PLANTARVM HISTOR. tlBER I. 

 LcdumSilcfiacum. 



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pcdicellisinlfcrcntium, gratoodorc narcsfc* 

 rienciuTn 3 quinisfo]iohsulbisconftantium,nca 

 /ubluteorum (uttcmcre c|tiidam qui iiccum 



cum florcramumdunraxatcon(pcxic,aflcrcrc 

 ^^rtoneftvcrirus)deccmcandidisftaminuliscuiu 

 ^sL ftylomedium floremoccupacibus: hisdcmum 



fucccduncohlongiufeulacapttuIa,pentagona, 



olliculisfructuscorni, aliquandomagnitudinc 



non cedcncia, qu^dura adhuc viridia /unc, ar- 



genteis pun&is diftinda cfle vidcntur , (cd ma- 



tuntatcm adepta, rubiginci funt coloris, fe- 



menqueconcinencoblongum,flavefces,adco- 



queexile, utfcobis, elignorl vcrmibuscrofb 



fponce decidentis, inftar fic . Vcriim peculiare 



eftiniftis capituhs, utmatura dcorfum inflc- 



ftancur, cerramtjuemucronefpcdtcnc, magna 



Naturarprovidcntia, nefcmcn tcmerccfthVat: 



mmpra:tcrreliquorumconfuecudincm, apc- 



diculo,non ab extrema cufpidc,apcriri & deni- 



fcercfolcnc: macurofeminc, tcrniaucquatcr- 



ni alij ramuli rubiginco tomcnto obdudti cum 



fuisfolijs in coma: laceribusna(cuncur, (pcm 



florum in fequentcm annum polliccntes; radix 



lignofa cft,5c brcvibus fibris donara. 



Totaplanta,prai/ernm flonbusonufta,odo- 

 rataeft,&:aromaticum quidpiam (pirat: quaic 

 mirum noneft,fi>teftc Matthiolo,veftibusinij- 

 ciatur ad casa tineis prafervandas. 



Nafcitur plcnfquc Sileiia: locis, undc non^; 4 ,Vj, 

 modo aliquot ftirpes erutas, qux in mcum hor- 

 tulum tranflatx pcr bicnnium duntaxat crcve- 



runt , (cd ctiam rccentesramosclcgantiflimis 

 floribus&fuofructu onuftos, ad nos mittcbat anno m. d. lxxviii. Cl. V. D. Achillcs 



Gromerus Nificnus, tunc R mo ac 111'"° Epi/copo Vratiflavien/i a /ccrctis, nunc vero Brun- 

 nenfisin Moravia7roA/arpos:quinosetiam pronoftraamicitiaperamanteradmonebat, ad 

 montiumradiccsah*quotfeplantasinveni(re,quxflorcsfcxfolijsconftantcs, duodenifque 

 ftaininibus prxdicos prcferrent. Infupcr addebac,qui illi dux vix fuiflcc, Vcnatorcm adfir- 

 marc, fimilcm plancaminfummismonciumjugisconfpexifTe, jamfuisflonbusornaram, 



'q\\x digicalcm longicudinem non excedcrcc: nominacam auccm ab co £cpforiftf; bmfrmu/hoc 

 cft^peregrinamapiariamjquiavidelicdtapesejusfloribusdclcftancur. jfpisrisfi* 



Florcc fub finem Iunij &: Iulio , femcn Augufto & ScptcmbH maturum cft: inhr- fegrin *' 



'rcntque interduui in fcquenrem ufque annum capicula , iic uc reccnti flore , & fru&u 

 fuperioris anni vacuo , nonnumquam Sc tertij anni fruSus pcdiccllis , onufti rami 

 confpici poflint. ■ , J 



Rosmarinvm filveftre vocacur hic frucexa Matthiolo : /cd, ut dixi , ad Lcdi gc- Zofa*rinum 

 nerapotidsreferendusvidetur, inquafcntentiaeft do&iflimusnofterLobelius: idebque -£'" ******* 

 LedumSilcfiacum nuncupavi. SiquisBocmicum (quodin Bocmia tcftc Macthiolo na- 

 fcatur} aucfohjsRorifmarmicognominare maltt,a foliorum cumillo fimilitudinc, pcr 

 me licec, Cordo luud ignocum fuifle arbicror,& Plantarum Hiftoriselib.i. Chamxpcuccn chamiuut* 

 abeoappcllari. , cordi. 



Non dubiumeft, quin, fiquispericulumfacerct^adpleraquemagni ufus futurus fit 

 hic frutcx . Atquc adco Silefij, tefte Cromcro, adverfus articuloru m" contra&iones utilem 



fcliciflimocxpcnmencocompereruht^tociusplancxdecodoinfoliuminfufo^cui^griinfi 

 deanCjCoqucrcmcdiofubinderepecico. Idcmmehujusolcoftillacicio Fabiani Ilges Nif- 

 feni tum Pharmacopan opera $t diligencia vicreis organisexcra&o, men(e O&obri anni 

 m. d. lxxxi 1. donabac: Annoautem/ubfequcnce, ipfemec Fabianus DucisBrigenfis . 

 nunc Pharmacopoeus, oleum quod c fummisejus frucicisramisflorencibusexceperacad 

 mcmific: quodcilm admodumfragransfit,&:ftirpisflorumquenativumodoremretineac, 

 eafdem proculdubio faculcaces eciam obciiicbic.Nondum camen quempiam periculum fe- 

 " cifleintellcxi. 



1 1 s d e m porr61ocisquibusidLedumcrefcic,nonnumquaminveniturfrucexquidam ajUsih/iad 

 psdalisalcitudinis,rardampIior, cenuibusfubrubencibusvirgisprardirus, quxdeindcincc- t* aM » 

 nuiorcscandica.me(qucramulosdividuntur ) anguftisIongifquefolijsccm 

 dinceosvefticntibus onuftos, fupernevirencibus, infernevero canefcenribus, &SaIicis 



pimihc 



