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5C. Jacques d'Alechamps (1513 — 1588) [Wood-cut, ciica 1600, 

 Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum]. 

 Enlarged ......••••• 97 



51. "Ornithogalum magnum" [d'Alechamps, Historia generalis plan- 



tarum, 1586] 99 



52. "Tabaco" = A^/t-(?/M«a, Tobacco [Monardes, Joyful! newes out of 



the newe founde worlde, 1580] 105 



53. "Reubarbe"=C£'«/rt«ri'« rhaponticum L. [Lyte, A Niewe Herball, 



1578] 107 



54. "The breede of Barnakles" [Gerard, The Herball, 1597] . . in 



55. " Barberry " = i?^ri5£r2> [Part of a large wood-cut from Parkinson, 



Paradisus Terrestris, 1629] 114 



56. "Cardaraomum " = (.'') Solanum dulcamara L., Bittersweet [Ortus 



Sanitatis, Mainz, 1491] 121 



57. "Pionia"= Peony [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Tractatus de virtutibus 



herbarum, 1499] ■•••■••••• 123 



58. "Petasites" = Butterbur [Fuchs, De historia stirpium, 1542]. 



Reduced 126 



59. "Sedum majus" [de I'Ecluse, Rariorum... per Hispanias, 1576] . 128 



60. "Battata Virginiana" = 6"(?/a?22/;« tuberosum L., Potato [Gerard, 



The Herball, 1597] 129 



61. "Rose Ribwoorte" = an abnormal Plantain [Gerard, The Herball, 



1597] 131 



62. "Beta Cretica semine aculeato" [Bauhin, Prodromes, 1620] . . 132 



63. "Carui" [Ortus Sanitatis, Mainz, 1491] 135 



64. "Buglossa" [Ortus Sanitatis, Mainz, 1491] 137 



65. "Nenufar" = Waterlily [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Tractatus de 



virtutibus herbarum, 1499] 139 



66. " Nenuphar" = A^/«///ffa alba L., White Waterlily [Brunfels, Her- 



barum vivas eicones, Vol. 1. 1530]. Reduced .... 141 



67. "Gele Plompen" = Nuphar luteum Sm., Yellow Waterlily [de I'Obel, 



Kruydlboeck, 1581] 142 



68. "Ninfea" = Waterlily [Durante, Herbario Nuovo, 1585] . . . 144 



69. ^'■T\i.ss\\a.go"=Tussilago farfara L., Coltsfoot [Fuchs, De historia 



stirpium, 1542]. Reduced ........ 147 



70. "Plantago major" = Plantain [Fuchs, De historia stirpium, 1542J. 



Reduced ........... j^g 



71. "Alth^a Thmmgica." = ZMvaiera thuringiaca L. [Camerarius 



Hortus medicus, 1588] . . . . . . . . jcq 



72. ^'■YwXi.zxSWs." = Anemone Pulsatilla L., Pasque-flower [Camerarius, 



De plantis Epitome. ..Matthioli, 1586] jc^ 



73. "Brionia" [Herbarius Moguntinus, 1484J jrg 



74. "Ireosvel Iris" [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Tractatus de virtutibus 



herbarum, 1499] jrg 



75. "Capillus Veneris" = Maidenhair Fern [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, 



Tractatus de virtutibus herbarum, 1499] 160 



