202 



Caroli 



Colcfcicum pleno flore. 



ColtbieS 9*' 



N-«/*** 



Colchicum biflorum 



cttcKe. rt. 



fernm. 



CLYSl RARlORVM 



r 



Tcrtium, %c\%izbv TromXctvd^Gy vcrficolor. 

 Quincumvcro^TTTo^^AAoy, tenuifo!ium,& 

 montanum Hifpanicum . Salmanticcfes hcc 

 gcnus mtrendtrM vocabant. 



Alivd porroelegansColchici genusapud 

 Belgas invenitur,cujus quickm cognitioncm 

 accepcam feroIll mo Comiri Arebcrgio ,Or. 

 dinis Velleris equici digniflimo , qui prxcer 

 exocicarum ftirpium culcuram , cui maxmic 

 indulgec,magnis eciam fumpribus quafcunqj 

 adipitci poceil, vivis coloribusdepingi curac. 

 Is Aucumno m.d.xcv. bulbum ad me mitre- 

 bac,uc florc confpiccre poffem : (cd ciim nul- 

 lum proculifle incclligerec , infequcncc No- 

 vembriiconeegregieexpreflamaddidic.Flos 

 vulgaricolorepcrffmiliseft, fed pluribusfo- 

 lijsconftans,nempevicenisaucplunbus,val- 

 de cofercis , quorum fex cxtema reliquis ma- 

 jora,vulgaristamefolijsanguftiora,incerqux 

 ftamina uc in vulgari , flavis apicibus prardica. 

 Exahmcncicopnaplenum florem tuliflc exi- 

 ftimabam initio , quemaJmodum nacurain- 

 terdum ludere folec in alijs floribus,qui dein- 

 de ai ingenium redeut: fed ipfe Comcs affir- 

 mabac, cum eciam N. V. Ioannes Boifoc.fin- 

 gulis annis plenos flores id Colchici genus 

 proferre, eofqj plures, majores, & majorc fo- 

 liorum numero coftances, quo bulbus major 

 &vecuftioreft. OrigineexGermaniaduce- 

 re aiunt, & primumin Bclgium allatua Rht- 

 2otomo,cujus nomenNicolaus,qui frequen- 

 ter e Belgio in Germania a Nobilibus oui- 

 bufdam macronis ablegarerur. Sed bulbus 

 annoinfeqdcncecumiclediffimisalijsftirpi- 



busfuicofublacus. 



colchicvm biflorvm. 

 Cap. xli. 



* 



NO v v m & rarum hoc Colchici gcntis, 

 milii fane, ante annum nonagefimu tcr- 

 tium fupra millcfimum &quingcntefimum, 

 nunquam confpedum ,cujuscognitioneac- 

 ceptam fero dodiflimo viro Moyfi Quadra- 

 to, qui Autumnoprxcedente memcnebat, 

 verno tempore flores fibi obfervatii in mon- 

 tano quodam prato , non procul Hcydelber- 

 ga, ubitumdomiciliumhabcbat: edodum 

 tamen ante, fimilem inveniri platam,cx Epi- 

 tome dc PlantisC. V.Ioachimi Camerarij in- 

 clytar Rcip. Noribcrge.primarij medici, loan- 

 nesMiillerus pharmacopzus Francofurtcn- 

 fisetiaafTerebat,fibi adolefccnti confpedum 

 in pratis HaltfSuevorum vicinis novo vere 



florens. 



Perjnde autemcrafib id conftat bulbo, 

 ac vulgareColchicum^excujusinfimaparte 

 cohs emergit quatuor uncias logus, ex mera - 

 branaceoinvolucroflorem promens oblon- 

 go pediculo nitentem , vulgaris flori forma 

 Kqualcmjfcxfolijscoftantcinjfcdminoretn, 



quorum terna externa majulcula.interna au- 

 tetriaanguft:iora&breviora,faturatiuspaa- 



lopurpurafcentia efle videbantur; nccrol|a 9 

 r v nec 



