5 STI%^ IVMaduerfarUnoM. 



Ipica arifti fquc fafti^iatsE hordei prorfam; fed molliiircLiltr , minores & ^ano catr ' 

 K aiicna notha aut yEgyiops ; ad cuius cognominem morbum ^g}'Iopern diduni'- •'- 

 fcimus:SediongeiTiaglsilraminiscineresadxdematapodagrica, ' ' '~^' 



ZEAKVM aisroKiA. 



-r tA L d e quam vagum ^eicc? vel Zea: nbmen^&pcrplex^notioiiisfuJt; latiufquc id. 



5PELTHA. V toohmpatuitquamhodie, SpelthavcI Spe a v tr a huiusictatisqujidi). 



aPf4dM4th ?oi "^^"^^ duntaxat vni trumcnti generi largitur, acerofo multum gluinofo, leuiire km^ 

 ^ '^^ ftis hortido pauci alimenti , non tamen praui fucci nec infueti: apud Jtalos Infubfft, 



Genuenfes, LongobardoSjSabandos, GalIoprouirtciaIes,& vafcones; quifenintpn^y 

 varietatem grani & agri : nec nifipotioris granipenuria vefcuntur. Hc&c plane n£m 

 TyphaCerealis vocata, quam Germani »>dfc^C roc^tm, $ mmi^t rtn 

 dicunt,Peregrinum & Romanum Triticum vel far ; quia indidem allarum.EftftqQidca 

 tcnui calamo, & vtplurimum fingulari fpica , multis & pr^Iongis hordeinon difiinii. 

 iibus armata ariftis lcabris & rigidis,quibus ^gyneta fcite pr^cipit narium intcrnaiii 

 pundim laccfcenda ad fanguinem in quartanariis eliciendu. Granum aute lanouidia, 



6 exihus multo, multiplicique fcabriore & mcmbraneo pertinacius harrente tollicBl» 

 arde inuolutum. Longiusa tritici natura recedens , quam Zea mutiaautOlvTt.^ 



^^'^'^"^^•TheoPhrasti 3c Antiq^vorvmZe ^tferme eadem laus&commendaiio, 

 atqueSiliginis. Quippe tririco fimilIima,5rmifsima,copiofifsima, emultiplici&ila 

 radice, culmo numerofo (5c alto fruticat ; nec vHis valatur ariftis fpica, grano muld.fi)!- 

 liculis inclufo,I.raifsim6 & Cunais aiiimanribus iucundQ,bti pinguifque foli alun1# 

 olimGra^ci^efoliusvernacula; poftea regionibus multis expetita & fata. Vnd£6ciii 

 difcas noftratem Speavtram multum abhac Thcoph. abe{fe,&tamcncongrr. 

 rcm, aut potius degenerem Zeam effe, Quantuque 2eaapraribntiorefiliginc.*""' 

 dem hanc a 2ea melioris nota? defeciffe: Sunt enim,& poffLmt efle mutaiion: - ; 

 & famihares inter Siliginem, Zeam & Hordevm, propter c6;. 

 jninis & effetitiajpriiicipia interiora ; atq-, foris multiplicem euentum : vrco:i 

 fticsereinorunt, Quapropter cumex Diofcoride tres fint Zcx difr£rentis,(i..K ■• 

 cft O L Y R a ^ 2 E I s ) faris liquet , xtatem Thcophraftum feqiiutam , latiorc hui» 

 nominis fignificatu vfam ; & complexam non folum Z e o p y r v m , fed etiam U n- 

 R AM Typham,&. Bri s AM,pr3eteriIlamprimimeririZa;am.Idcircofircni3-^ 

 ^ifsipatam & perplcxam, quis prefla 3c facili defignadone digererc &pcr.u. 

 • qiieat, adhunc modum tentandum. 



ZEOPTRFM fme t RIT ICOSVttrHVM. 

 vx « , . H^ ^ ^ proxime locum vendicat Zeopyrum triricum ; cui nomen conflat:: ; 

 HoRDEVM '-"tico&Zea,quiaeffigicjfitinter2eam& fiiiginem vel robum , medix v 

 ^^^ ^^^'^Nmdemculmo,fpica&lriftisZc^eft : granumautefimplicigluma&folaru^^^^ 



<ftum:fcdlongiusminufquequamtriticumventriofum & plenum ^"^^^:.^ 

 tum,qual€ habuimus his duobus annis ; Spelt^ vulgari colore & cuticuia nu ^ • ^^ 

 fecale acccdente, guftu minus quam comunis hordei fuaui , non tamcn m§" • 

 tas, vt copia j rarior. 



ZEA rHEOTH, 



ZEATheophraftrommumfecurldumfiliginempr^ftantifsimajdlad^^^^^^^ 

 Siiigini, necnifipcrpufilla varietate diftans,non tamen eadempror u^- „ 

 ef u fihgmis crepanc , aut torminibiis intereunt, quibus tamenTheopnra 

 &commoda.Huic muticanec vaJlataariftis fpicadonata cftjglumis tou 

 occlufa. -^ 



OLTRA. jgtfr.3mjne»«ni. 



Siligorragi ,/eufar cdftdid/tffLj^ *- 

 Tr^^Jctf, ip4» r\Ei McEPs OIyrafubdenda,qu^2eaHerodotovocatur;pam^^^^^^^^^^ 

 ^ tur.Hanc Germani,quia pollinis perquam boni & candidi lit^m a m 



