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citas,vt Galenus inqait , in frangendo puluerem fpargit, fciiicet ob me- 

 dulla? internat cariem, non tamen facile friatur . Secundum genus Mon- 

 tflt imjquodcralfum&brc-ueadmodum^colore fubruffoj Tertium ni- 

 grum lurculofum, paucioribus geniculis i odore vehementer iucundo : 

 Quartum candidum, fungofum, tuberofum, afpe&u vile, protinus fra- 

 gile j radice grandi Cafiam redolenre . Quintum cui cortex fubruffus : 

 folidum : firmumq; tactu : nec magnopere neruofum : furculis craflis : 

 oJoremmusfuaui . Pfeudocinnamomum quoque traditurodorelan- 

 guido, fine viribus . Xylocinnamoraum autem efldignofum Cinnamo- 

 mum,diftans, proceritate, firmitateque virgultorum & odore mulro in- 

 feriore, licet fint, qui genus diuetfum efle pre/licent . Hxc Diofcorides. 

 Si igitur Cinnamomi notas contemplauerimus , precipue odoris , ac fa- 

 potis proprietateSjdicemus procul dubio inter noftras fiftulas optrmum 

 Cinnamomumliaberi, afubftantialignofa, &inutilipurgatum : nam 

 falfugo illa acredini adiunctadulcedoeft, quam inoptimoCinnarao- 

 mofentimus: falenim carteris faporibusadmixtum dulciores reddit. 

 AtCafiaincarterisquidem cum Cinnamomo conuenit, fedloco falfu- 

 ginis aftrictionem habet', vtexDiofcoride&Galenohabetur .defcribit 

 Diofcorides : furculis crafli corticis: folio Piperis multorumgenerum: 

 prima ab Alexandrinis mercatoribus,Daphnitis vocatur rubefccs, qua- 

 fi corallus : foramine vehementer angufto : prejonga & crafTa fiftula : 

 inordaci guftu , &cumquodamferuoreaftringens : odoratavinumob 

 olens : Secunda prsftantior Medicis vtiliflima purpure; nigrantis afpe- 

 &u : crafla : odore Rofze : Tertia germen Mofyleticum vocatur afpe&u 

 quodamprimigeneris Cinnamomi : reliqua genera viliora, vtquani- 

 gra eft odore ingrato, prejenui tunica,& illa, cui cot tex vltro dehifcit,& 

 abfcedit a corpore.eft & Pfeudocafia fpecie maxime fimili,fed non acris, 

 nec odorata, corticem obtinens adhserentem medulla: . inuenitur & lata 

 quijdam fiftula minimo pondere , tenera , furculofa , melior antedida j 

 fcabrofam & fubalbidam improbant redolentem virus hirci , ac tenui- 

 bus fiftulis.hactenus de Cafia Diofcorides. Quidam ex Rececioribus ob 

 fiftulofam Cafia?formam, putauerunt omnes Cinnamomiappellatifi- 

 ftulas ad Cafiam pertinere, & Cinnamomum legittimum deefle. At exi- 

 inia illa odoris fragrantia, & faporis dulcedo, qualis reperitur in fiftulis 

 quibufdam , nequaquam Cafia: conuenit . Plinius inter fabulas multas 

 de Cinnamomo vulgatas, hyftoriam recenfet : oriri in extrema Aethyo- 

 piafruticemduorum cubitorum altitudine ampliflimum $ minimum 

 autem palmi, quatuor digitorum craflitudine , ftatim a' terra fex furcu- 

 lis veluti digitis arido fimile,cum viret non odoratus,folio Origani, fic- 

 citategaudet, fteriIiorimbregigniturinplanis,feddenfiflimis vepribus, 

 tubifque j dificilis colkctu j prscipua bonitas virgultorum tenuiflimis 



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