STI%T IV M aduerfarUmua. i^ 



IS T V D quidcm Pfeudoiiocatum audiebamus dc quibufdam Italis in monte Nigro di- 

 (ftoPife^ Libutnscontcrmino&aliislocismantimisimllofatuoriri : ncc veroillic 

 vnquam rata,autin afhncm fpcciem degcner fada vidctur;nam canlcs multipliccs cubi- 

 ti!cs,rcdi, terni,aut quaterni rfolia exintcruallis bina,paria,&vt caalis incana : om- 

 nia(Ic)iiqucfimilia,nifiquiafldrcs c6fimiles,difsimihmodo & fitu onuntur.Sunt cnim 

 Don ex fpicis,fcd cx foliorum pediculis. 



cUt.UP^. OCI MFM medmm VHlgntim ,Basilicvm. 

 CGerm.f^xftlqzn, C/y/^.AIbahaca. 

 <Gallis. Bafilicq. <B€lais ©aflUcom. 

 OuL ^Afilico, C.^na. "BafilL 



rSVAM visantiquiexcufi,tumcaIamoex:araticodices,vbIquc Ocimum,non Ocy-^fath.ssj* 



^^mum, aut Ozimum habeant; tamenquiaherbula hajceximicodoracerebrum fc- 



rjrct& ftcrnutamenta cieret,eam primuliim Ozimum vocitatam , id cft.odoram fuifie, 



naturx & doflis nos aflentiri par eIt,odore enim mirum quant^ fragrantise cffe Ozimum 



Troglodvticu &fyluefi:re nafci iamdiunotumcil. Necocyus csteris quamplurimiso- 



rin certum; quarc id Ocjtoo farragini leguminum tribuendum fuit,vt poftea diccmus. tMEDlFM 



Ocymi autcm vcl Ozimi vna fpecics ett, varietatcs tres notifsimsE vcl mulierculis, que vKl^^nM, 

 odons & oleris gratiain figlinis vafculis colunt, aut in puluillis arcolisve viridano- 

 rum:frequentifsimum^autem Ocymum vuIgare,fiucMedium dichim,quod quidem du- 

 plcx odore habetur t vnum quippe vilius & abieftius,odorem fuauem etantilla grauitat 

 mixtum , Apiaftn modo fpira ; radiccm & cauliculos pedales& folia Mercuriahs Parie- 

 tarix,vcIAgriorigani,fednigrioramittit:flofcuIise calyculis verticillatim caule ambic- 

 tiks.femine pufillo nigricante,quadamtenus Thlafpi. 

 ^JMedtHm-i Citramm-». 



^LTERvMnuIlatenusdiflat,prarterquam odorc gratiore &: cordi ?-mabiIiore,qui 

 .corticemCitriimaliredoletjidcircoCitratumvocitatvuIgus^nona Citri foiio, vC 

 filfofcribuntquidam. 



^ AXl MVM Qiryofloyllattm ac Citratum^, 



J^A R I v s iflud,& regionum calidarum amantiu$,cuius foIia,cun(5i:aque planta qnadru 

 pl6maiora,odora,CaryophylIicumCitroconfufaiucunditate, femine nec vlla fui 

 partcalioquidiucrfd. 



^INIMV M Am^aciflgKra CaryofhylUtHm. 



P^O Ndiuerfahuiusfacies, fedminortotadumtaxat, quacCaryophyllihalatfragran 



^am , eapropter vulgus, qui in tcffulis & penfilibus figlinis,alit Caryophyllatum vo- 



cat,5cgcntilem , quemadmodum rofam quampianiCanellatam,a Cinnamomo,& Mof- 



^^^A Mofco diccre cofueuit.Hic afpedu pulchellus, intcrdu crifpantibus/oliis & couo- 



ut]singIomerum:vitrea:phiaI^,cuiinfitaqua,angufti oris,intrufum, viuit augeturquc 

 riaiccaquxpotrici^diureliquahcrbulavirentc. Complures alia; vel differentir, vel 

 J^"etates fponte oriri produntur apud Abyfsinos , quas nobis non plane notas hic filc- 



j)5,tufius alibi di(S;uri,qu2e de Ocimi natura culta, & viribus pene prodigiofis , cum al) 

 '^ptodita^tum a nobis comperta fuerc. 



• ^)tuv©^. -ACTNV S,fMe Sterills. 



N ^.^^ntum perfimilis,fcd &congencr Ocimo videtur '^mv'^, ac per y profereda, 

 . ^uod ftcrile infoecundamq; fignat planta: vti etiam Plinius forte in:erpretatiis fuit, 

 M inancherbamcoronarum & ciborum caufa in ^gypto feri, nunquamflorerc, alio- 

 jl cnommcEpitretonvocari,autpotiusEpipetron(vtThcophraftus habet, qui hanc 

 ff ^vav9H cenfet) fcribit.Quarc ciim illi florc non ncgaflet Diofccri.. eiusque ftudio- 

 .i?*"!j?y^uellius Ocimum , fiue minus Bafilicum , pofle cfTc Acynon^ni obftarct Thco- 

 ^ *^^ i^lmiiqucmutaa Hiftoria,dixifrct: Scncnfis candor confuctus hxc arrfpit,& qua- 



