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nec minus adftringcns:florcs funt mufcofi palliduli corni floribus etiam fimilesifructus cxi- 

 uis raoris par,pcr maturitatcm ruber,fucculencus, acidus, unum aut alterum granum mi- 



oparncarqualejforisnigrum.intusalbumcontinens: radixalterifimilisfedminor: longe 

 etiun tatcque ferpens,& fu binde novas proles fub terra promens. 



FJoret utraque planra Maio menfe.-fruccus Augufto vel etiam feriiis matureffeit. Primam 

 tamcn inicio Marrij floribusonuftam dcprehcndebam cixca.Velez,elrubio } rcgno Murciano, 

 ubipluiimanafcicur,nurquamaIibimihiconfpeclam. 



Altcram frequcntcm inveniebam in quodam colle,fecundo a Salmantica miliari , totius 

 ferc Hifpanix mcditullio Jongiflimea mari.Quod equidem fatis mirari non poteram,cum 

 ancea nufquam obfervafTem nifi maritimis locis,& toto illo tracru inter ftagnum Volcarum 

 & ipfum mare Medicerraneum,fupra Peraul & Magalonam,ad montem ufque Setium. 



Hispani primumgenus^/c^vocant.AlterumgenusNarbonenfisGallixincoi^r^yJ»/ 

 ^wjrjhoceft.uvam marinam appcllant. Ctim iftic vivebam,peritiorespumilumgenusad 

 Diofcor.T^ovcjuod&Tpa^avcpdiciaifjlib.iiii.defcriptumreferebant: cujusfancaliquoc 

 nocaf non inepce huic plantx quadrant . Poftca nonnulli ad Androfacen retulerunt, Bello- 



niumfequuti,quiObfervation.lib.iii.cap.xLi.deAndrofaccagcns,hancinnuerevidetur. 

 PeritiiTimusAngtiillara, Crotonis, cujusNicandriinrcrpresmentionemfacit,nominc, 

 hanc,infallor,dcfcribitopinioneduodecima.Crefcit,inquit,adflumenSebenicuminDal- 

 matiahumilisfruteXjPinovaldefimiliSjfrequcntibusnodiSjCujusfolia [cirrifeuramulipo- 



tius]Equifetominorifimiliafunt,ejusflosrufefcens,tameriIpaIlcfccntemvidcrira, quide- 

 indeinfru&um excuberatrotundum Cerafominorem, maturitate coloremrubrumcon- 

 trahcntem,quietjamedi poflit.Nafciturlocisafperis,mGntOiis& laxoiis.&c. 



M v l t. i s vcro notis,hujus pnmum genus pra:fercim,cum Polygono quarto Plinii qua- 



draremihividetur,quodhisverbisdefcribitlib.xxvii.cap.xn.Quartumgenusfilveftreap- 

 pellacur, pznearborismodofrutcx, radicelignosa, ftirpeCedrirubicundo,ramisfparti,bi- 



numpalmorum,nigrisgeniculorumternisquatcrnifvearticulis.Huicquoquefpifiandina- 

 tura,(apor malicoconei. 



DcindequasDiofcoridesPolygonocribuitfaculrates, adhuc hodie apud ejus regionis, 

 ubri hsc frurex nafcuur, incolas, in ufu funt : lllius cnim decodtum pcnis &: vefica? uiceribus 

 conferre aflerunt. 



Posset tamenad Ephedram forfitanetiam referri,cujusidem Pliniuslib. xxvi. cap. vn.' 

 in hzc verba meminit: Caucon, quar & Ephcdra, ab alijs Anabafis vocata, nafcitur ventofo 

 fere cracr.u,fcandensarborem,&:ex ramispropcndcns,folio nullw,cirrisjiurncrofa, qui h.nc 



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