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Prunus Myrobalanus. 



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Arbutus. 





()iAAr^J^j> U/vuJ* 



fru&us, cujus alternisannis feraciflimuscft, 

 rotundus,oblongo tenuiquc pctiolq inter fo- 

 liapcndcns , afpc&ujucundus, pcr mitiavi- 

 ret.ciim maturefcere inapic rubct, matunta- 

 tcmadepcuspurpura nigro coramixca nitet, 

 carnem fucculentam & palaco gtacam , nu- 

 cleum«onadmodum magnum nabet. 



Floret cum alijs ejus gencris novo Vere: 

 fub luli; fincm 8c Augufto fru&us maturita- 

 tem adipifcitur. 



N o n d v m vulgaris erat,cum eam dcfcri- 

 bcrcm : fed qui habcbant, cx Csefarei Palatij 

 hortona&ierant, ubiomnium primascon^ 

 fpcxicjusarborcstrcsingcntcSjUndeprimum 

 eodclatas, inccrtum: nonnulli eConftanti- 

 nopoli,ahj eGalliagenusduxiflcarbitraban- 

 tur. Certe ea arbor qux Biturigibus Gallo- 

 rum MyrobalanorumChepulorum nominc 

 oftenditur,huic perfimihseflevidetur, utex 

 ejusfolioindedclato mihique donato a Cl. 

 V.D.IoanncPofthio, nuncPalatinalisEleft. 

 Archiatro,#ftimare licet. 

 i. Nunc ineodemCxfarcohortoilliusge- 

 nusaliturcx fupenorisnuclco nacum, quod 

 minorcfrudu&:dulciorcpuIpacft;inccteris . 

 nihil a fupi-riore diffcrr. 



C v k, nuicgcncri Pruni , Myrobalani fit 

 appellatio duta,me latct : nam nec fru&us fi- 

 miliseft, ncqueofficuh, quxrcliquisPruni 

 generibus fimilia habet.hcet parva,cum lcgi- 

 timorum Myrobalanorum ofljculis five nu- 

 cleis quaecaniculata funt & ftriata,quidquam 

 commune habcnt. 





Arb VTVS. 



AP. XXX. 



AR b vt v m Theophrafti a Diofcoridea 

 differrepericiflimusreiherban^ Anguil- 

 lara ccnfet. Cujus fand fentencia? non poffum 

 nonfubfcnbere cumAibucusimhi ha&cnus 

 6bfcrvata,cum Cotonca malo uihil fimihtu- 

 dinishabcat. 



Est verdpumilaarbor,autp6tiii<;frutex, Arhunhu 

 frcquentibusramis,quorumiummicatcs ru- /**"*• 

 brfcunc: alioqui trunco Simajoribus ramis 

 j facisfcabrocoiticece£is:folianulloordine&: 

 temerenafcenciaramulos ambiunt,Laurinis 

 fimilia, ejufdeminterdumamplitudinis, per 

 ambitumferrata, fempervirentia, \x\ia$C 

 fplendentia: flores extiemis ramisfingulari 

 appendice raccmacim coh$renc,albi,qua par- 

 tc Soli obverfi func , nonnnihil purpurafccn- 

 tes,concavi, Lilij convallium flonbuspcrfi- 

 miles: frif&us frago fimihs orbiculatus, mul* 

 to major,&rotundisprunisinterdum magni* 



tudinepar, ininovindis, dcinde flavefccns, 



poftremo, ciim plenematurus, rubrocolorc v 



clegantitfimo confpicuus, inreriore camcn 



carncpallcf cnte, cduhs, &atenuisfonunx 



horoimbus valdecxpetitus, ideoque Vlyffi- 



pone, & ahjs quibuldam locis venaljs a rufti- 



canismuhcrcuhsin foroproponitur: femeo 



imho non majus, tcnui membrana obdu- 



&um in meditulho continet, 



Bartic» 



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