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loblongu 

 1 longcmi- 



OBSERVATIONES. fiff 



pordicanda. Flos Laurifer^, copioTus , racematim compaa:us,pallidus,fcxfolioIis conftans. Frudus 

 pcr iniria Pruno fimilis, deindc fucceiTu teporis pyri in modu obfongus, nigrocolorc, jucmidoq; fapo- 

 rrnadcucordis effigic continec, gullu Caft|ne2, aut dulci Amygdal^ haud abfimili. Vere florcnrem 

 coDfpcxi.Aucumnomaturumfrudumferrcintellexia Cl.V. D.Ioanne PlacaMedico&Profeftb- 

 fc Valcntincqui mihi illam quo nuncdixi loco commonftrabac, incolisquc Mamaj dici aftercbat: ta- 

 iDctfiquinobis Americam defcripierunc FiifJ5ani,aliam atquc abhac diuerfam arborem hoc nomine 

 in&niant. An vero hascarbor Veterum Perfea fit, nec ne, difpicicndum cft. 



Theophraftus lib.4. de Plantarum hiftor. cap. 2. Perfeam in hunc modum defcribit: 



Eft in^gyptoftliaquoquearbor Perfeadida, afpe<Sl:umagnaformo/aquc: folio, flore,ramo,tota- 

 micfigura, potiffimum pyro vicina, nifi quodalterafolk) perpetuo, altera deciduocft. Frudii abun- 

 <lcpnt,omnique temporeperficit : quippc nouusanniculum fetnper occnpat. Maturitas E tefiarnm 

 flaniconficiair:reliquumcrudioremaufcrunt&recondunt.Eftmagnitu ' ' " '' 



amvgddx raodo,coloreherbidus, nucem intusquerhadmodum prunus continens 

 nofcnimollioremque:carnemvehcmenterdu1ccm , fuauem>-conco<Stuque fac;lem: nihil enim eos 

 (]aicomcdcrinttentat. Radiccsrbor exfuperat.tum longitudine,tum etiam craflicudine multitudine- 

 quc; niatcriem robuftam, & vifu geric decoram^atram vt lotus, &c. 



SimilimodOjijfdcmqjfere verbiseam Pliniusdefcribitlib, i ^ cr^). 9- fiib' Perfic^ arboris no- 

 fninc,vocesipfascomi{cen$, quastamenlib. i j.cap. 1 5. aperttfljmelejungit&diftinguic. 



Pcrlica:, inquit,arbores fero &;x:um difficul'ate tranijere, vt qua? in Rhodo nihil ferant, quod primii 

 abifgyptoearumfiieratholpitium. Falfumeftvenenaracumcruciatuin Pei-fisgigni, & poenarurn 

 (lufaaregibustranflatain Acgyptum, & terra rnirigata. Idenim dePerfeadillgentiorestradunt, quae 

 iatotumajiacft, myxiscubefcenribusfimiliSjnec txcraorientemrrafci voluit. Eamquoque eruditio- 

 rcjncgaucruntex Pe!?fidepropter.iimplicia tranflatam,fedva Perlco Memphi fatam ; &c ob id Alexan- 

 dnimillacoronafiviiaores rbi inftituifre, in ho- 

 Dorcm^uui fui. Semper autcm folia habet & 

 poraa.fubnafcentibusaliis, I v t v b h Arahum. 7 17. y p h a nr^fnrtim ^P--^.^ 



Qui fanc locaSi eorum fentemiamaperdfl[ime 

 rffcllit^quiPcrfeam-arboremcum Perfica malo 

 «ndcmcffe ccrcbrofiusaflerere volunc , vt ra- 

 ccamvttiufquearboris hiftoriam d 



PcrfcaiitcmmcminitStrabo Gcograph. vl- 

 tJraovpcrpetuam illi comam irrbuens,& fru^u 

 pynmagniddine, figura oblonga , amygdaU 

 oodoputamincinclufum.&corio. 



tiurdem memmrt & Galenus lib. i.dc Ali- 

 c«it.eamq;feAIcxandri2vidifreafrcri£ • mc- 

 ^init&aliislocis. 



Jd eo oranes coucninnt, vt Pcrfea: perpetuam 

 amvfrJ^r '.°^^^Su*" f^^^^uni, inclufum 



Vdmm AfricanusTlmph.lotw (ecvndmVolyhij, 

 • CratAgusfmeTheoplh Lm^uagottke' Guindoulier. 

 Gall. I uiubier. Hijp. A^ofeifo. Gfr.lSmftbef tlin & 

 HooithutabmUn Aduerfpag.^yy. 



^ygdalxputamine&corio. 



Fixc quam exhi- 



&fij '[^^^P^P^tua quide eft coma; folia aut 



&'?' eft fedqui' mvxlstqualem ci 

 S l''?'^^"^^^^'^"'Oa«toblongis 



^gtcrebat)n,gro.nonhcrbido. haacnus 

 ^«panc **^"'"'gemcra vira raodic^par- 



