45. Loner, Matruia[s| 
Plantarum seu stirprion historia... cut annexuim est adver- 
sariorum volumen. 1570. 
Iirst edition. 
Lobel distinguished different groups of plants by the peculiari- 
ties of their leaves, thus forming a scheme of classification, some 
parts of which, such as Cruciferae and Labiatae, are recognized 
to this day. 
46. Martpicut, MARCELLO. 
Anatome plantarum. 2 vols. 1675-79. 
first edition. 
While Hooke was making random sections of both plant and 
animal tissues and studying their structure, Malpight and Grew 
were systematically examining and drawing vegetable tissues un- 
der the microscope, and laying the foundations of the science of 
plant anatomy. 
47. Marriott, PIlERANDREA. 
Di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo libri cinque della historia & 
materia medicinale tradotti in lingua volgare italiana. 1544. 
es, and first edition of Mat- 
fla 
First Italian edition of Dioscoric 
tiol’s commentary. 
A monumental work, the commentary on Dioscorides, issued 
in more than sixty editions and translated into many languages, 
was in reality a natural history of all plants known to Mattiol. 
Dioscorides described about 600 species.  Mattiols added between 
200 and 300 from Southern Europe. 
— 
48. Marriort, PrERANDREA. 
Commentaru, in libros sex Pedactt Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de 
materia medica. Adiectis quam plurimis plantariant & antnaliuim 
maginibus, codem authore. 1554. 
Iirst Latin edition. 
This was the first edition to be illustrated. It has small, very 
clear wood-cuts. 
