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tcftamr & A th$neus credi i nonnullis Tcrcbinthos,qu§ Siri Piftacia vul 



goappcllanc DiofcoridesdcPi(taceis& Terebinthodiuerfis capidbas 

 «gi t, fed vtranquc tanquam notam non dcfcribit • 



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GL a n s vngucntaria , quam vulgo Bcn vocant , nuctcus eft trian* 

 gulus Aueilanar, autPiftacec. fitnilis, meduUara candidam Sc 

 plenam contincns, olcofam ; corticecruftofo, cinereo/aut nigri- 

 Cantc, qui in alio cxterno acdeciduotcconditur . ExprimuntVngucn- 

 tarij cxeiusmcdullaolcum adodoresconferuandos, quia foium vetu* 

 ftate non rancefcit. Arborcm Diofcoridcs tradit, Myric; fimilem in Ai» 

 thyopia, Afigypto, Arabia. Theophraftusglandem vocatpcculiarcm 

 AEgyptij quc, peregrinari nequir^Myrtho fimilem > folio oblongiori,con 

 tortam & magnam ; fru&u magnitudinc & vifu Capparis , cuius puta- 

 minibus Vnguentari vtuntur * quia boni odoris funt, alioquin ipfo fru- 

 6tu inutili exiftentc : ligni materies vahda,comrooda ad nauigia : quan- 

 quam alibi Glandem intcrminorarecenfeat caule carnofo, vt Beta. Pli- 

 nius Myrabolanum appellat > folio Heliotropij herba: fimiii : frudtu ma 

 gnitudineNucis AucIIana?, quas Glansappellatur in aliis nigra in aliig 

 Candida,rubensin AEgypto, viridisin Arabia; gracili nucleo, &odo- 

 ratiorcliquorein AEthyopia. Quod igitur Plinius folio Heliotropij de* 

 fcribit , fortc intelligit ; quas Caftaneas Asquinas appcliant Conftanti- 

 nopoli, cuiusarbortraditurprocerafolioPenrafiliroaiorem, Ricinima 

 gni tudinc : Echinum fert fpinis firmis & raris , in quo fructus Caftane* 

 firailis, dulcis,rotundior, craflior : corticefubnigro, fede candida figu- 

 ra cordis . Mefucs quoque inrer Arabes Ben quendam magnum fcribif, 

 vt Aucllana; quendam paruum Ciceris magnitudine. Hyfpani inucnc- 

 runtininfulafancStiDominici^IndisEOccidcntalis, AueJlanas purgari- 

 uas vocant,quia ad purgationes vtuntur, quod etiam tentantes Hyfpant 

 vim vehementem inueneruntac valde laboriofam, ideo toftis vtuntur. 



C A P. X L V I. 



PAlma folainrerarborcs nullisramisconftat, virageniratemin- 

 dmifam, in cacurainc candicans, habens tanquam in capite : hic 

 cnirn medulla? copiacontinetur,quod cerebrumPalmejappella- 

 tur: hinc & folia & fruclus erumpunt, crnoriturque prarcifaea 

 partc: fimplcxeft caudexreclus, licctalicubi bifiduSj&in plurespartes 

 diuifusaflurgat, vtaurhoreftThcophraftus, corticefcabro, lignoner- 

 aofo, Line medulia: difcrimine, tra&atu facilis , prarualida ad fuftincnda 



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