Plantarvm HISTOR. LIB£R IX. lf$ 



Sponrc quibufdam pratisad Ligcrim fluincn non prdcul Aurelia urbc Galliar celcbri na- 

 fcicur^unde primum ad me mifla fuic Machliniam,&; Bclgicc comunicata anno m.d.lxx i i. 

 (nafci criam in Nortmanma & Brirannia minorc incclligo ) Dcindc Vicnnsc Aultriar, ali- 

 quot bulbos acccpi tricnnio poft muncrc 111. V. Ioannis de Vulcop, Regis Galha: apud Cx- 

 farem Maximilianum II.tumLccari.MificctiamadmcaliquotpoilannosIll. V.Augerius 

 deBousbcqueSeremfs ReginarElizabethsCaroli ix.Galliarum Regisvidusr,fummu$ Au- 

 I* Prarfectus &c Cxfari a ConfilijSjLurctia multos bulbos ; uc nobilium Auftnacarum Ma- 

 tronarumquxilliusfloriserant fludiofifllmx.votislatisfaccrcm.Annovero m.d.lxxix. in 

 uibufdam praris quatriduano ltincre infra Budam Pannoni^ab ijs quiConftancinopoli re- 

 ibant, menfe Martio,florens obfervata eft. Sed & poftea pler^quc fcminc mihi natx funt, 



3ux feptimo& oclavo demum anno , vcletiam fcriiis floruerunc : quarumalia: binos , quae- 

 am ternos,nonnulla:vclgeminos,vel duodccim fohjsconftantcsflorcstulerunr. 



Fricillaria dilutior. Fritillaria Aquitanica. 



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N. V.Ioannes Boifoc,vctere amicicia mihi conjunctus,aliud genus habebat magis feroti- r^tiBmU 

 num,ouod toto bimcftri poft primum floruifTead me fcnbcbar,binisornatum flonbuspar- jtfmMud* 



teinteriore exflavo virentibus , fine ulla colorum diftinftione : foris nervusexcubcrans& 

 cminentiorexob(curovircbat,foliorumorxnonnihilreflexxvcrficuIorcseranc,exflavo, 



virente, &: purpureo.Ex Aquitaniaoriginem ducere aflerebat. 



Isporrobulbusquem mihi AutumnocommunicabatannoMDXXCim.Maij fubfeque- £jm bifiniM. 

 tis micio florcm aperuit fex foliis,ut in prxcociore conftantem , quorum cxcremar orx non- 

 nihil rcflexa: cranr,dorfi nervus paululum exrubcrabac,atquc vircfccbac, interiora terna fo- 

 liaexterniscrantlatiora^omniaautecxteriusabimofolioadexrremasoraSiObfotepur- 

 purc, radijs.fub quibus nonnihil flavi confpicerecur,diftinguebantur,intenus vero colorc cx 

 viridi flaveiccnte & fplendcnte pra?ditaeranr,veluci fericeus pannus viridis,cujus lubremen 

 flavumfit: (exftaminaexumbilicoprodibanc pallidisapicibus obfica, aliaalijs longiora. 

 Nulium fcmen tulit, proxiraoannoimminutusbulbusflorcmnondedit, tandemmbfe- 

 quensrigidahiemsomninocorrupic. .. 



Cetervm Fritillanz Tertium quoddam genus habuit Ioanncs Somer, cujus paulo ante Y"'fZ'r* 

 mcmini, virquiexoticarum&clegantiumftirpiumcultur3vaIdedeledatur, ijfque bene ^T"'^ 



inftruaumhabet.quodflorcmannononagefimofeptimofupramillcli-num&quingentc- '' # a .^ll* 

 fimum produxit,fcx quidem folijs conftantem & nutantem, ut fuperiora genera : Ced quo- 

 rumfohafuncflavicolorisrubrismaculisdiftin&i, illorummcdio ncrvo prominuld&vi- 

 rcfcentis coloris. »■.-■»•''. 



Qvi ad meprimum genus mictebatpharmaeoparus Aurelianenfis, Noel Capperon vo- kmm» 



