Plantarvm mistor. tiB. r. jr 



rotunditatis, inambituctiam ferrata: cxfoliorumalisfloreseJongiufculispedicylisdcpen- 

 dcntutin fupenorc,illis tamen majores, &colorismagtsherbacei: quibusfucceditfru&us 



racematimcohscrcnSjLentifcinimagnitudinejinitioviridis^deindenonnihilrubefcenSjqui 

 tnbus nucleis conftare videtur.plehiorem ,& nigri coloris,maturitate fieri arbitror,nam im- 

 maturo frudhi colligebam Apnli , & floribus onuftum Februario & Martij initio. 



PrimumgenusVly{riponefiagro,lociscj}vicinisinLu(itaniaobfervabam. Alterumetiam 

 ijfdem locis.prartercamultis Ba:tica?,tum Granatenfiregno& Valentino. 



Pl inivs lib.xvi.cap.xxvi.Alaternimeminit, cuitoliainter Jhcem&Oleamtribuit. 

 Hxc aded caufa fuit cur huic frutici Alaterni nomen dcderim,non Celaftri quem Theoph. ctUftnt 

 etiam inter perpctuo vircntesrccenfct.&tardefructum maturarcair. Necrefertquod Pli- Th "f hr - 

 niusAlatcrnumncgetfructumferre, etenim marborenonvaldc fibinotahallucinaripo-^""'"" 4 ; 

 tuit.quemadmodum inceterisquascodemlococommemorat. Fruclum,inquit,arborum £"**•/*'"* 



lbla:nullumfcrunt,hoceft, nefcmcnquidem,tamarix(copistantumnafcens,populus,al- ' 

 nus,ulmus attinia,alaternus,cui folia intcr IHcem & Oleam.Ncmo cnim rei herbari«e adea 

 ignarus eft, qui alnos ex femine, quod in globulis adultiores ferunt, nafci non fciat, cum & 



ipfisrufticisidfitnotum:ramarix(aneex/eminenonfemclmihinataeft:populos,faIices(e- 

 minibus pappofalanugineinvolutisprovenire,ulmositem atnniasexfamans (feruntcnim 

 fcmen fed miniis quam latifolia) plcrumque vidi. 



Cetervm AlaternumeandemcumTheophraftiPhilvcac(Te,Bclloniuslib i. Obfervar. 

 cap.xni cenfet. Nemoeftinmonte Atho,inquit,cuiarborPhnioAlatcrnusdicta, veteri 

 lcgitimo nomine,quo ipfe Theophraftus iltam donavir,Philycar,ignota iit:Corcyren(cs ve- r hi b c * 

 ro & Creten(es lAa/a^wwappcllantjquiaejus fohum inter Ilicern & Oleam medium eft,tc- J££J »"•«. 

 flePlinio.TheophraftiisquidcMnvarijslocisinfuaPlantarumHiftoriaT»c?/At/'xn?^T»cx>»- ' "'" 

 fatg-pou meminit, fedformamnondefcribit: utramquetanrum maruregeiminare, &(cid 

 fruclum reddere,Philyca?honorcm inalendo pecore,fempercnim frondeabundare,maxi-* 

 me flexibilem effe, candorcquc Celaftri. 



Lufitanis prior cafca appdlatur , quibufdam fili^uero & fan^uentio : Gallis, Bellonio tcftc, 

 DaUderfiL(anguinbUnc. Luccnfibus lletro. Anguillara Alaternum vocari tradit vulgari ap- 

 pellatione ^ilatrerna&C Ltnterna. 



Nullum illius ufum medicum novi.Sed Lufitani afferebant ejus conice in aquadeco&o 



pifcatoresfuaretiafubrutilocoloreinficcrer&tinctorcsefragmentorumligni,quodpallet, 

 deco£tionc,nigrefcentem e cairuleo colorem conciliare. 



Phillyrea. Cap. XXXI III. 



PH i L Y R a m , dc qua Theophraftus, a Philly- 

 rea Diofcondi defcripra diverfam efle, ne- 

 mo, uc opinor, jam ignorac. Nos de Phillyrca 

 hic agemus, cujus aliquoc gencra in Hifpanijs 

 & Narboncnfi Gallia obfervabam , omnia folijs 

 concinnoordine difpofiris, & concrario inrerfe 

 peciolorumexorcu nafccncibus,ucinOlca, Myr- 

 co,& plenfque alijs. 



f P r i o r akius afTurgicquimllexcoccigc- 

 ra , ramofquehabcc polhcarisvel cciarn amplio- 

 ris craflicudinis, cortice viridi , fed candicanci- 

 busmaculisafperfb, te&os: folia Ilicis coccigc- 

 ra?, majora,vindiora,crafIiora , in ambiru nonni- 

 hil fpinofa, adftringencisquidem guftus, fcd non 

 ingraci. Hujusflos noneftmihiconfpe&us, fcd 



frudusLencifcinoxqualisefoIiorumalisdepen- 

 dens,macuncace niger,o(licuIum concincns. 



A L t e r a priorem magnicudine fuperac, tWyrttiu 

 mulcisramiscAndicantecorciceobce£Hs prxdica: 

 folijs Alarerno priori parnc fimilibus , firmioribus 

 tamen, &minusnigricancibus, faporisquidem 

 aliquanculum acris, ied in quo amaricudo fencia- 

 tur. Nequeiftiusfloremconfpexi, ipfumauccra 

 fru&um racemacim incer folia propendenrem, 



magmcudinegranorumpiperis,aucfru£hisMyr- 



tijrocundumjnigrumjCalidiguftuSjOfTeum&du- 

 rum nuclcum candido 8t fragili corcice obdu- 



&umconcinencem, Decembrisinindlegebam. 



T E r t i a fuperioribusminor eft utpluri- ?hith**m. 

 miim: illius tamen arbufculam vidcre memini 

 duorum hominum alcitudincm jequantem , & ab lllaramulum fuis floribus onuftum avel- 



£ x lcbam ; 



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