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Sententia D I O s C* de purpurcis VioIiS* 

 1 O D A M purpuream,aIiquiDafypodion,aIrj Priapeion, alfj 

 lon {ylueftre, alfj Cybelion , Romani Violam purpuream uo^ 

 canr* Folium habet Hsedera minus, tenuius, ac nigrius , nec multo difsi^ 

 mile.CauIicuIus a radiceprodit, inquo flofculus fuauiter olens^purpu: 



reus. Opacis &C afperis nafcitur* 



Paraphrafis hermolai barbari 



fuper eiiHem purpureis Violis, 



Vfola , quare Violatn Graeci lon pro flore, Violariu Ioniam,pro frutice appclIat.Nicander in Georgicfs 

 diAa Icv. lon uocata credit VioU,quia nymphae quaeda loniae florc eum lourprimii dcdere muneri.Na- 



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Phrygana» ocs Phrygana^hoc cftjfurcuh^fiuc 



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rora^u tRuta^SirymbriUjScrpillumtcoc^ 

 icuntlexc^pta Nigra^quoe hoc capite delcri 



biuVircchaecperpetuOjS^utquidaferunCjficercognecolatjanno toto*Serit plantis utolus 



VerefloretjpoftLeucoion^&anteFIameam.CuIonGraecidiciit-jNigra^feu Purpurcamfcrc 



intelligut. Humilis h3eC3& latiore folio^ftarim ab radicc multa carnofo exeunte^line ramis : ob 



id uulgoLoripedc Violauocamus.Haenore a ca^terisdiftinguuntjfolscla appcUatae Graecist 

 utabi^sIanthinaucftiSj&uioIaceadiceret^AHauioIa^generainLcucoiorcddidimus^Vio^^^ 



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Violae Sar- Sarranas, a coIorCjCapurpureiseafdeefleapudColumella arbitror^Purpurcas^VaccinfajSC 



ranae » Hiacynchiidici^Seruius Gramaticus exiflimacDiofcoridcs quoq; Hiacynrhu^IatincVaccinitf 



Vaccjufa» appenarifcribit.Admoncndifunt^quihaecIegur^purpureas VioIasduo^generijhaberi^AH- 



Hiacynthus* asinterLoripedcs^fiueSefsileSjdequibushicagitraliasinterLeucoia^odoratasc^ccseire.Sed 



Scfsilesuiolf» &candidaijiq5geminah?cdifcriminaccrnunt.AlifLoripedes:ali?LcucoiaXeucoiainrelh'go 



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quas Mauritania Cheiri appcUattLoripedcs^q uulgo Claudae noiantj&^Maurice Scnephigi* 



Aniiotatio vergilii inpurpureas Violas^ 



QuaeferrugineosHiacynthos^&rnigraVaccinauocari a latino^poctisfecit nfgrfcaspur 

 pura,ucl ur aptiusloquamur^in n/gro purpureus coIor,eadc Theophrafto,grjcoril<^alrjs fcri 



Murarii 

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Cybelios 

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Priapcios, 



£3 ptoribus caufla fuir^ut Viola^quae nunctraAanda a nobis efl,n/gra diccrctrtam frequcti, recg 



ptoq^pafsim in ea coloris difcriminchuiufccmodi,utmuItislocis Theophrafti in planta^hi-* 

 ftoria,nihiIccrtiusinteUigat,ubiiq? m^>^o^v VoV^dicenti Violajquarnigricantcpurpura^admuro- 

 rumradiccSjhortOj^marginibus^^fepibuSjflorcnsprimajautcuprimisaduentiiuerismorta 

 libus nunciatrnotauuIgOjiSi^ubicpinuctu faciIis5quaetotoannouircat,& fiores tenuiquidem, 

 fcdlongiorccoliculoaltius a tcrrainterfoIiaerigat.QusehicmcritoHscdersccoparauitrquo-. 

 nia proximc ad eam figura acccdunc^iVluraria Violam a larinis uocari in Diofcoridc legit.Nc- 



fcimustnj^uetufiaeauoxfit^fedquaecunc^eacft^naturaeeiusriTtdcttquonia^utdiximuSjad 

 muroij: radiccs,umbrofis locis frequcs Sc fpcciofa nafcit. Eadc cauffa fuit,cur fylucftris Viola 



tridcdiccrcturiqmlocisnonculcisnafcif.necuiolariainhortis^utc^terfillicognok^ 



tuir quonda ctia religione aliqua^^ numinis gratiacomendari., ideoc^ Cybelios Viola,ab an- 



tiquifsima dea Cybelc dida ^ laudc po tius ^ nomcn id inueniflc ^ Scd nobis nuUa efi cius noi* 



" certa ratio^aut^onicAuratqucadmodu &'rcifquaealicc pcnicus ignotae^Nifi Pr(apeios non dif- 



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fimiIirarionc-,c| Cybelios,ab anriquo ruris &rhortoru numine dii!iafucrit.Dcfcripfit ca ' 

 phraftuslib*<>,deplantai5:hiitoria,dixitq;,7r|firp/^c9yxXflv y^ ScJtpvXXflv uvw^jtac) wcrTnif ^flf^l, 

 lAiy»v ^iftiv To avS^,t«r TfcTTw t/v) fft/>A7rtu«T«i.Quod efi*3Exirc& uiucrcfoliacfus in radicis capitc 



fancUjpcrpctuaqjuirerefrondeJdenimuocesillaedua-figniffcant.FacikqjefiuidercfoIio^f^ 

 Violarhuiuscefpitem^nulliscaulibus^autramulis a terrafurgencc,quodc?cer^ habencVio- 

 Ix : nccaeftu anni arefcercjauthyemc^quod alisepaciuntur, fed poft amiflbs flores , uirencibus 

 folijs^medicinxtotoannoctiainfcruitc.Adiecitprseterca^refiariquofdam.poflehancVio- 



lamcontinucrotoannoflorerc,fiaIiquarationecurctur:quamrameniIlcnon 

 busIocisidcxcogicaucrinthomincs.AdiccitcodcIibrofcriptor.difi^errchanc 

 lis inrcliquanaturatpraecipucautetji SVi 7tXoc7v^\®-^K<x) Ijuo^vXXor, xac} raHofjyAXQ-W/v^quod 



fcilicct Iariorefolio<^rchquaeVioIaefit:intcnigiic^rcliquasViolasLeucoiaabomnibusap- 

 pellatasieodemq; folio (it \yyvt?^ id eft,tcrrcftri,quod a tcrra non furgat.&f prercridcarnofo 8C 

 pitigui.Qu3comniaIonoiusfort€di(fbaliquibusuidebuntSednosrerucerricudiniconfulcn 

 tcs,obfcuriores breuitacc nolumus ficri.Q^uo confilio^in Vi<flsehuius fignado coIorc,a prin- 



cipioftatimufifumusidcontraalioruminterpreriicdicioncSjNigrarasnonpurpcreamVio- 



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