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Chamzirislatifol.minorviL ^jfr^y^f^ >!•*** ^ 



0> . ^» rcm aded fncurva flint , utcxtremo mucro- 



ne floris pediculum averfa parrc ample&an- 

 tur : colorcm vcro habct infima partc flave- 

 icenteta,dcindedilutcpurpurafcetcm,fatu- 

 ratioribustamenvenisdifbndtumabinfimi 

 bafi&villosafimbriacandicantejflavefccn- 

 tibusapicibusdonata,quamintegitbifidum 

 foliolum dxalbidi & pallefcecis ex dilute cx- 

 ruleocoloris, qualietiam furre&atriafunt 

 folia :odor fere floru Sambuci aut Thalietri. 



ALTERA,quam a Iacobo Placcau accepif- Ffe** 

 fe fcribebat Boifotus,radice 3 folijs,floris for- *$* 

 nia^ceterisCharaariridibuseratfimilis. Ejus 

 triafoliaterram fpe&antia co^poMvxa erant 

 coloris , ab imo ad excrema ulquc fimbriam 

 purpurafcentibusradijsafpeifi: fubfimbrii 

 vero,auafoliumfefemagispandic,purpurca 

 maculi erant notata radiacim in lacera fe 

 fpargence,or?auccm erantexalbid^: fimbria 

 abimoadfolij inflexioncmflavis villiscoa- 

 ftabat , ubi veropurpurcam maculam attin- 

 gebat, albis: bihda foliaeam tcgcntiaalba 

 erant,quemadmodum & cerna folia fefe at- 

 tollecia, fed nervus mcdius in utrifque a>;#>6- 

 Afiuxoc,infima pars furre&orum fqliorum ob- 

 folecarpurpura:radijsdiftin£ta ,fupremave- 

 ro ? incerne paucis notisleviccrpurpurafcen- 

 tibus infe£ta:expers aute licet odoris,coloris 

 tamen gratia non carebat. 



Illi non difllmilis mihi fpontenataFraiv 

 cofurti,qux eodem anno flores dedit. 



Alia praterea mihiifticnatanoninele- ^S^cr 

 gans,qux femipedalem cauliculum profe- x . 

 rebat,teretem,geniculatum, fummofaftigiogeftantem membranaceum folliculum pur- 

 purafcentes oras habentera, e quo cmergebanc bini flores non magni, novem eciam folijs 

 confhntes.quorum cria rcpanda bafi eranc angufta.foris purpurafce tejnternc aucem can- 

 dicance,&facur^purpurxvenisdiftinftaufqueadfbhjinflexionem,labraver6propeden- 

 tia adeo facuri violacei coloris, ut quodammodo nigrefcere viderentur : fimbria villofa fla- 

 vefccbatinfimaparte,reliquapurpureaerat: ternaeam integenciapurpurcicrantcoloris, 

 veluci &c cerna furre&a folia: nulla autem odoris fuavitacc commendabilis. £J 



Nata &alianoninelegans ) qu2eacubcrosaradicedodrancem autpedem longaprodu- *[; mm 

 cebat folia,inftar eorum quibus ali# Chamaeiridcs funt prxdiia: , lata videlicct & mucro- 

 naca: inter quz aflurgebat cauliculus duas aut tres uncias longus, fuftinens fummo faftigio 

 veluti folliculum binis membranaceis folijs conftanccm , c quo prodibat flos novem fohjs 



pneditus, ejufdcm formsecum aliarum Chamxiridum flore , quorum terna vcrfus terram 

 inflcxa,latioracandicancifquecoloriserant,abinfimafede(quxanguftior)muIcisv 



flavo putpurafcencibus in latera expanfis diftin&a,ufqu» ad extimam fim briam fivc fuper- 

 ciIium,ijfquedeindeafupercilioadextt^ 



purpurei mtidioris: cerna vero furred:a,qu£c inter illa nafcebancur,infima parce valde erant 

 angufta,venifque quibufdam furvi &luridi colorisdiftin61a,poftea in latum fe pandebant, 

 tenerrimaque cranc , & exalbidi coloris: terna reliqua , qux breviora & in fornicem con- 

 vcxa, bifulcaque,erant, aliquantulumreflexisfurfumalis, hgulam pallefcentem tegc- 

 bant,&firtibri9five fuperciliotriumpropendentium &terramfpeaantiumfohorum im- 

 minebant, colorifqueerantalbi, cuifubcxruleuscolornonnihiladmixtus, prarfertimm 

 ipfo gibbo: odor nullus aut valdc exiguus. 



ChantAtra 



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Iris tripolitana. 



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PRox 1 mis hisannisTripoliadferebaturIridisgenus,mihiantcnonconfpeaij,quod 

 annodemum m.d.xcix. floremprotulitornatiflimo&perhumano viroTheodoro 

 Coornhart, Araitelredamenfi civi,qui ejus caulcm Cura flore & filiqua ad me mittebat Ju- 

 niomenfe, ut commodius defcnbere poltem : ipfam ctenim plantam biennioantemihi 

 communicaverat,qua:quidemetiamnum viget,fed florem nondum tulit.Illiusauterrrbi- 



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