iiz De Plaiitu 



detur Cerds appellata ,'crb circinnatam foiij rotundi*atcttt , qOe, feraiftt 

 in nliquis feru 



C A P. XXX* 



TAMARINDVS affertur exOricritaHbus, fru&us pulpanigra 

 conftans, vnacumfeminibusin panes coa&a : fapore acido, 6c 

 fubdulci , oua vtuntur ad a!ui fubdu&ionem, & feruorem biiis 

 extinguendum . feroinaautem tuntSiliquarfimilia , fcd maiora. Tradic 

 Scrapio eius arborera i» India nafci foliis Salicvs -: fru&us c(le colorc ru- 

 i?ro, Copiofiorecarnc, quamSiliqua; &firmiore, coloreque ex luteo 

 in nigrum languefcente, & pingui fucco fcatentc. Ex quibtis colli- 

 gimus efle cxgencrcSiliqu? , rvon autcm Palmar, vt quidam putant , ap- 

 pellantes, Oxy phenica, quafi acidaspaimulas : nam femen biualuc.eft 

 vtlegura>num,durum vercVvtSiliqu?, <&Cafl3a:. Garziasinquitj ar- 

 boremnequaquamfimiIcmcflcPalmae,Hcet nomen Tamarapud Ara- 

 bes Pslmam fignificct,forte ob fcminis duritiem , fimilem ofli Palmula- 

 rum-, kd magnkudincFraxini,aut Nucis,autCaftane«; lignodenro, 

 nen fungofo : multisramis ornatam,& multis foliistcnuiterincifis ma 

 gmtudtnePalmarum : frudhim no&u foIiisinuolutum,interdiupanfis 

 foliis oftendi arcusfnodoincuruatum,autinftardigitiinf]exi,cutcviri- 

 &\ tccfcum antc raatu ritatem , poftea cinercam , qui facilc afcedit ; pulpa 

 *ifcofa,& lenta,cuius cft vfusabie&is nucleis; faporedulci j fcd fructus 

 viridis aciduseftnon fincfuauitate: Infundi folere pondcre vnciarum 

 quaruorin aquafrigida pcr trcshoras» vtfa&a cxpreffione propinerue 

 cura faccaroadpurgandos biliofos humores. Vidiplantam exfcraine 

 natam j folioramofoj cuius ramuliColutearfoliaimuantur^ 



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ANACYftl* arboreftfruticofa: Corticeafpero,&candicamfl: 

 trifolia,foliis oblongis : fedi odoris : germinat in Autumno; 6c 

 per totam hyenum floret s floreslutei, longi raccmatim cohc;- 

 rcntcscircaramosgrandiores, ocincaudiee. Tccas ferta?qua'csfcrmc^ 

 Siliquat : fed pmamine arido. intus fcraina continentur longis interual 

 lis difpofita,figuraFafeoli,dura, colorccxalbotn carrulcum vergenta', 

 quod fub Cane perffcitur, quo etiam terapore folia decidunt, cum pau- 

 lopoft ^-rminaturafit . Aliqui hanc ob feminis fitnilitudinem Fafec- 

 Ixtiam vocant, cui magna vis adeuomendum vcnenum : fohis autern 

 ad Alopegias fanandas illitu . Diofcorides defcribit fbliis & virgis fimi- 

 libtJs Vitici : fruticofam arboris modo, perquam graui odore : florc 

 BralJicar, icmineincoraicuhsoblongis, fimilirenibus, vario, fubro* 



tunda, 



