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NOTA. Plureidari fpecies, quam quasnos 

 adduximns & depinximus, iltibio vtCIt, 

 Tourncfortius tredceim, ichola Botani- 

 cal quatuor, no* vcro cum Crltbr. D. 

 Bocrhaavio & Volckamero duo faltcm 

 confluuimusgcncra,qua:inhorto\y/cin* 

 manniano ctiam rtpcriuntur. Spontc 

 in Oriental! atquc Occidental! In- 

 dia proveniunt, in bonis vcro noftm 

 botanids raro dcprchcndtinmr, 



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ECHINOMELOCACTOS MAJOR. ©r*63Jto 

 lonen-34d« Melocaftos. Pomum foi- 

 nofum Opuntiatum,Melocarduus, ful- 

 cis rcftts, fpinis ad an^ulos appolttis 

 major. Echinomelocaftos non laftc- 

 feens. Fkoidcs Occidencnk t fpinofum, 

 Mclonis facie 7 coftis crcflK Stcckcn- 

 de Mcloncn . Diftcl van Wtftinditn. 

 Doorn-AppcL Befa Hedge hoggcThi. 

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CHARACTER. InHiiloria Plant. Gen, 1441. 

 oprimc defcriptus. Hunc carduum 

 edunc novi orbis infill* occiduar , prae- 

 ftnim ca, qua; D. Margaretha: (xra ctt, 

 undc reduces Naticlcri actutcrunt. VU 

 dctur autcm hie qua(i qukiam naturar 

 cinnu^cxpcponc* mclonc & carduo 



coaluilTc- Ob id illc Echlnomclocaftum, 

 feu mclocarduum cchinatum , fignau 

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 tries, torulif callofisquc quatuordcciin 

 quafi coftis cAnaliculaUy a Icflili A la* 

 tiorc baft ftcundum longitudtncm in 

 conum obtuHorcm cocuntihiw, ex quo 

 quart vcrticc cmicat tomentofa , ut in 

 Cymfa, fcricca bombax admodum far- 

 tla&delicata^fcrc qualis lapidii anuin- 

 thi t qua involvuntur, mucronaueva* 

 ginuLr, fdiquoJie, fanguinear , capfito 

 concolor«& Ttmiies, fed pcrqliam exi- 

 les. Scmine pufilio,rotundo, amaranthi 

 plcnat, multis fttis croceis fiipemc fc 

 exfetenribua, fed ngidis, 5:piingcntibuj. 

 Dor6 auteni fumnia flriaaim, qua U- 

 tius protuberant, excrunt infeftoshyftri- 

 cif t aut echini acitlcos aduncos,cornc- 

 o%dcno5 & duodcnos p quafi lumox, 

 radutini fepceno*, m plurimtim rtctlas 

 effigiantes; ad«H]Lic univoftim conirm 

 armam inftar echini, vix m inuJtus ma- 

 im prcmas. Kft auccm cutis externa 



callofior»craffiorquciora,do£sAUtcu- 

 cumcris colore & concrclione. Caro 

 fubtusalbicat^ingms,flaccida,mcIoncni 

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 acidu!o,non ingrato. aqueo,rcfrigcran- 

 tt t innoxio. QuaCi autcm mclo ior<t, 

 imcriorc & fupcrna fui pane, qttx flo* 

 ribtts ftibcft, carduis fimili, carncm hr- 

 miorcm dilftpit mcmbranula per me- 

 dium dufla, cclhiLmque efformans fe- 

 re, qualis cucurbitae, icd feminis vi fitn* 

 S^fiore, tninusquc compafla medullam 

 *i involviu Ejus naialc* qui VKlciune 

 cum nauckri , turn familiarcs quidam, 

 marilima iabuleta c<Tc refcrebant* Cum 

 knaturvki peponem mediocf em, vrl ma- 

 ximum mcloncm arquat Kovem libra* 

 & uniiis tricntcm h«c pendebat. Hh- 

 mi lcfliliscft.nusqiwm apparen^us nc 

 minimis quidem folionim veftigii* tn 

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 alupiot appcndUut s 1 imincis. pulli), rro- 

 lixis, lirmis, ncc fraflu facilibus fpaiG, 

 colore nigra. 



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