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vu. Syri &: luba tragcniata appellant.Nam in alia partc Phoeniecs Cilicia'C]^,populari e^ 



dam nomine a nobfs appellantur balani.Eorum quoq^ plura genera.Di&rfit figura ro=^ 

 tunditatis aut proccritatis.Diffcrunt & coIorc,nigriorcs ac rubcntcs. Ncc pauciorcs fi^ 

 cu tradunt colorcs.Maximc tamcn placent cadidi. Diftant & magnitudinc, prout inulti 



cubitumcffeccrc.Qui<^amfuntnonampIiorcsfaba.Scruaturhidcmum,quinafcuntur 

 in falfis atq^ fabulofis,ut in ludsca 8C Cyrenaica Africa.Non item in i5gypto,Cypro,Sy 

 ria,& Scleucia Affyri^c.QLiamobrcm fues & rcliqua animalia cx his faginantun Vitiati 

 aut uetufti cius pomi fignum cfl:,decidiffc candidam uerrucam , quae raccmo adh^ferit* 

 Alexandrimilites palmis uiridibus ftrangulati funt . In Gedrofis id faflu eft pomi genc 

 re,alibi copia cucnit. eft cnim tata muftcis fuauitas,ut finis madendi no nifi pcriculo fiat 



DcSyriaearborib 



Cap» V 



Yria prartcr hanc peculiarcs habet arborcs, In nucum gcnere piftacia nota, Prodcffc 

 ^ aduerfus ferpentium traduntur morfus,&: potu & cibo Jn ficorum autem caricas,& 

 minores eius ocncrrs,qua: cot tana uocat* Itcm pruna in Damafco montc nata3& myxa, 

 utramcp iam familiarem Italiar > Ex myxis in iEgypto Sc uina fiunt. {uniperifimilem ha^ 

 bcnt Phccnices Sc ccdrum minorcm.Duo cius genera,Lycia & Phocnicia.Diffcrunt fo 

 lio,Nam qu2c durum,acutum,fpinofum habct,oxycedros uocatur, ramofa 8c nodis infe 



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fta. Altera odorc prscftat. Frudum ferunt myrti magnitudinc, dulcem fapore. Et maio^ 

 ris ccdri duo ocncrarQiix floret/rucf!um non fert, Frugifera non floret, 6c in ea antecc^ 

 dentcm fru(flum occupat nouus.Scmcn cius cuprcffo fimilc.Quidam ccdrelaten uocat, 20 

 Ex hac rcfina laudatifsima.Materia: uero ipfi acternitas . Itac^ & fimulacra dcorum ex ca . 

 facftitauerunt.Ccdrinus eft Romsc in dclubro ApoIIo Sofianus,Scleucia aducftus . C 

 dro fimilis in Arcadia cft arbor:in Phrygia frutex uocatun 



Dcterebintho. Cap» vi 



Yria et tcrcbinthu habet.ex his mafcula eft Cmc frucflu* Focminaru duo gcnera.alt 



* OfruausrubetIentismagnitudine,aItcripaIIidus.Cumuitematurcfcit,nogradiorfa 



ba,odorc iucundior,ta6lu rcfinofus circa Ida Troadis . Scd in Maccdonia brcuis arbor 

 xcatcpfiruticofa,in DamafcoSyrixmagna.Matcrics ciadmoduIenta,acfidclisaduc^ 

 tuftatcm,eximi] ac nigri fplcndoris^flos raccmofus oliuai? modo,fed rubcns,foIia denfa, 

 Fert SC foiliculos cmittetcs quxdaanimalia,ceu cuIices,Icntorccp rcfinofum,qui & cor^^^ 3 

 ticc crumpif.Etia rhus Syria:r mafcula fert,ftcrili focmina, foho ulmi paulolongiorc 8C pi 

 Iofo,folioruintcrfcfcmpercotrarf]s pcdicuIis,graciHbrcuic^ ramo.Pellcs cadidx conji 



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iis.ScmcIcntinmilccumuuarubefcitjquoduocatrhuSjmcdicamehtisncceffa 



Dc Gcu ^oyptia &C Cyp 



T in i^^ovpto multa gencra^quas no alibi. Antc omnia ficus, ob id iEgyptia 



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JL> minata, Arbor moro fimilis foho,magnitudine,afpe61:uPomii fert no ramis fcd cai 

 dice ipfo Jdcp ipfum ficus eft predulcis,fine granis intcrioribus,pcrcj^ foccudo prouctu 

 fcalpendo tantiji fcrrcis unguibus:alitcr no maturefcit. Sed cilm faftu cft, quarto die dc 

 iTJctit,aIio fubnafcetcifeptcno ita numcrofa partu,pcr fingulas aeftatcs multolacflc abun 

 dantcSubnafcitctia fi no fcalpatfcctus quaterseftatc^priorcmcpcxpclIitimmaturu.Ma 49 



terics proprt) ocneris intcr utilifsimas. Cscfa ftatim ftagnis mergit, Hoc cft cius ficcari 

 Etprimofidit^pofteafluitareincipitrcertoq^fugite^mahcnushumor, quialiaomncri* 



Cilm innatare cocperit , tcpcftiusc habet fignu . Huic fimilis quadatcnus qu2e 



Cypria ficus in Creta.Nain & illa in caudicc ipfo fert pomu ct ramis,ciim in crafsitudine 

 adoleucre.Scd hscc germina cmittit fine uIHs folrjsradicis fimilia.Caudcx arboris fimilis 

 populo,folium ulmo.Fru(Sus quatcrnosfundit,toties &roerminat*Scd groffus cius no 

 iTiature(cit,nifi incifura emiflo lade.Suauitas & interiora fici^magnitudo forbi 



Dc Ccraunia filiq 



Cap» viif 



Imilis his filiqua,quam lones Cerauniam uocant:trunco &ipfa fcrtilis, fcd pomo fi 



liquac.Ob id quidam iEgyptia ficum dixcrc^crrorc manifcfto . No enim in -£gypto 5^, 



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