Cmjacum 



Gttfjacum 



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 twld)c fine runbt, fc|le grucftt crfolgct, 

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 enffialtat i|t. Sta aba bAtfnMfrwSraro 

 topi'£0$ fflxgcrltQifi, tug a nc nut 

 ttyr groflYrSimbe, fa* ail&af f a p Imt 



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 abrcbcimb, tagtfmtfyrcK&Jttuiigcn 

 von bitKRi Saum gcbc , bit ictod) ftig* 

 lid) 511 cincrko ®nd;lcd)t gebradit «w* 

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 l*cn , Cie bnjbcn uoti un6 &avge(kllcte 

 wttmmai ouS bent Hernandez oberaufl 

 «IF«r O^acfcridjtcit, <md wcktyen Rccchi 

 Jw^frfjrnbuiigeii gcmadjrt, cine tart* 

 [td)e, umlMiiMlcQere (grfldrung ju ge* 

 wiir um fe&tel met* alg Pomct, Valen- 

 t»ni unb anbere <tuS Rnxfjntttt S&uci) 

 tl;rc SQcfc^rctbungcn tftwm nor genom* 

 men l^bm. 



CUAJACUM VERUM MAJUS , Bois faint. 



Swn5ofen*-g)oie. eidjebies6o.Sopf* 

 fewpattfc l a, 



Guajacum ofticinnrum, five Lignum Gnflum 

 Amcricanum primum fruttu accris five 

 legitimum Breyn. L Prod. Jamaiccnfc 

 fubrotundis foliis lace virenribus , florc 

 albo ffluckn. magna matricc. G B. l\ 



Guajacan eft arbor Juglandis , vclllicisnu- 

 gnitudinc, cujus cortex colore extrinfe- 

 cus cincririo , pcrmixtis tamen multis 

 maculis viridibirs. intrinfecu* vcro fulmi- 

 bcr, non admodum denfus , fed immo- 

 dice durus, crafiitudinis nempc femi di- 

 gitalis* is lignorcccntcr ca:fo adcotir- 

 miter hxret, ut vix fcrro fcpanri qucar, 

 progrclTu vcro temporis facile fcjungi- 

 tur. 



Lignum in extremis colore, qui in Buxo 

 interne nigrcfccntc confpicitur, & mc- 

 ditullium ejus eft maximum, totumquc 

 adco ligncum fplcndida quadam dona- 

 cum duritie* 



Pingucdo ejus rcrinaceum quid Ipirac, uri- 

 turquc odorcnon infuavi, & ab accenfb 

 gummi profluk, quod prardurum eft, 

 ubi rcfrixcrit. 



Pondus ejus, quale nulli pnetcrca Hgno: nul- 

 la ejus, quantumvis minima pars, in 

 aqua fluitac, fed mcrgitur continuo,®: 

 fubfidit,undc lignum eft fortiflimum, 

 quod duritie omnc robur fupcrat, 3: id 

 circo quam minimc hiccnequc facile vi* 

 dcas, quod rimas traxcrit. 



Sapor non ingratus, amarus ftatim,tum acri- 

 monia miti palatum ac lauces compun- 

 gcns 7 qui fcmcl cognitus, nunquam er- 

 race finic emptorem u\ cognoJccndo* 



ultra tcttium diem 



Decoflumejus reflate 

 non pcrdurac* 



Folium craflum, parvum, durum, viride, 

 multis venis diliinflum ; quidjm arbuco 

 comparant: in ramo (hum habct ex op- 

 pofito altcrius, ttc in Siliqua vcl Lcnti- 

 (co vidcrc licet, quatcrna vcl fena* 



Florcs mulri quafi umbcllam vcl Corym- 

 bum conHitucntes, pediculis uncialibus 

 infidunt pallidi, lutci. fenis conilantcs 

 foliolis : muhis e medio, ffaminibusquc 

 prodcuntibus, in quorum medio rtidi- 

 mentum truttus burfam pailoris cfiigic 

 rcfert. 



Fruflus a qnibusdam Cafiancis, ab aliis pru- 

 nis fimilis reftrtur duobns lupints fibi 

 conjtinftis, uliquando ctiam thbus, uc 

 Cluiius refert, vcl accris fruftibus, fed 

 fine atis conftat, cordis figuram clc- 



S*n«cr exprimenribus , IcviiHrna porro 

 iltraftionc unum ab akcro ficut 3c ace* 

 risftuftus divcllitur. 



Longitudo eft transverfi digiti , latitudo 

 paulo minor, color tonus Corii Calca- 

 neus, aliquantulum corrugams pruni in- 

 ftjr, in confunRione cum altero fruftu 

 membrana eft denfitate , colore, duritie 

 pcrfimiiis, ci* qiue juglandis femen bifa- 

 riam dividit. Corium externum cor- 

 rugatum mollius eft, internum vcro 

 nucis intcrno putamini duriiic 5: colore 

 rclpondct ejus dcnlitas, in iconc ad vi- 

 vum cxprclla. 



Nucleus incus conclufus, appolita figura ex- 

 litbctur, colore & variis venarum dufli- 

 bus Nuri Mynftic*, Nuci Mufcati vcl 

 Buxi radici admodum ftmilis, huncfi diu 

 in ore volvas, quafi pulpam quandam 

 obradis, qu*e aenmoniam mantfeftam 

 lingua imprimit, 5c nucleus in rcccnte 

 fhidu manct Coloris Caftanci quafi 

 tranJparcntis,in aliis vcro omnino ni- 

 gcr. 



Nuclcum li fecundum longinidincm findas r 

 duriticm daflylorum offende*, cotum- 

 quc oflcum flaram in rcccnte, cincrcum 

 in obfolcto, alba: autem lincx transver- 

 lim paralfclos^totum pcrtranlcunt t ut - . ! - 

 modumclcgantcrryrKuriumfivcBclcra- 

 nitcm radius fplendore rcicrar. 



In medio ejus cavitas eft lonca a lummo 

 adimum pertingens, fed Uneulla fere 

 latitudint, qualis^inEvonymo ctiam con- 

 fpicitur, ubi leminis duo ovalia, fed pla- 

 na viridia quafi foliola fc juntla in ftim- 

 mo uniuntur, corquc cxtrorfum verfut 

 componunt, ad modum pbnc Evonymi, 

 nifi quod Cor in Evonymo vcrfus pedi- 

 ailum lit ccinflitutum. 



Crcfcit hxc arbor in Hiljumola, Jamaica fc 

 rcgionc Mcgrando diftavariisquc Amo- 



ricanis 



