34* De Suffruticibus/X: Herbis 



c A p. XXXVIII. 



Vabdam in Alpibusrepcritur: caulibusdigiti craflitudi- 



nejcubitalibus ,re&is, fimplicibus : foliis prseduris # re&is. 



quaGFilicis, autTanaceti: Huius vafculaoblonga^prardu- 



ra i modice dcprcfta circa cufpidem : femcn continent, can» 



didum,&far&um. 



C A P. XXXIX. 



ORobanchb vulg& Cauda Leonis,caulis cft tencr,re<5tus, do 

 drantalis , fimplex j finc foliis , fubfTauus : florcs fert veluti in 

 fpicaconcauos,aIbicanres, vafculaoblonga, inquibuspuluif- 

 culus fubrufus contineturprofemine : radice nititur rotunda, coiore 

 flauo,cuiradicu!cinfunt breucs; amburirplantasleguminum vicinas, 

 vt adfrugem non pcrueniantjideomalaherbaarufticis vocatnr : Altc- 

 ra breuior & ramofa : floribus purpurafccntibns . Diofcorides inquit : 

 cau!icu!useftfexquipcdahs,intcrdum maior, fubrubcns, hirfutus, tc- 

 ncr, fine foliis, pinguis : florc fubflauo , aut in lutcum vergentc : radica 

 digiti cra(lhudinc,quajdehifcit,cumarefcitcaulis: nafciturinter legu- 

 mina, qua?ftrangular;vndcnomen : comcditurcruda^&cocla Afpara- 

 gi modo : cocta cum leguminibus accelcrarc co&ionem creditur . Pli- 

 nius cadem fctibit . Theophraftus hoc nomine aiiam oftendit, vt patcc 

 in Cufcuta • 



C A P. X L. 



ARachibna ex gcncrc eft Orobanchcs, plata apud nos in opa 

 cis nafcitur, tcncmma , fuccofa , odore fungi, guftui grata : ab 

 cadem radice, qusc in profundum agi?ur,riumerofi veluti cauli- 

 Cnlicxeunt, candidi,intra tcrram Iatitames,quibusIoco fohorum frc- 

 quentia infunt corpora fungofa, candida, veluti fquama: praecralfe;, fpc- 

 cicquodamodoradicis Di&ariac j idco funt, qui Dcntanam Aphyllon 

 appellent : iidcm cauliculi, cum e tcrra crupcrint,pre;di<5tis fquamis ca- 

 rcnt, findunturq; in ramulos,fimiles Orobanche > floribus mulris , pur- 

 purcis, aut candicantibus : fru&us fert brcues; in quibus fcmina candi- 

 da.roruda, in duobus vafculi latcribus fcdcntia. coquitur in cibis,durn 

 teneracft, more Afparagi,autfungorum; cum exarcfcif, dura rcddirur, 

 acnigrefcit ,in GalliaCifalpina vuJgoCarpignam vocaut.datur puluis 

 in poru adafTt&us matricis,cV colicos.Thcophraftus duasoftendit.Ara 

 chidnam,& quod Araco fimile eft : ambg inquit fru&um fcrunt fub ter 



ram, 



