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qui hancadStrmhium p€runaepuunt,quae& herbaLanariadic*iac(? a 

 ©beffc&um. cencfoliaOkKj vttraditPiinius,fccundx hicdefcripta 

 conueniunt,& radix Pokrnoniar , vt traditDiofcoridcs: naro in hoc 

 gcnerccontinctur. AtquiaTheophraftusherbam Lanariam intcrAca* 

 nacca reponit,quamuts lcroims conceprus r>6 Cu fpinofus, non liceteam 

 in hocgencreponerej fcd forteapudeumdemaliafueritaStrurhioStni 

 thos ; nam Srcuthium inrcr flores coronarios reccnfct > & acanacea : dc 

 Srruthoautcminqu»t,quofplcndorem linteis tribuunt : foliurn Papa« 

 ucns Herculaniferre, innuensex illa adie&ione aliud intelligi abco, 

 quod inter Horcs coronarios recenfetur. Diofcorides quamuis Srru- 

 thium nondefcripfenr, tamquam rem noriffimam;foliorum tamenli- 

 milirudinemindicauirin Papaueiefpurneo,ide(tHerculano, vtTbeo- 

 phraftus vocat,& in Phyreumate : eius radicem ai lanas purgandasadu 

 mi ab inft&anbus^acrem cfle, vrinam impelierc, & ioter aiias multas fa» 

 Cu'tatesfternutamenta mouere, & pituium adostraher<,idarco Ara* 

 bis fajpe fternuraroriis immifccnf, appeilantcs Condifi . Pitnius radicu-» 

 lam vocari tradit, cui iuccus intii lauandis lanis mirum tn modum con 

 ferens,candore,& molliria :arqucnafcitur fatiua vbtquc, fed (ponteprae 

 cipua in A(ia,SyHaque, faxoiis,& afperis locis, trans Eophratem ramer* 

 laudafiiljma , caulefirrulaceo ttnui,& ipfocibis indigenumextrctiro» 

 &tir.gemi, quicquid iltaimquodecoquaturf folioO'ear, Srruthion 

 Grsci vocant : florer seftate, grara afpe&u, verum (inc odors, fpinofa, Sc 

 caulelannginofo : (emen ei nullum : radixmagna,quexonciditur, ad 

 quemchctumeft v(um : fed qu.xdefloredicuntur,&fpinis*& tanugi- 

 ne , ex Struthio Taeophrafti defumpta fun t , de quo nos iater Acanacea 

 dicemus. 



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NIs eag o vulgo vocatur herba : cutas rami vifco obdu#» suf # 

 adeo vt paruat Mufcar hserentes retincantur : caules fert re&os* 

 & tenues, cubiro altiores : paucis folirs, fubhirfuris, forma fe. 

 feoliuan : radicemcandidam/Rafano fimilemj florescandidos,aut 

 rubenres , Saponariarenuiores. Qucdamracematim tamquam in fpkft 

 ferr, iongcextliores, fubpallidos; vafcula tenuia: oriunrur inaridis,cfc 

 przcipuc marmimis. Diofcondes inter genera Papaueris sy'ucftrii 

 Aphrodem ideft fpumeum cognominari inqur, abaiiis HeracUon : 

 cauledodrantali : foliisintercxreraPapaucra,vaIdcparuis,Sttuthiofl- 

 milibus : fru&u iuxtacacandido : tota hcrbacandidaeft , & fpumetj 

 radixtenuis,& fummatellurc: colligitursftarc: fru&us^ctimpcrfeclo 

 tdolcucrit, ficcatufqucdccidetit,qui acetabuli menfuracuroaqua mul 

 faper vomitum purgat : fubucriitpriuatim coraitialibns Hoec dcfcri- 



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