Plantarvm histof. liber it. f 45 



proficifceretiir, mim>cIiquic:eavcr6demumannisfeptuag<-fimoquinto& f*quentcfup;a 

 rnjlicfi i Tium,3ct]iiin^MHclimumconfcrtim(qu6dvctuftacircnt ) &:victa J vixqucn..(citu[a, Tulptnm 



cxifcimarcmj terrxrnandavi.Ex hiscamcn ingcnsTuhparum numcrusprcgnatuseft ,qua- ^J^** 

 rumnonn iHcquinto,fcKto,atqucctiamfc(ii)cntibusannisflorcstulcruntinfiOTicolorum vimtnat . 

 vari ctacccommcnd ibilcs. N'am flavos omnino,rubros, albos, &purpurcos, vcl cx hiscoio- 

 ribusinrcrfccommixcisdifhnctos hoceft,F-v,R-v,A-v,p-v.naCtusfumpra?coces: Scd intcr 

 illos etiamfuerunt,quidiligenciusobfervanci, potnisad Dubiarum vclSerorinarumTuli- 

 paru m claiTcm refcrendi vidccur,quam Prarcocium: nam licet arquali cum Prarcocibus ma- 

 gnirudincriortnulIarduhtaxaralTurgant, codemcamencumDubijslivcSerocinisr.empt.re 



rlorere anima Jvcrti: de ijs aucem proximis capicibus. 



Hmc igicur funt qux de Precocium Tuliparum varietate nunc commentari libuitmon 

 me fugit tamcn,quin plures diffcrentix tradi potuiffent, fcd ejufmodi , quas ad jam enume- 

 iatas,tamquj m primarias reduci atque fub illis comprchendi pofTe cxiitimo. Nunc aucem 

 ad Scrocinarum dcfcriptioncm tranlcamus. 



TVLIPA SEROTINA. 



C A P. VIII. 



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Erottna Tuhpa,majore-eftamplitudine , cubitalcm enim &tripedalcm intcrdum ha- r. (trttkk 

 betcaulem.firmiorem.crafrioremjrotundumjfungofamatcricplcnu , &brcvietiamin- tifttns. 

 canacjj veluti lanugine , five efflorcfcentia quadam afperfum : hunc altcrnatim amplc&un- 

 tur quacerna plcrumque folia.nonnumquam quina &C fena,carinata, firmiora quam in Prar- 



cocc,uc plurimum crcdta, non nutantiaaut ad cerram inflcxa, atq; oris interdum adco rcfle- 

 xis,utfinuofavideantur,aliquandoomniajEqualia.Summocauli,quipcdahvelmajoreple- 



rumque,im6cubitalictiam nonnuquamlongitudinenudu«fuprafoliaeminct,unicusinfi- 



dct flos magnus & oblongus,cyathi modo concavus, fcx folijs conftans, excremo apicc om- 

 ninomucronatovelorbiculato,auttribusextcnoribusduntaxacmucronacis, incenoribus 

 orbiculacis,ucinPra:coce,6<:econcra:capututinillatriangularc,membranaceum,crajuius 



ur plunmum,&prominulovcncrc,quoafummodehifccncc, lcxordincsftminisplani.car- 

 cilaginoli,fulvi y aucrubcfccncis,majorifq;quam in Prarcoce confpiciuntur: radixprarcocifi- 

 milis , longiore tamcn majoreq; bulbo conftat plerumque, in reliquis cum illa convcniens» 



Tulipafcrot.^oAt/aAwocminor. TulipaferotwoALr.Aa<rMcruajor. 



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Tametfi autcm ha»c Tulipa non fecus ac prarcox unico ut plurimum conftet caule , eum r. /Sr*fe* 

 tamen interdum *oAoWo» & ramofum habet : nam natar m.hi funtrubro flore atqjenam £"**". 

 flavo prxduar, quibus exiufimifolijalaalternudus&pedalisramus, gracihortamen,&ad 



