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C BctOni'ca,qd folio non qucrciis (utDiofcorfdes ) fed Lapathi (iniilc BetonicS pinxit : quodcfc 



capiAuraBr(tannicaeherbapexDiofcoridisfentent/a,rnagisCcnu<!nireuidcrctur.Sedniirum 

 prorfuSjUtindiligens accufatorapparuit,hoino alioqiiTn haud indo<flus,qui PJinij uerba, nec 



Serratula» Wnfet,nccr<fcrat.Bctonica,inquitPhnius,Serratula a noftris uocatur,a radiccfpargcnsfoii» 



..terc Lapathi ferrata.Quis Lapathu ipfum,Befonicamq? agnofcens ( nemo cnim unus eft, qu| 

 ambas notx norit) non graphicedefcripta a Phnio Betonica dicat : cuni Serratula uocari, 5^ 

 *■-' - ^" reLapathi,6irferrafahabereil{am uideat, mehuscpahquanto ^ qucrcus ffmilitudine ;t 



>ridc defignata c^Cum foho qucrcus,n5 ipfa Betonica ( a qucrcu prorfus difsimilis >fecl 

 Trixago magis,<S^ Hicrabotanedefcribatur» Noti ergoLapathifoIiafimpIiciterdixit Pfitiius, 

 fcdfemta. adiecit,quod fubticuit,autdifsimulauitNicoIaus.Cum in Britannicaedefcriptionc 

 nocifsimae hcrba? folia nigra,oblongaq; ,eodem libro dixifle fatis eflc putauerit : nec ferrataad 



Jecit:quoniaincifurisiUis,quibusBetonicadi/tinAanonIint.C^uidautcautfrigidius,autini- 

 quius dicipoten:,^ ideo errafle Plinium dicere,qufa Diofcoridis uerba,fimilitudincs9 inpin- 



gendishcrbis non ufurpaucrit,fcdfigna alia,6^qu3eaptiora uid€bancur,adhibuit^ 



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InexpIicandisPhnij deParthenio (ucipfepucar)erroribus,fn magnosLconiccnuxerro- 



resmcidit,utexherbarumipfarumdefcriptionibus,di(ferentfjsq?cognofcerelicet:quasintci- 

 lcxiflc,d«ftinxiffeq; Plinium,Leonicenum uero confudifle,pcr illarum ignorationem intellige- 



mus.Deijs igiturfic ageiTius.Tres hcrbas Parthenrj nomine nuncupatas . xi ♦ 8^ . zz ♦ uoluminc 



fcribirPhnius(nam dequarta quse Mercurialis eft, fermo nunc nobis non €& ) hisc;^omnibus, 



fuas quibus poUerenc uires adfcrtpfit, Ex eorum ( ut eft uidere ) fententia,quos tam multos c- 



Parthenn numerat, prima qux Parthenium, Leucanthis , Thamnacufc^ a Graecis, anoftris, &: Celfb 



ipccics» PcIecytium,iVluraliijmcj: iiocefur,in hortorum fepibus nafcens , flore albo , odorcmali,fapo- 



reamaro ♦ Alteram quae Hdxine,Sf Siderites , & Perdiciurn , ab aue cognominatur, folia ha- 

 bens mixtx fTmilitudinis Plantagini &" Marrubio ! cauliculos denfos,leuirer rubcntes , femina 

 in capitVbus lapaceis , adhjerentia ucftibus , unde Helxinem didam uolunr . Terriam qusciti- 

 dem 8i Pcrdicium , Sc Afl:cricum , a nofcris uero herba Vrceolaris dicttur , folio fimilis Ocy^ 

 mo,ntgriortm,integulis,parietinifcj?nafccns.HasParthcnTJdifferenriasfiLeonicenuscogna 



uiireCjfimulcj: &'diIigentiusCelfum,&'difucideiftafcribcntem PhniutTijSiffuum ilUrmDiofco 

 D ridem infpcxiffctjnon teinereadeo obflrepuiffct» (^uod utpIeneintdligerepofTintftudiofijC- 



2oeasquaefintapcriam,difceptando(jproponam,i]slocumfaciens,quiuerioracontulerinc, 



PrimaquideiTKSfafloriscandoreLeucanthis^Si^afruticii^cefpitiscpdenfirareThamnacus 



nomen acC^*pit.Eadem aCelfo (m his fortellbris,quos deagricultui^fcripfiffe illum conflar) 



fiueab odoris fuauitate, fiuequod unguentis flos aptJirimeconucnirec, Muralium dic^acfJ, 



quafiMyralium , )r,pfylon in,u,noftini uerfo,quod uereres ( ut in Murrha,Murena,6^Murc) 



Pi^ccynutn» frcqucntifTimc ufurparu nt,& familiare eflfe la tinh fcrihii Cicero . Pelecynum idem ex co co - 



' gnominafl!e ui'decur,quod frutcx ipfe odoris fuauitat^^ad ft pdhciac,Siuc,quod,utPelccynus 



quoc^ herba , quae in fegctibus nafcitur , adrniniculo indigens hortoruni , fcpibus fubrcpat: 

 quod nofiro quocj seuo fieri,hominum uidemus indufrria.Hanc nos uulgo Gfenf^minum uo 

 camus,florcalbo,odore mali^fapore amaro.H^-ceft ilI?uParthenium,quam redius fortalTc A- 



maracum dixere quidam ,quae fub ipfa quiefccntc Afcanium , fioribus,5t' dulci afpirans cora- 

 pleditumbra, VncielaudatumilfudinCofnruIaquonda confedumungucntum,quodA- 



rnaracinum,Sampfuchinumc^dicebarur»VndefortcinGcnfeminiuocabuIumuulgusden<- 



xir,uc non ahud fruticis uel hcrbae genus intellexrfle illos apud Diofcoridem putcm , qui Par- 

 theniuin Amaracumdixcrunc. Alioqui ffeaDiofcoridi Parthenium efi,quam Cautam uo^- 

 rcTufcos tradiC , quo pa^So cam brcuis herbae umbra complcxum puerum , dulcic^ fcripfjfict 

 Infignis uatesCCum Caucam ipfam nec umbrae ob breuitatem idoncara, nec odoris utJgucn- 



riuc obleAamen to ob florum graueolentiam effeplane omnes inrelljganc.Mclius ucro,codcnl 

 Diofcorideaucorc,&' Ch.tm3emilura,(S^ Anthemida quofdam uocafleillam,qu3eCautadid- 



Cur,forcafrequis piitct:cum incer Chamaemilifpecies,quas efTe crcs prodidic^collocctur. 

 Duascccn{m,quaenuncetiaCaut3e,uulooCocacdicantherbasnouimus,unaqu3pSanacO 



gnominerur, &j quibufdam Mi!lefoliii,non recfi^edicacur ,nos Leucanthemon Plinio diaani 

 »i.uoIuminecrcdimus, Abrotatio odore fitnilcm , Sfflorealbo, foliofam ,fufpiriofis utilcm^ 

 AlteramChaiiiaemilofimilforem^qupabodorisfccditareputidjecoonotriencumfrrar.Fo^JJ 



■& Diofcoridis Partheoium Millefohum hoc eflc^fi nofillh Coriandrifolia adfcripfifTet. Arl«' 

 cunda Parthcnium rjfdem quibus a Plinio ping/rurfignis , plurima infpicitur in aruis,"ij^ 

 hfcp nafccns,foIrjs fere Mercuria!is:cuius femi^n afpertim , nigrumcj; perdices appetant . a 



quandofcminainambuUnuuueflibushaereantjUtgraecorumquidam Helxincm dicvina u - 



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