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CURCUMA. 



CURCUMA* Cypcru3lndiciK>,T-' t .; nf^; Dio- 

 ^■■ritits. Croats Indscus tcrrcftris. In 

 Otiicinis Terra menu, Caonaconu 

 Bocrhaairii p.137. Curcumi Ihbci. Kcr- 

 benr* ^rj£. Mjnjclbn Kua^Manyu-Ktta* 

 htJict Saroth. Turc, AladtnGtwaMaii* 

 jalc. Afjbbar* Ctinlicc. Afjtake. Dar- 

 urd, Pftfict Souchcc des Inc*c<< fJdtf« 

 Turmerike. WipgL Curcuma oft Gecl- 

 fiichr vvoortcL B^JJilStatf. AMiovv* 

 Q$\i)\ Ztib\)itf 9. /*oftw. ©eifcaBurfr 

 (SMMBSrp, ©cdfuc&n tat, flclbcc 

 3"4&er, !iinrlcr3(ti)li>er. frnv, £tel>e 

 Cic 44S. ^totte lice. 



CHARACTER. Curcuma Plant* officinalis 8c 

 Exotica ex India Oriental! ad n<>* adve- 

 fi a, hcrbubulbofisaffinis, Zingiber! for* 

 maacquc odore non diflimilis, Cypcri 



Ecnm cflc videcur. Radix ejus ell HI- 

 croft, oblonga, fibrofaparva t nodofa> 

 dura Jclapidcafcrc, lutca, incut crocci 

 colori*, faporis fubaem au: fubamari* 

 canris potius. odoris noningrati,rmfti- 

 cva firccum cmittic croceum. Folia 

 funt lata, oblongiora, rotundiora, akcr- 

 nnttm pofua, Milio majora, ncrvola, 



Sraminca leu hcrbacca ; pluiram am- 

 iuiit, 5: c* cms lubftantia cvoluca & 

 nata cflc videntur. Cautis deeft ftu fo- 

 lis comptic^is confine foliis* Florcs 

 Cunt rccrapctali. tubulati in fcx tegmen- 

 ta iifli, acalice com;>rehcnfi,foliorum 

 fquamis vclut in Jpicam congefti & Ipi- 

 ck non diflimita. Ovarium ftutlus 

 eft routndus, membranaccus, trilocula- 

 re feu uicapfularis , fcrtus feminibus, 

 fphArici*, & fulcis. Abundc provenic 

 in rcgnit Goa, Calicut, Cananor, aliis- 

 que pruvinciis, inde magna ejus quan- 

 ricas, tanta cnlm eft, lit naves illis cxplc- 

 ripofllm. AdTurcas, Pcrfas. Arabcs, 

 quibus in dcliciis eft, & ad alias genres 

 rransmiuitur. Crcfcic vcro in filvis. 

 Species Curcuma: a plcrisquc dux con- 

 ftuuuntur,jltcra longa alien rotunda, 

 cujus prior eft officinalis ; an vcro ita di- 

 ftingucrc fas fit , dubitat Valentin!, 

 Cbsbr. 24s. Lcmcrrus P. II. p. ya*. 



hmtdmont. L II. C. IV. pa&$$$< Bttr* 

 mannas Tft'fjuro Z'tlwKO. pag.84. V&* 

 tentmi Alaftuvt Afttfforum, Tom. I. pag. 

 188- Amit&nn* 360. C Baub. P*n pag. 

 31. Botrbaave II. 1*7. D4k%2± Fh* 

 ts F'dncics redtv*V3 v. Curcuma. Hur- 

 tus Acad. Lugd, Bacav. 



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 .fWrValcmini in fcinem Mufc«Mulco- 

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Ufus Jltdicut. 



Inter fpecifica refcrtur Curcuma.. Calida 

 cnim & ficca eft gradu fecundo, aroma- 

 cica eft, mukum^uc talis cflcntiatis.vo- 

 latilis, olcofi parcibus vifcolis blandis 

 immcrfi ac<)nc tixiin fecontincr. Ab* 

 ftcrgit vcro, attenuac , apcric, difcutic. 

 Mcnles move:, paritndi difficubatcm 

 aufcrt, Urijiam cicc, Calculum expcllic 



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