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Bctonica,^d follb non qucrcus utDiofcoriJcs ) fed Lapathi fimilc Betonica pinxif : quodcjj 



capiAuraBritannicaehcibjeexDiofcoridisfentcntfajtriagisconucnireuidcreiur.ScdniJrutu 

 nrorfus utindih^ens accufator apparuit.homo alioquin haudindodus,qui Plinrj ucrba.nee 



ScrratuU». penfet,nec rcferat.Bctonica,inquitPhnius,SerratuiaanoHrisuocatur,aradiccipargensfoli» 



fercLapathiferrata.O-UtsLapathuipfum,Betonicamci;agriofcens (ncmoenim unus eft.qui 



ambas non norit ) non graphicedefcriptam aPlinio Bctbnica dicat, cum Serracula uocari,6^ 

 fohafereLapathij&^ferratahabereillamuidear^meliusc^aliquanto c^ quercus fimilituduiea 

 DiofcondedeiignataCCum folio qucrcus,no ipfa Betonica (a qucrcu prorfus difsimilis ) fed 

 Trixagomagist&^Hierabofancdefcribatur.Nonergo LapaihifoIiafimplicitcrdixitRinius, 

 fedfer?3taadiecif,quodfubticuit,autdifsimiilauitNicolaus . Cum in Britannicacdefcriptione 



tiotifsimaeherbxfoha nigra,obloTigac|; , eodem iibro dixiflcfatis effe putauerit : necferrataad 

 iecit:quoniaincifurls!ths.quibusBeto«icadi{iinaanonfint.Q,uJdautcautfrigidius,autini- 



tiuius dici potcft,*$ idco eVrafle Plinium dic«rc,quia Diofcoridis ucrba, fimilitudinescj mpin- 

 geudisherbisnonufurpau€rit,fcdfignaaIfa,a^qu3eaptiorauidrbantur,adhibuitf 



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In cxpl/candis Plinii de Parthenio(uc ipfcputat) erroribusjn magnos LeonicenuScrrd- 

 t-es incidir,ut ex herbarum ipfarum deicriptionibus^differentrjsc^ cognofccrc licet :quas inteU 

 4exiire,dirfinxi(Ieq; Pliniu«i,Leonicenum ucro confudiflc,per illarum ignorationcm intdligc- 

 jnus,De iis igitur fic agcmus.Tres hcrbas Parthcnij norainc nuncupatas . 2» . S^.ix . uolummc 

 fcribif Ptiniut(namdeq«artaquaeMercuriaIis cil,fermo nuncnobisnOncft)hiscf omnibus, 

 fuasquibuspolIercntuircsadfciipfit.Exeorum (urcftuiderc)rcntentia,quostam multose- 



ff /L sr numerat, prima i\nx Parthcnium » Lcucanthis , Thamnacufq^ a Graecis , a noftris , & Celfo 



Fartnenr) p^j^^yj,yjjj^|v\u^aliumcp uocecur,in horcorum fepibus nafcens , florcalbo , odorc maIi,fapo- 



Ipcaes* y^^j^g^Q Alteram quae Hclxine,5«r Siderites , 6c Perdicium , ab aue cognominatur , folia ha- 



-bens mixtaefimihtudinis Plantagini&Marrubio : cauliculos dcnfos, leuiter rubcntes , femina 

 in capitibuslapaceis,adh3erentiaucftibus,undeHeIxinemdi(fiamuoIunc.Tcriiam quaeid- 

 dcm &'Perdicium,&' Aftcricum,anoftrisueroherba VrccoIarisdJcicur,folio fimilis Ocy- 

 ino,niorior tm,in teguhs,parietinifcj; nafcens.Has Parchenij difFerentias Ci Lconicenus cogno 

 uiffctjfimulcp&^diligcntiusCelfum^&rdilucideiftafcnbcntemPIinium^d^fuumillumDiofco 

 D rideminfpexiflct,nontcmereadeoobftrepuifi"et.QufjdutpleneinteUigcrepoirintftudiofi,e- 



goeasqu3efintapcriam,difceptando(^proponam,iislocum faciens, quiuerioracontulerint, 



Primaquidem&^afloriscandoreLeucanthis^&^a fruticu,cefpitiscgdenfitareThamnacus 



nomen accepit.Eadem a Celfo ( in his fortc Iibris , quos dcagrlcultura fcr;pfifle illum conftat ) 



fiueabodorisfuauitate, fiueqiiod ungucntis flos apiifilmc conucniret, Muralium diifla cft, 

 ^^uafiMyraliumjy^pfyloninjU.noftruuerfo^quodueteres^utin/^urrhajMurena.&Murc) 



iVIecCrnum, frequentiirime ufurparuntj&^familiarcefl^elatinisfcribit Cicero. Pclecynum idem cx eo co- 



gnominafle uidefur,quod frutex ipfe odoris fuauitate,ad fe pelliciat. Siue,quod , ut PclecynuJ 

 <luoc{:herba,quxin fegetibus nafcitur,adminicuIo indigens hortorum,fepibus fubrepatt 

 quod noftro quoci; aeuo fieri,hominum uidemus induftria. Hanc nos uulgo Gcnr 



albo.odo 



ft illa Parthenium , quam rcd^ius fortaffe A 



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niaracutndixcrequidam^quaefubipfaqutefcentcAfcanium^floHbus^&^duIciaf^ 



pleAitumbra» VndelaudatumilludinCoinfulaquonda confeiii:um ungucntuhi,quc5d A- 

 maracinumjSampfuchinumc^diccbatur, VndefortcinGenfeminiuocabulumuuigirsdene- 



xir,ut non aliud fruticis uel herb^e genus inrellexiflc illos apud Diofcoridcm purem y qui Par- 

 thenium Amaracum dixerunt. Alioqui R ea Diofcoridi Parthcnium cft, quam Cauram uoca- 

 fe Tufcos tradit, quo patfto tam breuis hcrbaeumbracbmplcxum pqerum , dulciq;fcripliiret 

 jnfignisuarcsCCum Cautamipfamnccumbrapobbrcuitatemidoneam.necodoris imguen- 

 tiueoblcctamentoobflorumsraueolentiameflreplaneomncs inteUis:ant.MeiiusuCiO,eodcni 

 Diofcorideautore3 5^Chama?milum,&' Anrhemidaquofdamaocafl"eillam,quaeCautadicu 

 fur,fortaflequis puteclcum interChamaemili fpecies,quas eiretres prodidit.collocetur. 



Duasecenim,quaenunceriaCautar»uu!goCotaedicuntherbas nouimus,una quaeSanacfd 

 gnominetur, 8c a quibuf^iam Millefoliii^nonreiflcdicatur, nosLeucanrhemon PhniodiAam 



n.uoluminecredimus , Abrotano odorefimilem , A^flore albo , foliofam ,farpiriofis utilcm, 

 A!rcramChamaemilolimiUorem,qu3eabod6risfceditateputid3ecognomenrumfcrat»Potuit 



&DiofcoridisParthpniumMillefoliumhoc€flre,finoniIIiCoriandri folia adfcripfiflct. Arrc- 



iturinaruis,ftipu-^ 



rundaPartheniumijfdcm quibus a Phniopingiturfignis^plurima infpicitui 

 Ijfcpnafcens^folr^sfercMercurlalistcuius femen afperum,nigrum(^ perdices 



quandofeminainambulantiiiucfiibushctreanc^urgr^corum quidam Helxincm iii^i 



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