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tmgnirudme, .pu*pa tntys viridi, qua pi$or$s v.tuntur, eadem faeehara 

 . condua aut meile akmm purgac : fecnina incus, aut cria, autctiara qua* 

 tuor continentur. 



C A P, XVII I. 



Eqvvnt vr, qusflorcm noninfummo fru&us, fed in (cde ha- 

 benr, ac plura femina in co.mmuni coneeptaculo • Inter hscc Vitis 

 ambigit inter atbores , & frutices : caudice infirmo, & intorro, vc 

 fincadminiculoper fe fuftirterinequeac: corticeafpero, Sc nigro, fibro- 

 ioque: germinacdicI.ongiifi.ma, quaeclauiculis quafi manibus vicinas 

 arboresampledt-dntur, & fcandunr,ideo breuitemporead magnam al- 

 titudinemcrefcit, & nifi crebraamputationccoerceatur, multitudine 

 Viticularum luxuriansfyluefcit : foliafercampla, varielaciniara, vcFi- 

 cus, quos Parapinos vocant : flofculofos paruos, & candidos , vt Olca : 

 racernos ingentes,onuftos fuis granis,que; Vua appellatur, vnde vina vi- 

 cediuini ne<5taris pro hominum potu habentur, aiba , flaua , rubra, vcl 

 nigra, dulcia vel auftera,odorifera, multum fpiritus sterei parricipatia, 

 pro varia vuarum differentia in iis femina tria continentur,oblonga,quc; 

 vinaria vocantur. Vkesexarborisquidem fpecienon dirTcrunteuiden- 

 ter : fed pro vuarum colore magnitudine, &(aporemu!tum , maxiroc 

 autem ex vinorum varietate,muUum ad hocconferenreSo'i,& Cejifta- 

 tu : adeovcterrarum qualitates, &adiacentium herbarum vina redo- 

 lcant. idcirco Vitesin faxoiis, & tofaceis fatas, & procul afimo, csete- 

 rifquemaleolentibus finceriftimareddunt vina, & guituigrari(Iima,fa- 

 iuberrimaque. ExTheophrafto harchabentur, Vitis corticem fpeciem 

 r.adicis habcrc, neruofum, macilencum, tunicis multiplicem,quem au- 

 ferunt culrores:meduHamcarnofam: materiem lentam: radices tenues, 

 fobolem (urfum verlus procreantes, idco euellendas, qua: in fummarel- 

 lurefunt : foliaampia, aiiquatenus fiTa, longo pedicuio propendentia, 

 & tremu!aexneruulo,& cortice,& carnc conftantia : frnnficareexno- 

 uellis furculis : fTorem lann^ineum amplecl-enfem fru&um ; nara deci- 

 dunt perforati; fru&umcongeftuin : fuccu.m -vinofum . Ex feminena- 

 lam degencrare , vt pro nobili ignobilis , & farpe sylueftris oriatiir, adeo 

 vt quaedam frucliam non maturer, quaedam eundem non compleat , (ed 

 ad ilorem vfque perducar . Dio(corides syiueftris fructum fi ad matui i- 

 Cat :m proueniar, paruumefTe, & nigruro, & aftringenrem . Phmus La- 

 brci :^m vo.cat ipfam Vuem sylucftrem,& quandam ajbam efTe teftatur, 

 Cum > ->i* ABnan- hsm ex alba Labrnfca prejtant-iotem cfTequam e nigra 

 eitaucero &e vu**hc,vc ldem inquic Vkis Lambrufce vua, qoa?cumfJo- 

 ce eoiligkur, quandc? oprirae oler, vel, vt Diofcorides , ciufd<m fru&us 



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