STI%T IVM aduerfa 



anamiLi. 



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faiusfanicsex violaceo tantillumrubct,vndc 



jpudriuaifsiniuin Maroncm fuaue rubens hy- 



inthusciicitur, atMartagoni non fuauitcr ru- 



bentfolia,rccl fllmeo flauentc exubcrati rutilat. 



Etporro, lberaferrugmetinU:um,c\im canit Pocta, 



influitcolore,qucm politx cafsidcs igni caUadac 



lat candcfafti fimul ac frigcfcunt,vioIaccnm 



nibidiun,nitidum contrahunt, voant 'Brn^tf. 



fgt Galli, dc quo etiam fcrrugineas Violas dixit 



CUadianus,ncutiquam vt putarunt,funcfl:as,aut 



logabrcs intclligcns,nam Vcrgili/ vcrfus contra- 



IHMnindicat:7';t/«/ acn ChUmycie, c^ferrugirjc ck* 



mlkr4, Quarc vndcquaque aptifsimc noftras 



Pocricus Hyacinthus ftudiofa; huius setatis cxpc- 



fiadoni fatisfacict , cui nullus hadenus poterat 



placcrc, cum iflum nondum norat : quique non 



inodo e Hyacinthorum gcnere eft , fed ctiam 



tMtiim habet cum Lilio,Inde & Gladiolo fimi- 



badinisjvthincfacilefit conieaariPoetis,Hifton'cis,Ruftic3rrei fcriptoribus & Ms 



coIUtum fuiffc pcnitus cum illis ijfdcm de plantis, & intcrdum i/fdcm acccptum , quod 



iplcbcculactiamnum ficri in Iridc diximus.Si cnim huiusflorem,fcmen,vniucrfumque 



auIcm,&filiquamoculisPocticis intuaris,Hyacinthum ncgcs,Iridcm dicas : fin bulbu, 



foliiqueperpcndasporracea,coloreque hyantinum , Hyacinthum aflcucrcs.Scd harum 



Rmm pcritus arbiter(tametfi videat Paufaniam,Palladium aliofquc fcriptorcs ambiguis 



faitcntijs fiuauarc ) rci ipfius explorationc nifus , neque hyacinthum prorfum di- 



crt ,quia nonnulla rcclamant , & Iridcm ncgabit,qu6d ncquc radix foliauc congruut: 



nquctameilli dcfpondcndum crit,quin eapotius,quam nos fxpiiis hic inculcamus,mo- 



teionc&methodoexpediendaPoctarum Hjftoricorumque controuerfia. Ncmife- 



riii njpcrorum quorumdam fattagentiam imitcris,qui adeo fc torquent in deleau cx:' 



: lantarum habendo, vtfruftraputcnt ortam plantam,&fermc inNaturxcen- 



i,nifi cuipiam generi abillis defcnpto^quafi fub vexillo fuo pofsit aggrcgari. 



qiiod Ariftoteles & Theophrsftus in Lapidum, Pifciu,Qu,adrupcdumque hi- 



it3rc,hic poflumus multo vcrifimilius dicerc,n6 paruni multas cfleplantas 



:xta:que naturs, non fecus atque hinnuli ex contrarijs ayt diucrfis fpccicbus 



;uTa,hybridas & amphibia non pauca. Proinde cunvifthgc planta Iris noa 



:cn illi atquc Lilij florum clcgintiar abfimilis non fit,quorum3emuIave- 



:r afsimilarunt, & Palladius dixcrat Iridcm vel Gladiolum i foliorum fimili- 



iri';fanenobisPoeticus Hyacinthuscfto, qualcm in Anglis > Flandri^cquc 



iisvirctis vidcre pafsimcftcorollis cxpctitam. Difparisigiturgencris du- 



thuscrit , Poeticus noftcr fcilicet purpurcus, cccrulcus hyanthinus viola- 



i:i;ineus vocatus Iridis Hiftoricis,&Palladio ,Gladioli Poetis, & vulgoLi- 



•^ ualcm exaae noftcr cxprimit : cffigic nimirum Iridis aut Gladioli propior^ 



^oridei hyacinthi.-quarc priiis hic de Gladiolo hyacinthifque fpurijs germa- 



;co,Grxcobino, &Autumnali,quiafint floribusftellatis&:Liliaccis,mQx^ 



--^vra Diofc. comofa fpccie hyacinthi dicctur. 



^germa, Scljuueml.? 



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A^ ^" ^^ I o fcu Gladiolo aut enficulo nomcn faauni a folij figura,qu« tametfi cadem ^^ , -. . 

 "onnT"^^"^""^ fit multis plantis,vt Jndi,Xii idi,Acoro & bufbofis quibufdam, atque ^*' ^ \ 

 c.^_'j "^^'^;Tipifcibus,tamenhuic pra: cxtcris rcmanfit , proptereaquiapropiusmu- "*^^<'-^^**^^ 

 f^!^ ""],^f'igiat, ftriatumqueliris & ncruis fcabris, rigidifque firmiufculum, In fatis 

 "i«€ncwin^^jn^ ea proptcf 4i<^utj] fcgct^i^ Rgm^nis. Cauii§ fingularis , reaus, rotun- 



dws, 



