VALEttnCORm HI$T0R!AE 



Jjuce du^tcnftct cutuatufjfi^ iti arcii finuantur,e^ a tergo emfnent , & cuidcntiotcs 

 untquamintus,Frud:usfcrttaurinisbacdsnmilcs^minorestamcn3^tubentes,a 

 .licibus/eucapulis glandium modoinfidentes,quirariflimc afferuntur.Co 



qui iam aflferuturjongitudine cinamomo characio fimiles funtjCraiTior 

 mcn 5C nigrioreSjprscfcrtim duo priores: quorum unus faporem habct acrcth & 



romaticum.ucluti fi quis cinamomum,galangam dC Caryophyllos jcquis portioni 



bus mifceat , modice infupcr glutinofum : alter uero paulo rcmifliorc , gluiincfum 

 inguftul«ntorcminftar(ymphyti,reddcns. Tertiafpecicsgraciliorcxiftit.colotc 

 6C forma ad cinamomfi accedcs ,cui ctiam faporem limilem habct,fcd remitfiore aa 

 crimoniaS^glutinofo lentorelenitcradftringentcm. Quajueropaflim iatn in o^- 

 tnnibus pharmacopoliis habctur,appcllata Caflfiah*gnca,adultcrinacft, & aprgfcri 

 ptis diucrfa pcnitus:radicis enim cuiufda cortcxcxiftitjnullum fatu dignum fapo* 

 rcm,pra:teradftringentem,habens. Nafcunturucrocwnncs Cinamomi & Cattl» 

 Ibecics p artim irilndia, partim ctiam in fclici QC o dorifcra Arabia, 



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DE XYLOBALSAMO. CAP. Xlf. 



LlGNVMquodnoftra|tateXyIobaIfaminomincaffcrtuT,tenucsgrao1es^ 

 uirgar iuntjcubiti Iongitudine,autmaiores ex uno caudicCjminimi digiticram 

 tudineenaiccnteSjinpIures fiirculos diuifaeijtenui 6i cinercocorticcueftiiaCjgufta 

 Icncm 9^ aromaticam acrimoniam rcfipicntcs j odorcnon admodutn uehcmcnti, 

 quidumteritur^Uixpcrcipipoteft* ' v 



DE UASCAVHrHOjdeii^rhymt<mittf» CAP. XIH. 



A S C A P H T H V M quod hodie Thimiama,S«: StoraXrubca in phaima 



Copoliisuocatur,crafficorticis fragmSta funt,coIore in ruffo nigricantia,qu<^ 

 fbla pcr (c aut cum aliis quibufdam ad odorcs uaporantuKhabctq? acrcm,nec iniiw 

 cundum in fuffitu odorem , guftu nullam fcrc qualitatem prae fc fcrt prartcr ficcan* 

 tcnucftcp buius rci caufa,quodnimis inueceratumad nos afitratur* 



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DE NVCB INDICA. CAP. XIIIL 



NV X Indica grandis, ouatus 8C triquetrus cft frudus:humanicapiti|pterCtfl| 

 magnitudine,dupliciCortjcc,nuclcocpconftans.exteriorcortexcraflus,car^ 



liofus3&rneruofisuenispercameinlongitudinctranfcuntibus,plenuscft,quodc 

 tradoalterfubeftfolidus, h'gnoiuscpcortex,oblonga6^paulominusqu5glpbof 

 /am rpeciercferens.Colorepropemod5 fpadiceus,fuperiicic modicc rugofus,pbttl 

 fiorccapitc, rotundo foramineperuius,circa quod dux aliae paruar cauernarfunt 

 impreffWjhistribusforaminibusfaciciahquamformamxmulatur, ita ut caucrna: 

 oculorum &fuperciliorum uicen^, pcruium ueroforamcnoris implcat:inaltcroca 

 pitetres cminentior^ anguli,in unum angulumdefinunt.J^4ucteus;lignofo hocpii 

 faiminc continctur,totam eius cauitatem proportionaliter expl^s , cum rcccns clt; 

 ficcatusuero incocuflbcorficcuacilIatS^ mouctur, Color ci efi in rugofa fupci ficic 

 lufcuSjintus ucro candidus, fubflrantiam habct mcdiocriter cartflaginofam, pingul 

 &lokofam,reccns guftu dulcem,8^butyrononfalito fimilcm ,inuctfratusuer6fi* 

 mul rancidam. Habcthic iruus cauitatcm, qua maturus , 8C nup^r dcccrpto frudij 

 cxemptus,aquam cotinet guftu dulccm^qu^ fucccflu temporis cxiccatuTridcoc^ad 

 fios allatar inaneiffh^fe^nt cauitatem ,proptcr quam multum nucto dCcedit:nam^& 

 incifus ,qui concauus eft, uixminimi digiti craflitndinc ccmitiii**;^^» cumfiCca 

 cft,una'cumlignofb&intcgrOcorticcbilanciimpofitus, ut pldFimum duodedrtf, 

 crcdccim aut quatuol-decim uncias pcndctraffertur cx India , detfdd^o plcrumcp «' 

 tcrioricortice,cuius neruo% ucri^ torquendis fimibtrs aptf funt.Ligncus autetft, ct 

 nudeo proximus cortex,argento c:Acptus,6^ ornams poculotum uice^in conuiuif 



rccipitur«D urat aliquo t annis propter nuclci foliditatem 



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