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radrccm quoquc, uti in India cffoditur, 

 dcfcripfir* Quid vcro in dcicriptione 

 per radiccm convolurjm mtclligAt. non 

 icquc Hqncc, nifi illud dc nodis,tiui a ti- 

 bris crailis dcpcndcrcdicuntur Gu/io, in- 

 tclltgcndum cllc dicAmus, Rcliqua an- 

 icni deftnpttonis verba aque cum £.Vyii 

 dcicriptionc, acipfa radicc Contravene 

 optimc quadrant, tibratam cnim cllc ra- 

 diccm Gujm quoquc alft t ir h & ipfa radi- 

 os tnfpcAio confirm*.. Ncc in crallitic 

 radicis dctcrminanda diftcrunt ditli an* 

 cores; craflicics enim fcmiimcialis, & mi- 

 nimi digiii,partim t vcl nihil, a fc dilcrc- 

 pant. Hue acccdit, candcmradiccmpro 

 artatis Hivcrfimtc tralliorcm, vc! tcnuio* 

 rem, cflV. Adcoquc cum vires cx- 

 tribuanuir Coaucncpilli , qu* wiflras 

 ContraycrvA compctunt, defcriptio ra- 

 dicis non obftat, quo minus pro iifdem 

 agnoAarnus. Optimc AUtem dubmm 

 hoc dirimic Atumm^us , qui ex (cminc 

 Contravene quod ex America aMCpk» 

 planMm ohttnuit, & in hortofito coltiit^ 

 tigiira tbliorum, mod** crefcendi, & Ho* 

 ribus Coaucncpilli fimillimam, r*i vide* 

 re eft in ejus Pbjif^t^pbis curiefit pig, 

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Definiri potcft Contraycrva vix accuratiirt, 

 quam fupra jam Actum eft, addc modo: 

 viribus candem bc/oardios, bine Scaliis, 

 confpicuam cflc. Genus eft Radix, ab 

 hac enim hoc loco ranqnam potion par- 

 te (ecu fupra quoquc jamjam innucba* 

 miiil planta; tit denominatio, caquc ex- 

 otica; in Europaciiiui non nifi rariffimc, 

 vclcx feminc, ex India allato, & ad gcr- 

 minationem artiticiofc prarparato^rclcit. 

 vcl per radiccm, terror comnvflam, pro- 

 pagaun\dc quo utroquc propagandi mo- 

 do vidcri potcft A/mtrngjus I.e. Qui vc- 

 ro can tic m libi compararc gcliiunt, pro- 

 be profpiciant, ne vcturtam, caric&vcr- 

 niibus exefam, quod ex Ibraminults, qui- 

 bus tunc pcrtufa ^u . primo ftatim intui- 

 tu apparct, accipianr. Laudatur cnim, 

 ubi clcftioni locus datur, radix recens, 

 pondcrofa. dura, folida, fibris inllrufta, 

 nodofi, colore intus ex albo i*rylco , ex- 

 tus obfeure rubro prardtta, faporis mi-io 

 pallulum adftringenri*, li vcro ditititis 

 mandticatur, leniter acris, Ipfa vcro 



!lama, qua? ex hac radicc proventt, diu 

 ituit incognita, donee larpius laud-ms 

 Frdnafcus Hrrn&rJez Tub nomine Coanc- 

 ncpilli, uti lliprj diximus, & poll ipfiim 

 AtmUtigius y cam dcCriplerunk l Aides 

 habct terctcs. volnbiles , quibus vicinas 

 arborcs,vcl (ruticcs, apprchcndit.ficqiic 

 in aitum procrcscit. Fol^ahab^c % ii tdi-i. 



in inferna atitem parte panllo pallidiora. 

 laritudo corum digitum latum #quar, 

 longitudo pan lulum lupcr^t P In medio 

 cxiculpta quafi func,atquc lunamcrcftcn- 

 tern vcl tcrrum, quibus calccantur cqui, 

 rep ra: tent mE ; pcrcurrunt quoquc ha:c 

 foliaplurcsvcnxnigricantcs^oura^cm 

 fiuu mactilis luicis » co loco, quo clavi 

 Icrris illis cquinis inligi (olcnt, infidcni- 

 quc brcvibus petiolis. Floras pr^icrt 

 rotundos, varicgatos , po!y|KCftlos , qui 

 mox decidunt, ncc in noftris tcrris fru- 

 ftum profcrum; in India vcro florcs fc- 

 quuntur; juxta Hernandez > bacta?, qua; 

 ex callaneo ad nigrum tendeme ptngun* 

 tur colore, rcmcncontincntcsrctundum, 

 & nigricans. Et hare quidem ditla fun- 

 to ex divini Wedclii rariorum Diflertati- 

 onum fblidiilima, Sc excellent i ilia dc 

 Contraycrva Jena: M D CCXII. habra, 

 ubi dc Loco Natali , Differentia, & Gc- 

 ncrc Contraycrva?, dc cjusdem Tcmpc- 

 ramenco, Viribus & V«u , de I'rxparatts 

 excodem variis, limplkibm.&compo- 

 fitis, corumqucuftj &c*dilfcrit quampul- 

 cherrtme. 



Eic fojenannte &>ifft^oto 9?a(ffr*2Burtcl 

 iflK.!t!)licl)ti bn> ml)t fo 6Irf, row crac 

 SQoljne, fncrrd)t/ unD mit langm %\itt* 

 Inn uml>dntjft , aiidipfttfrKj r6:l>hd}' 

 braun r »« J$am«US^rb r ttotr \c\t 

 Berber i'cl)c» imvcuMa abet ronfilidit; 

 fit rlccbtt baib ivicfcte Gutter ron Bern 

 gcitjcnbaunif unt> t>at tmtn ivfiryhnf; 

 ten, cniwjj atiitclKtifrtif un& fcharfferi 

 ©tfdjmad- ©ic tiMrb unS von Clurcis, 

 cincr Jfrn&fd)^ffr in Ptru, jujicful>rct r 

 un&foil|lcn flud) Drackcna ven Frmd- 

 fio Dmkt, tuxtm 3ran$eff n, ^r fie \\it 

 crftiuEuropam, unt>jn>iic nad) (Stigcfr 

 Uttb QtbxctdyU un& oon tinbern Cypcrus 

 longus inodorus , be(jtt abec Cyperus 

 lon^iis odorus Pcruanus, gcncmict, Yotts 

 Un fie enuge ©Indjb^lt »»t £xr langen 

 J^yp^i^iBury in l;abf tt fdKf itet r a>icn>c^^ 

 kit bie 0tltl)«eit ven it^tatiQcfitljrtm 

 Oilmen ncd) Vel>r aticinber iu roicber 

 finb. ilBcnn lie ncd) in fcrr (£r^ (Icrftj 

 fo trcibrt fie flutter, Die auf Ber tfrbc 

 berum Itegcn, unt> fid) auf alien @«ten 

 ou^brtileit^ grutu unbwUSftcmfinb, 

 uttb &\& n>le cm £ery ftljen. Wlutcn 

 jrafeben iljneii fjeruus erfttbef fid) ber 

 etemjelftxrganybiofijunbcijnc^litict 

 ^es gm^cr? Bid ift, unb turauf fteljettle 

 SOIume. SM^ firaut Biffer ^ur^el 

 tombt S(iifang0 von Sta. Paulii in Qu* 

 d >p. Bou w.41. t?or eine ?lrt Cjryo- 

 phyllAiengtljaltcn; gleid>nk onBrc ble* 

 ftlbc untep Biej^ijpe^ilBur^ln jiljleten, 

 3»> * wofftt 



