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^g^fpfcminutifsimaqusec^mPlinio carpat) quodfiudushosjfiuc QuinquefoIijjfiueTnfo 

 lij non fraga (ut fempcr Vergiliiis, & in fuo Palemone nofcer Maro) fed inrdzc fragra Leonice 

 nusappellac.Nos cum Theophrafti,moxDiofcoridis , poftremo Phnij, de Quinquefolio di- 



^excufleriraus^S^uerueireautoremPhniu^&^calumjiiacoremefTeLeoQicenuoftendem 

 QuinquefoIi],fiue QLiinquepennae radix ( lib.j.Theoph.inquic) cum cffoditur^rubra eft: 



inarefcensueromgrefcit^atc^quadratunHabetfoHumVicis/edpufillum^^c^coIorefimik 

 paineo eft,5^ augctur5& definit cum Vire;foIia omnia quinq;,undc 8c nomen. At quarto DU 



oRor^cumuItaP^ntaphyllinominaenumeretjinterquae&rPentadacSylon^&Pfeudofel^^^ 



&(2uinquefoliumfunt^Ramosinquitferttcnues,uniuspaImi,inquibusfrudus:foliahabec 

 Menthoe fimilia^quohbctin furculo quinq;,raro uero plura^in circulumfinuarim diuifa , Flo- 



remhabeccumpallorefubalbidum (ita cnimochroleucon interpretaripofie uidco ) radiceja 



fubrufem^oblongam^Heneboro nigro crafsioremjquseplurimum in ufu efi. 



Plinius uero qufnto 8( uigefimo,(^uinquefoIium inquir^nulli ignocum,Cum ctiam fraaa 



<Tignendo,commendetunGraeciuocancPencapecon,fiueChama?f€linon, fiucPentaphyllon^ 

 Gumelfoditur,rubram habetradicem*Haecarcfccns nigrefcitj&^angulofafic. Nomen a nu- 



cnero foliorum habec. Et ipfa herba incfpfc Sc dcfinic cum Vice. De Pencaphyllo igff ur.hoc cft, 

 C^uinquefolio haechabentur^NuUus etiam,quodfciamjhis autoribus ueturtiorjillam pingit^ 

 Nam (jalenus eius tantum uires^non figuram aperir» 



Primii illud in his fads conftat, uulgarem illam Leonfceni Q.uinqucfoliii , non efTe hanc dc 

 quaagimus.NamS^rilUnecflosalbidus^necinfurcuIfsfrudus^necradixrubrajncccrairajnec 



inarrfcens-jautquadracurjautnigrefcit^nccuitisegrclTum.di^refrumqjfcquitur, fcd perpctua 

 ufrct.Haecfiquis negec^herbaeipfius confpeAionecouincitur.Scd 8c illudquoc^Iiquido con- 

 rtarearbicror^cum Plfni] aucoricacejCum Diofcoridis pidura, Pcncaphyllon hanc nortram,frir' 

 Aumquo<:|jferre:cum etiam fragagignendo^tomendari illam fcnbacPhnius : cum ramos unf 

 uspalmitenues^in quibus fruAus fint^habereillam Diofcorides referat . Folium uero non ef- 

 fcjqualeLeonfcenusarbftratuseft^exomniumdefcriptionibusintucri licet* NamThcophra- 

 ftus folium habere illam Viti fimile prodidic, 8^ folia omnia quinq; : Dicfcondes uero folia iU 

 lamfinuacimfalcatimuedfuifa^quohbecinfurculoquinc^^TuminnominibusPentadaiftylon 

 illam uocat, quo nomine 5^ Cici quoc^ , fiue fylueflre Seiamum cognominacur, cuius folium 

 palam cft Vfti fimillimum efTe: tum Pfeudofehnon^quod falfum Apium dici potcft. 



Pliniusuero Chamaefelinonjquafihumile Apiumjeademutcrquerationccognominant^ 

 quod&TApium Vitifimilequiddamhabereuideatur^&foliaadhunc quoc^modumfinua- 

 ta^ a quorii deinceps numero Quinq:foIiij,& (^uincjjpenna dida eft:quod huiufmodi incegra 

 foIia,quinc|?ab radiceemfccfc:nccfoliufcuIis quinc^ ( ucqua Pedem coruinir uocarifupradfxi 

 t^us ) auc uulgarfs Leonfceni Pencaphyllon diflfnAa , (cd porrccflioribus quint^ ( ut ira dixc- 

 ffmjangulis^ad VitfSjApijcf fimiHcudfncfnhuncfermemodueffigfacacfi.H^ 



lonillaefl,quaeDiofcorideaucore,fru(?i:us edic, quxfraga ab 

 Plinioappellantur^cufuseximfx a Diofcorideufrcs Plinfoc^ 



traduntjquoeinTheriacxcompoficionibus addicur, quxpur 

 gandis domibus adhibccur^cuius radicc plurimu in iifu cfie, 

 Diofcorides dixic^Qiix fi Lconiccnus noftcrjacnoribus ocu- 

 iis infpexiffer,nec uihfsima herbam, cuius in medicina nuUus 

 ufijs efTet^pro utihfsima 8c celeberrima demonftraffec, nec in-^ 

 tempeflfuc adeo in Plfniu acflaci alTcc^Herba uero illa^quae dif- 

 tf nda tria folia habet^quamq; in Italiac moncib* plurima &" cct 

 nobiorii horcis fatiua pafsim fraga ferr^e uidemus^fuii nomett 

 habecFragaria abherbarrjs^a PlinioFragadicicur.Necuenfi 

 railecui^fucritjhocIocoC^ufnc^foliu, tot appellationibus, 

 totctiafignisdemonitrarcuoIuilTc^fi Fragrariam fntcIIexifieC 

 herbaquae uulgaris efl^etquaipfefraga in fuperionbus Sppel 

 lafTec^Atcp ideo non fimplicicer Quinc^fohu fragaferrc dixic 

 fed copulae ecia fcilicet adfeflicnc defcripfir,cum comendarf il 

 lam eriamfragagignendo dixeric:ne(^ eoim ecia augcncem cO 

 pula addidiiretjnifi&raliaelTeherba^quaefraga ferrcr, agno- 

 uifict: utqua.ipfeprioribus uoluminibusindiraflec, Hisilludi 

 adijcfendiiuidetur(utminusmirufir^Qufncj:foIiuquocj; fra 



gafcrrcpofl!e)FragarfailIamnoftr3ehuicPentaphyUo,dcqua agimusjproporcfoncquadom 

 fimilcadco efre,uteiufdem generis cumipfaeflTe uideatun Nam &'ipfam hxccomcntantes cb 



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