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mir tifi tjfflfn bit Otitic (>m gtfpit , nirtt 

 clKf big on txtt 9ianb. <a>o tultc G)r* 

 flctifr»t d>ct ifdrrtcr |mb* tomrat fckft 

 *Pffjti&f aar n«6t iurgrucftt, fonbcrn 

 wrltr1)it ftitw BffltH 3n 2fir|1mhcn 

 oi 1 :r :racM |lc Ai'/u'IiTc n: fcldjen (Cap* 

 frln, me rwr (i* ebtn bcfcbnriwn f>abat. 

 JDie 5 idntcn ftnt) run&lifj>r F unt> attract 

 ffltagc cdtijf. OTan Wit feavcr, « m 

 &* tn ton frortfyfii fttatan Datf kfaiuM 

 te iQvob Ctlfivi pen fcet 3Bnr(fI fct 

 Jncca genwdit, albmc mlt Unsirunft uttf> 



Yucca » ex qua prnit fieri confijevic apud In* 

 cobv Atantbot five Yucca foliis cannabi- 

 ni* dicitur J. B. Manihor Thcvcti Yuccam 

 & Caiftvi nominat ; Parkit^hnus vero 

 Hiuccam live Mandiocam ex quaCaflavi 

 fit- Pifon antcm Margsraviusquc \fa- 

 niiba A Manduba Bra/them, cuius radii 

 Muidihoca ; Frumento tomplurcs la* 

 dianim fc^iones ad hare usque tempora 

 cajueruot ; ca camen quibus hominum 

 & animalism furtcwatur vita, frumenti* 

 que viccm fiipplcnr defidcrari benigna 

 mater natura noluit. Radix cniin fativa 

 feu alcili«,quas AUnlioca Barbaris apj*l- 

 latur,m farinam rcdada & m pancm co- 

 a&a cum optimo pane fimiUgirwo ccr- 

 tat, Qya planta licet Angola: & Hifpa- 

 niolac arquc aliarum infularum incoiae 

 gaudcant ( ubi radiccm banc Yucca aliia 

 Mexicans QtuubcoMOth prarpararam 5c 

 in farinam rcdarlam Gijfavi vocari Mo- 

 nardes tcftatur.) Brafilix tandem nam* 

 ratem » fummoquc Audio ioi cultam con* 

 Hat. Alii omnet America popitlos a Hb- 

 riia aJ frttum ufiue Altgdlxmcttm hoc 

 font tifiys tffimant, quamvis frunxntum 

 AiATZ Jiitum litis non Jetpt. Plurcs 

 hujus frucictsdantur fpecics, qua? licet 

 prima fromc inter fc baud dirTcrrc vidc- 

 antur , tamen ab cxptricnttbus agricolis t 

 dignitatc* caulc Sc corckc dirtinguunuir : 

 Prima Ipcries a maris accoli* Braf:!nnis 

 vocatut AfanJTtba kti&'4, qu* albicanti- 

 bu»cft radkibu* & truncn: AfanJiip*- 

 rdta y slfAH.iihfbj. AfaitJiipucu, AlanJii' 

 btmana t Aipi (qua: itcrutn plurcababet 

 fpecics t ouaTUinnominavitIeapL»d/*/dij. 

 graviutit') Tdptawj+ AiplpQca f AfimJij:i- 

 bfbaiArpinucdxtra, qua omncs niben* 

 tibosfunt Jc bitefcentibtis radidbus» Sz 

 ctuKbuv. Omnium hamm ftiroium ra- 

 .dkibits Sc caulibus folum Atwdihocx 

 nomen inditum £c atimentofis, medica* 

 mcntofi^venenofiAqucqualitatihLis, licet 

 impari inter Tc gradu poilcnt, Frutex eft 

 ad quinqiie vel Tex , irt Rocbifortittt 5c 

 PjrkirtJQHUf , ad fcx^fcpccm vcl oflo ut 



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Afjrgpmmis pedum alduniinem aflur. 

 ycn* f caulc lisnofo t conuofo,no(Joro s lVa. 

 gib t (rcfto Pijbni) medullam intra fc 

 commence mftjr Sambtict : Ejus na(Tu 

 tici pro forcunditaic foli caliquc tcmre, 

 ric varia. Superiitc in muUof cipandf- 

 ttir ramoj, qui itctum ramulos liabc«, 

 atque in borum quolibet tria. qiraiuct 

 <iumque p rea am fcptcm/o6.a an^i nj,ob- 

 lon^m iitWx formam dirpolita (ramuli 

 quo* vocam nihil aliud fuo^quam folic- 

 rum digitatorum praclongi pediculi; Fo- 

 lia cnim ad Lupini aut Hclkbori nistj 

 modum ex pluribus foliolii digkatim & 

 pofitts. aut earummitaccpcdrculi.^ifi 

 ex codcmccnuo egreflis componuniur) 

 ejusdem fere viriditatit cum Rtoni;c 

 folso. Floftulos fert fiavo-pal!idof J pcn. 

 upctalo^muftis ftaminibus luicis in ine- 

 dio : Semen autcm Ricini fcmini fimifc, 

 fed inutile. Kadiccm pjftinacx baud 

 diRImtlem producit,qua:laactim trabeM 

 fiicajm ab oculis prortimpentibui , ft 

 trunci intcrnodiis natis hoc liquorc cgie- 

 gic intumeftit. Terra minrmc glebo'a 

 ant irrigua ur canna faccharifcra gaudct, 

 fed ficca poiiut, flricnte A montora,at- 

 que in tubcrculot quafi i talpis f cgefij. 

 Adeo humiditatis omnii inimka eft, ut 

 acrtivis duntaxac menfibut terr* con*, 

 mini vclitjidque loci* apricis minimcqw 

 umbrofit. Cum atucm adco accUve k 

 arenoflim folum requiratur , malu.it in* 

 colat dcnriflima dcmoliri nemora,dcn^ 

 lira exurere , eaque arvis & fegeciba* 

 {Cbocas l-ufitanis) dcfliftarc. Extra tcr- 

 ram duobm vcl ttibm liircults gcrnii- 

 nam; qui ubi oftavo t dcrimo atquc duo- 

 decimo mente li^ucfcere incipiunt, fxo 

 feminc firnt ; Hoc frugum noflratium 

 difcrimJnc , quod Mandihocar nihido 

 fwtiu diftcdat ad fui propa^attoncm, 

 noftris deccdat f quibut ipfi Tnifltti ft- 

 mefucm faciunt ; Per radiccm nulla r*ri 

 potcft tramplantatio, nameacxtraflae 

 terra. & tafia flatim motitur, Trc* hu- 

 jus plantae trunci f frondibus fpo!iaii.6su* 

 ri propemodum pyramidal! , baud pro- 

 fundc fimul tcrr^ gromi*, triuro cirdtcf 

 pedum inter fc diftantta inftruntur, pre- 

 mincntcsque ad palnw afcitudinctn lu^ 

 perius^ fc iiwicem amplccliintur. Q? 

 foliij licet denudati, novit umen il'-ico 

 vcftiumiir t ncc quicquam radix inde d* 

 trimenti patitur, modo cauJii integer* 

 illacfii* mnncat. Dignitaic A mole ci- 

 ecllit AfjttJrhoca; fianni tcrrjequc ««*- 

 pcrica ficca fitcrit ; Turn cnim quartfcft 

 radix v fesquipcdcm vel duos, inrerdmv 

 etiam tr c$ p«dc« longa cvadrt, craflxicm 



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