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E T O N 1 C A hcrbaeft,quadrangulum,tenuem,altitudjn^ 

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 molh'a,Quernis fimuia , per ambitum incifufis diuifa , Sc odorata « Intei* 



que maiora funt^quse ad radiceftl uiuunt* In fummo cauhum femen eft, 



Satureise iiiodo fpicatum.Carpuntur folia eius,S(: ficcantunquorum fr<t 

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 fas uomitiones cient,in dulci aqua pota?^ 



Pi<Suratio B E T O N i C ae ex P t^ t N 1 O^ • 

 Vetones in Hiipania inuencrunt eani , quse Betonica dicimr in GdtU iDt \mtttb^^ 

 Iia , in 6alia autem Serratula , a Gnccis KiV^»y', aut itfxvT/op.K^ ante cundas ^^^ Bctonicj, 



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cus* Alteram ucro Betonicam , quce alio nomine Britannica appellatur, 

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penfet^nccrefcraLBetonica^inquitPliniuSjSerratula ahoftrjs uocatur-,a radiccfpargcnsfolfi 

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 ambas lion norit ) noii graphice dcfcripta a Phnio Betonica dicat : cum Scrratulam uocari, QC 

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