Centrajtrva 



Cmtrajerva 



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olfici 



inn rcccpi cccpit, 



donee tandem 



multiscxpcrimcmis, ab Anglis poiilh- . 

 mum cum fucedtii inflitiitis , magi* ma- 

 gtsquc vircus cj:is iota Europa innotcfce- 

 ret, adco utcommuni vclut conftiifu^K 

 appl.mfu mcdi:orum inter rcliquas du- 

 dum cognitas, ufuquc confirtmus,oftici- 

 mks noices numcran jurcmcriroqucdi- 

 gnats fit, hodicquc in cctcbcrritnorum 

 PrattKorum compofitionibus bczoar- 

 dids, & alcxipharnucts ingrcdicns pri* 

 mariumconilituat. 



Altcrum nomen, quod primitus innotuir,cft 

 Drackcna, Atuorhujus nominis eft Ci- 

 rohis (Jufmsy qui* port /Vomjj'Aw, primus 

 deeodem, fub hoc DracJxna^ nomine, 

 fcripfit- I-ocus eft Ex&t. Mb. IV. Cap. 

 X. pag8* ubiAnnoChriJli»inquiE,iy8i. 

 Londini mihi donabat cencrofus cqucs* 

 Frana/iuf Dratke % qujsdam radkcs,cum 

 3» vcl 4. lapidibus Bczoar Pcrmnis, 

 qua* autumno praxedenre (abfoluu na- 

 vigationc, qua touim orbcm fupcrato 

 Magcllanico ftcto circumivcrat,) fecum 

 remtcrat, illas fiimmx apud Pcruanos 

 xftimarionis cflc aflcrens; proptcrca il* 

 lius, qui mihi ett donabat, gratia huic 

 radici Drackcna: cognomen indebam. 

 Quod vcro h«c Drcckena Clufii noftra 

 Contraycrva Oflkinarum fit, non tarn 

 ex tconc, loc. cir. cxprcfla, ac ex defcti* 

 ptionc , quam fcqucntibus propon*, fla- 

 re cluccfcit. Ica vcro ilia Ic habet : Sc- 

 miunctali magna cx parcc crat craflicudi- 

 nc, & prxlonga, fubindc in no-fos, & in- 

 xqualia capita cxtubcrans, atquc in fitm- 

 mts capiiibus, vclttt c fquamis crafli*> 

 contcxta, denraria: fpfttar, five vcrius 

 im*&M*, fcrcinftar, foris nigricans, lit- 

 gofa ^ dura, quia rcficcaca interiore par* 

 tc alta tcnucs tibras lime indc adnafcen- 

 ccs habebat, quasdam craf liufculas , led 

 majufculas> duras, Sc lemas, c quibmalii 

 nodi dependebant. Nullo tmnifclto 

 odore prarditam cflc obfervabam, fed fa* 

 porem habere deprchendebam nonni- 

 hit adftringentem, & linguam exficcan- 

 tcm initio, dtutius vcro mandiicaum te- 

 nucm, fiuvemque acrimoniam in ore re- 

 lingucrc. Vires quoquccasdem Dracke- 

 itic lu* cribuit , quas alii Contraycrva, 

 dum in fcqucntihus porro addir : N. 

 £fiof, qui Drackc in ca navigationc co- 

 mitams fuerat, ipfi rctuliflc, Hifpanos in 

 Peru radiccm hanc in maximo prctio 

 habere, camquc non nifi difficukcr rc- 

 dimipofic; folia; :. - cflc vencntim, 

 ipiam autcm radiccm non modo iltius 

 wncnt, fed ctiam aliorum amidotum 

 cllc. 6c cor, ac vitalcs facultaccs robo- 

 3roeywr 25^n& 



rare, fi pollinis in modum trita mane cx 

 pstturillo vino Aimcrctur, cx aqua vcro 

 febrisardorcs mitigarc^ Eqtiidcm Ca* 

 fparus Baubintts Pmac. VbX ScfUI. pag. 

 14, dtverfts mdiccs cflc c*ifiinut, Con- 

 traycrvam,& Dnckcnam* dum illamvo* 

 cat Cypcrum longum odopim Pcrua- 

 nttniy hanc vcro Cypcrum longum ino* 

 dorum Peniamnn* Eandan quoqucopi- 

 nionem fovct Pometus Hfotrt de Dro* 

 gun, pag. cnim 48* cum Contraycrvam 

 dcfcripfiilct, fubjungit : II croir encore 

 au Pcroti nil .; racinc fort fcmblablc a 

 eelle cy dcffiis, qui eft appellee Drack, 011 

 Drackcna,du nom dc Francois Drack, 

 qui en A apportc le premier en Angle* 

 tcrrc.Afl cum nc<|tie Bauhmus^ ncquc Po* 

 mrtus indicct, qua in re a le invkcm dif- 

 ferent, defvriptio vcro Clufii cxafic cum 

 noftr. Contraycrva convenbt, mcrito 

 cum Wormto in Atufto pag.ij^. /t*jo 

 j-lfl. plantar* pag, 1339. Alorjfitt. HJl. 

 plant, part.lll. p.ig»24* & aliis Itatuimu^, 

 Drackcnam f lufii, & Contrayervam ot- 

 ticmantm casdem cflc radices, i)^ c- 

 ctinquc enim H^tira externa, & fmma 

 interna > feu vinbus, imer fc conveni- 

 unt , ilia mcrito pro itsdem habenda. 

 Agnovcrc idem Angli communi con- 

 fenfu in Pharmacopeia Lcndtncnli in 

 una ftrie radiccm Contraycrva, Dracae- 

 na:, canquam fynonyma rcccnJcntcs, 

 Ncc prcCtcreundcm ell hoc loco , jpfuni 

 C/if/jwn, diflingucre Drackcnim fuam a 

 Contraycrva slfonardi, quam ftipr* pro 

 Contraycrva olftcinaTUin dclcripfimust 

 cum citato loco ftculcanim rationc val- 

 dc convenirc Dr^ie^cnainciimradicibus 

 veneno adverfantibus stfcmarji inquit, 

 aft defidcrarc fc aromattcum faporcm,^ 

 caloris gradum t qucm tl'. . radicibus cri* 

 buir, Vcnim fi dcfcrij>tioncm Alonardi 

 cum Drackcna Clufii y five Contraycrva 

 oflicinarum, coufcramus, facile hrrc in- 

 ter re conciliari poflc vldcntur. Etqtii- 

 dem calorcm quod attinct, Alonardus 

 Conrraycrvam fuam calidam cflc (coin- 

 do gradu fctibir, ad hunc gradum Cttam 

 Drackcnam Ow/ri, ncminc contradiccntc, 

 refcrendam cflc, vcl caindc patct , quia 

 cftacrh. Refcrt cnim Baubinus Hftor m 

 Plant. TomJI. Lib.XIX. fc moleftam fen- 

 fillc a^rediucm, in radicibus DrackcniS; 

 quxsCbtfttrui 1606. cx Anglia atmtcrar. 

 Ipfc Clufius quoquc acrimoniam iisdem 

 tribuit, qtiAinvis dcbilcm eftc ftribat: 

 cum vcro acria, vcl fattim acriufcula, ad 

 fecundum caloris gradum penincant, mc- 

 rito ctiam Drackcna codem referenda 

 eft, adeoquc r«ttionc cjloris non diffcrc 

 a Contraycrva Alonardt* Quodvcroaro- 

 o ; 2 nuticuin 



