N*t*!u, 



PLANTARVM HISTOR. LIB. IIII, lxXlK 



heranres te&asomnes fcabro & inarquali cortice, ut Ariftolochia-longx lcgitim* radices, 

 fc mulcisexiguisfibris fparfim nafcentibus prardicas : ipfa radicis (ubftancia alba , lenta, & 

 fiicculencaert,acque veluti grumofa,tenera tamen, nec ingrati faporis ( crudam cnim gu- 

 !^ bamlcx iguoautcmpoftmomcncon6nihilarpcri&acnufculi:aflavcr6(nam&guftare 

 V o!uiucccrciusobfcrvarcpoircm)ccneriorcftcaaanca,&pyriinftar,5Uigrumofafubftan- 

 • j u ij s Q ua lemcaulcm,aucfoliahabear,nonincelIigcbam,unamcamenradiccmcum 

 eermineaccJpiebam,fedvcdturaabrupco,qualcincadcmcabcllicumradjce,quamcom. 



modcpocuijcxprimebam. ■„„ . .* T r ■ • 



D Thomat infulanos ea afsa & clixa vefci incelligebaro , ejufque rei grat.a Luficani qui- 

 dam qui mulcos ifttc ciim viros.cum fcminas 3: pueros cmeranc, ut Vlyfipone pro manci- 

 o is venderenc , lftas radices in navcs inculcranc in miferorum alimcncum, prscerea nuces 

 quafpiam,quibuscum radic.scujufdamfarinavefccrentur. Omnesautem illar naves co- 

 ^rmannoinWalachriamdelata:. ■ 



S e o Scaliamabcodcm Wilhdmocum fuperiore accipicbam .. nccforma.necco lore, Jgjjj 

 nccmaenicudincfupcrioridiflfimilcm ,quam /?»-*'/* etiam vocabat Lufitanus, quullara 

 infidibat licecaliudgcnuscfTcnoiinficiarctur: fedrotiusradiciscorcexmagisinxquahs 

 rrac SC veluci quibufdam cubercul.sobfitus : equibustenuesfibrz emcrgebanc, prztcrca 

 radix fummo capice.paullo crailionbus, durifque & pedalis live palmans logtcudinis Sbns, 

 f c u verius vicicuhs,magna cx parce fpioofis crac prardita.Nonnulh Tcam Peru. 



Arachidnaiheoph. for;e,Papa$Peruanorum. Cap. lii. 



Arachid.Theoph.forte,Papas,radix. 





EScvleht a etiam cft radix hujus nova: , & antc paucos annos Europx primum cognirac 

 plantx: vctcribus tamcn,mco judicio, non ignotar,ut poftea cx ijs qusc in medmm pro- 



^P^M^utem cx bulbo (qui Aprili plerumque fcrcndus apud nos.non maturius) pau - JjJ» *- 

 cisdiebusafatione,foliapromicexatropurpurafccntia,villofa,quxdcindcexpl«cata,vm^ 



demcontrahuntcolorem,quina, feptcnaautpluraincademalanafccntia, *Rapnaniro- 

 liisnonvaldeahenajmparifempcrnumero^interjeaisalijsminonbusfol.js^imparccx- 



trcmam alam fcmper occupante : caulis pollicari crailitudine, angulofus e t, lanugine ob- 

 duaus,quinosaucfenosinterdumcubicos longus , TroA^Ao^C , &inmuItosramosdivi- 

 fus.loneos.mfirmos & nifi ridica auc alijs adminiculis fuftineantur, pondcre fuo in tcrram 

 procumbentes,&: latc fc fpargenccs: ex ramorum ahs prodeunc pcdales crafli, angulofi pc- 

 Siculudcnos. duodenos, auc plures flores fuftmcnccs, elegances, unciahs amphcudmis auc 



