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ueftiimtur diiro, craflb , fubfcabro , foris in obfcLira purpura fubruffoj tntas autem 



flauo,acfubfi:antia^gufl:u SCdemigrandifacultategallis iimfl/,eo cotineritur oblon 

 gi,angulofi, confercfliacinijtenui carne,uinofo fucco ac fenijne conflahtes,ad fauo^ 

 rumaliquam fimilitudinem difpofiti,numcrofis tenuiiTimiscp mcmbranis drftin^ 

 (fiudifFcruntcinfer fc acinicolore acfaporetquidam enim funtruff/, quidam , in pur- 

 puracandicant.qin'dametiamcadicanttantum» Saporaliis acetofus,ali/s dulcisja 

 liismixtus,omnibus tamen uinofus acpraccipua? fuauftatis. Semina acin/s fingula, 

 cnico figura accolore fimilia funt ^minora tamcn/orifcp ligneo corticCjintus autem 

 pudeoconftantjnuenituretiam fingularequoddamhuiusmali genus, nullumin 

 acinis femen continens,ob id ctvivgivoy Graccis didumiquod rariflimc ad nos pcrue 

 nit» Cortex priuatim ad Mcdicinam reponiturjGri^cisSfo^iof/jLat/n/s iVTal/corium 

 appellatur,quinunccorruptonominepa0im in Pharmacopoliis Pfidia&^cortex 

 pfidia? uocitatur*Eligito purum fubftantia flauum,intus nullo fitu cbf ita cauitate: 

 fyficeris,minimecp corruptis aut putrefadis mal/s colkcflum.Colituir ctiam in Get: 



mania PunfcamaIus,magno ftudio curacpcuftodienda,fruc^umtamenproducere 

 nequir, ob Coclinoftratis in hyemc rugore?gaudet enim calidis regionibuSjin qui 

 bus minime feuit hyems* Prouenit etiam temperatis , ideocg foel/c/ter etiam in Hi 

 fpania,Italia ac Narbonenfi Gallia frudlificar.cum alias in Poenis nafcatur, unde e^ 

 iiam nomen inucnir. 



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V N I C A fylueftris.fatiu^ per omnia fimihs eftjincult/or tame , fpinisc^ hor- 

 r/dior,cuius Balauftia acCy tini in fatiua punicanatis cfficac/ora funt, Nafc/tur 



in Aphrica ac in Hifpania Herculeo freto uicina fpontc, Regno hoc ob id Granati 



cognomento gaudente. 



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FIC V Sfruticofaeftarbor,magnitudine mediocrisfambuci,caudicebreuico 

 torto^jUirgas ac ftolones ab eade radice emittit p1ures,ceu geniculatas,crafli^ 

 tud/nis diuerfa::cortice ueftitur Ieui,tenui,fimplici<p:infer/us incaudicibuscinerai 

 ceo,fuperius uero inramulis uiridi. JSlateria conftat moIli,infirma, rara , ampla in- 

 tus cauitate , cuius inane craffa fungofacp medulla ad exemplii fambuc/replctij eft, 

 Fol/ahabet magna,crafl"a,lata,tam long/tud/ne quam lat/tudine,no raro dod 



Rad/cib 



partes antrorfum fpedantesc]^,binis profundioribus incifuris diu/fa,qua 

 rum media reda prse cxteris eminct,rcliquac du^ obl/quc ad latcra tenduntur,qug 

 uicaruma tergo permed/um hirfuto neruo d/r/m/tur.iuxta pcdiculum utrincp fin^ 

 gul* al/x partes € prxd/d/s duabus exeunt. Color fol/is fuperne uir/d/or, infernc 

 pallidior , utr/nc^ fcabricia quadam obfita funt , infer/us qu/dem m/t/ore^, fup ' 



iutem afper/ore,pr2efertimcum uerfus pediculum ea quis mulceat» 

 titurmultis,longis,firmis,Ientis,euulfud/ftradu^cotumac/bus,muUiscapiIIam5 



tis fibratis colore flauis,atf^ rutx radicibus per omnia fim.ilibus , ma/oribus tamcn 

 multo.abundantcorticese<:folialacfleocop/ofocpl/quore,odoreacfaporeadra- 



tam accedentc,quemadmodum etiam rel/quac eius par tes. ^ Frudus omnis ferc lir- 

 banaficusbisproducit,xftatisinitioumim,autumnoucr6alterum,utrof9fimul 



fouens,feddiuerfotemporeperftciens.FIores,utomneshadenustradidcrut,fert, 



fcd ftatim parua fruduum r'udimenta,quos grofliilos aut groflbs Lat/n/ uocant,pi- 

 fo aut fabx xqualia,ea paulat/m increfcunt,donec piri mediocris figuram ac quan^ 



titatemconfequantur, cum admediammagnitudinemperucncr/nt. intra fe flores 

 (quodfortaffemireris)concipitfiguraconferdisftaminjbusfimiles,colorcincarv 



dido purpuiafcemcs , undic^ J carne excuntes,at<^ ad mcdiam frudus cauitatcm fe 



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