List of Illustrations xiii 



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 XIV. Andrea Cesalpino (1519 — 1603) [Drawn by G. Zocchi and 

 engraved by F. Allegrini, 1765, after an old portrait in 

 the Museum of the Botanic Garden at Pisa. Print in the 

 Botany School, Cambridge] 116 



XV. "Phasiolos" = Bean [Dioscorides. Codex Anicise Julians. 



circa a.d. 500]. Reduced 154 



XVI. "Dracontea" [Herbarium Apuleii Pkitonici. ? 1484]. {The tint 



rep7-ese7its colourings whicli was probably contemporary) . 1 56 



XVII. Study of Aquilegia vulgaris L., Columbine [Albrecht Diirer, 



1526. Drawing in the Albertina, Vienna]. Reduced . 16S 

 XVIII. Study of Ornithogaluiii utnbellatiiin L., Star of Bethlehem, 

 and other plants [Leonardo da Vinci. 1452 — 15 19. Draw- 

 ing in the Royal Library, Windsor]. Reduced . . . 170 



XIX. "Crocus Byzantinus" and "Crocus Montanus hispan." [Part 



of a plate from Crispian de Passe. Hortus Floridus. 



1614] 202 



XX. "Cervaria foemina" [Thurneisser. Historia sive Descriptio 



Plantarum. 1587] 216 



XXI. Nicholas Culpeper(i6i6 — 1654) [A Physicall Directory. 1649. 



Engraving by Cross] 218 



