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mu. 



nitucliiic afTequatur^vt inftar calycis aut poculi poturis voluptatis caufa.vinucontind:. 

 Sunt namq; nok oblong3! cffigie,nonnuilis laciniolis crenis,ca:rulahilari intcrdiipiira: 

 iafcetCjinterdri clilutiorc,& candicate,cmergcntibus ab imo calyce,quibusa'flcxi^antt. 

 lapfisin vtriculi,& floru baii Rapntio,autTr2chelio afsimiliclaudiituntriquctnnanKro 

 rafemina AcetofsCjCoIore, & parilitate.Bicubitales caules toti, & al$ hirfut«,& hirtrib 

 imo foiia habent longiora,Iatiora,tunicis hirfutajrigida minus quaLicopfis,3utPiilD». 

 naria vulgaris IntibjTeu Seridi domeftics potius quaSylucftris,qusclaciniofacft.Ra(iDc 

 autem candida,tenera,efculentapalmum longa Rapiitij fimilitudine,vtifcmcn&fioi8 

 fcdduplo maior,nec guftu multum difpari.-fiquidem in acetarijs Rapuntij modoefitjni. 

 mus vcrna c|uadragena Belgise prarferrim,& Coucntrias Anglia?,vbietiaminSyloofii(p 

 plurimis enata,fcd minor 5c ftrigofior,cd poftea incrementi progrcditur, cultniDtot» 

 pafsim,vt longemaior adultior,fuauiorq; edendo fit,CalidioribusItalia:,&GaIlizioJc- 

 riori infrequens,magis figura ad Mcdium quam facultatibus alludit, {iquidcmdiildji- 

 criufcuia minime alhmgcns pcrcipitur . 



E^i/^Hj^ot;. EPIMEDIFM. 

 an Spipecron & SptmtrmTlint 



y^Qjr E arduumftatucrcEpimcdium quac- 



nain fit rianta, & an hodie noftro orbi Eu- 



roparocognita. Quippepcrpaucarfunt plantas 



^ /'iffut49* cauIedonatae,quinflores, autquaecbmcorumru 



{,, ^, dimcta ajdant,vti Filix, Ficus arbor,(Sc alia non- 



nulla. Qua de nota fi in hifce regionibus nafce- 



rctur/acilc cognofccretur Epimedium quod fuf 



picamur,cne Epipetrum,vt Plinius lcgiffe vide- 



turThcophraftomcmoratum libro /.capite o- 



Etvm tmifnt <^^"o ("O" ^t vulgo lcgunt Epimctrum.)5iqui 



tiu.fiornmjpi m ^^^'" fixis,& pctris innafci affirmat Diofcorides,^ 



frodipere, ^^^ ^^ ^'^^"^ ^^" venit hiV atq; in Bcchio,Didam- 



mo, Onofmate, forte& Cynoglofto, iani facili- 

 usaccedemuspcritioru Hcrbariorum fentetiar, 

 quam non fcmel fupcr Epimcdio(atq; dc hac cle 



Sptpctrnr^. ganti,& nouaqua pidlam damus planta)rogaui 

 mus.Antcquauiinfcenicetijsintcr crcmia ena- 



tam fponte,non procul Piftoia, in Floretina pra? .. Vencto i'nai"-* 



feauravidifTemus^vircntem donoaccepcramus a I^^""^. ?"^^jJ5colcbat,& a''f-''' 

 ^ceo non vulgaris pcritise, ad Buccentoris fymbolum,qui in nor ^^^^^j^ cbnb'"- 

 e proximis Vincenri^, aut Pataui/ agris habucrat. ^^^^"?^",„ .Aquafi iuiH^^^ 

 Bononienfis Doaor,& profeffor medicus Cxfar ^^^.""l^y V "cubiti c^il'^"^ ^''^ 

 crafsis,fcdnitidis,aIbidis,proIixioribus,teneIlisciibiti,&lfl^".^ ^^jj^yjf^nifr- "^ 

 bus,fparfis pcr f-^mma finguli in tcrnos,quafi pcdiculos ^.'"'"^ |^^oue,aut^' 

 in alis multb tcncrioribus tcrnis ptdicellis,tcrna ^"^""^J^ ij Libanotr 

 nitudinc,colore,lcuorc Hcdcracco, (cd tcneriom, ad '^"^^P'?. denticcHislF 

 tia,auerfa partcglauca vel aibicantia,& cxtrema ora nonnuins • „,.. 

 tim cxtantibus : radicem non vidimus,fed ab ijfdem f ^^!^^" ..dicemin^^' ' 

 flomilfe femcnq; amifilTcvirofo odore:& prolixis am^agiDu^ ^ ^^^^ 



latera difFundi, fubaftringentis,& ficcantis guftus eiTe-etiarn m^c } j^^^,^. 



mandaremus nobis guftanribus folia multum n 



ebantur,pcrquam 



jT^elg 

 IGer, 



ncc nobis vfpiamjprjterquam 

 rRACHELIVM, fiHeCerHi^^^ 



iiltaliavifa. ^j 



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