, magis promovct, fic- 

 candi virtus ipfi refle tnbuAUT una. Nc- 

 qufl cnim humicliim matltr l-nguincs 

 vclaftu, vcl uoicnua^augcic valet, Ideo- 



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