ipi STI%T IV M aduerfananotu. 



medulla plcnu alba, olea^^nofa^non infuaui guftu,Pine^,aut Amygdalaru pr^fert,. : 

 recens eihExigua rachce,tibrora.ahmenti perboni : pulmonum & thoraas&^-~- 

 tcnam ad excludeudmTi & detergendum apta : hepati 8c renibus amica Sho bS 

 penndc.autcapitiDyrenterkisetiamopituIarinouuTius.eoqjlubente^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 dam hanc Diofcoridis facere Gnaphalium, aut huius fpeciem,& pcrdefcZ 1«?^ 

 bat:moIIianamq;&incanafuntfoIia , vfusintomen^ta optll^sTS S 

 poftea loco moniti,ad illius lanigeras vites rcfercndam agnom 

 i^m efe Tykm ( qmlem hodte n<rnant namgmones) non ilUm amdem Mmc^ cmeL 

 Sepuntnon^em, ^nfmu ^rabko .dOnentemJerncem .rbornm ^ anarLuemklZZ 

 p^Hmkn,tarHm,<^mbHsfoisHminefivitis/edminus . EtfrH^,.^Hidem orbJ, (Mrj^^: 

 Kx^7roy<ii^^Aycpioui: (lcgendum i^i^iip) &Wccxpungendumfignum,&'porT()ie. 

 gendum tv^cptgei^ mquolanugo. Eundemqjfruaum parem effepomo vernooc. 

 clufo, maturo vcro pomo, euelli eximiq; lanugincm, qua texunt ycflcs,partira cximias 

 partim plebeias. Eafdcq; plantas in India & Arabia oriri,vbi etiam eafde Plinius rccenfct! 

 tametfi foliorum non meminit.Er,qui mos illi vcrtendi,pauliim variat,aut aliundenmta. 

 atus fuit: Scncnfis vero tantus veftigator ncgat vfpia faaam huius mcntione a Grzcis an- 

 tiquis,nec tamen iftum luculentum adduxit locum : alioquin velitationum cxManardo, 

 BraflauoIa^Ruellio, 5c Fufchio importunus mcrufq; interpolator & proxcnetaifcdimpo^ 

 fuit illi vcrfio Ga2ar,qucC videtur innucrc(ncglcaa difiundionc)Xylon arboremeirc; at^joi 

 nc deinceps rifui fit criticis iftis^qui illum ne^Latinc quidem, nedu GrscefdreinciLiljtfr 

 ncganr, adeatGrscum codiccmTheophrafti , &difcctnonarborcsfoliim, fedetiaia 

 communi uomine ftirpcs,lanigera$ inibi memoratas. 



Apricis maritimis ad Auftrum iam muItis,proi!enit feminc: quod fuilloaut vacriDO 

 ftercorc triduum macerari olitores Candiotar aflTerebant nobis.Sic enim vberius& fali- 

 cius enafd,ncmpe celcrius emergit,copiofiufq; fcrt , anteuertitq; frigoris tyrann]dem,& 

 fguitia.Sic enim induftri/ pleriquc omnes herbari/,ctiam minus tcpido &commo(loccrlo 

 plantas vel morofifiimas affucfaciunt cito &ubere ferendo. 



I 



Sylueftris MALTA vulgaris procerior. 



Gal. Mauluc. 

 An^^fiJMiillo'^, 



(^V I L I B E T genti notius nihil,aut vtilius Malua,appelladoncmobpr2cipuim«fflo^* 

 liedi vim affequutaiGr^ceenim /na^axHcft.quam cultu tcneriorcm&fuaiuorciap^ 

 frugi antiquitas in hortis cfficiebat, famcmq; ea cxplcbat quotidiano olerc, & '^^ 

 moIlicbat,vt fcftiue dicit Poeta : ExoneratHras ventrem mihi villtCA d^alft^^^'r^r^^ 

 nii hodie primo Verc vnacum Afparagi pullulationibus plebecula in ^g^^f}^f^' L^ 

 eius turioncs tencros-.namhortiscxuIare^iamdiuiufTitluxusipfamj &offianinten ^^^ 



rcliquitquotidiano ad variosmorbosprarfidio: vbiq; viarum &arcarumprope ^f ^^^ 



xuriat, cau! lum tcneriorum flcxili foboIe:folijs quampIurimis,crafnufcuHs,amt)»w" 

 hil laciniofis,viridantibus,circinatis,partim &initio,partim & poftcaan2,ulolis:rio 

 taaftateparticuktim exeunt, coIorcfubpunicante5ccx purpureo palhdi : eden- 

 peolos aut orbiculosfeminum.-radice pufilla,longa,digitum«qaante,lignoiiore' 



CMALVA SylHeflris. 



^I N V s copiofa,qua!pufilIavifiturSyIueftris, ramulis rcpcnsinlnoribiis.proF^^^ 



ra,&: inculta pagorum,minorc folio,rotundiorc, minutius crenato, raoi ^ 

 fupcrioris,flofculispurpurantibus,albicantibus,vtilitatc autfacultate nondiuen . 



tMAhVA arbmaSjlueftris. 



