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&*s virentibus , craflis ] tenerrima fr agiiitatc preditis/oullis foliis, atir -. 

 paucis, vtSpartho, copiofolat5ce,qua(igenusquoddamEuphoib j vi- 

 dcatufjfcdnequaquam fpinofumeft. DiofcondesEuphorbij plantaro 

 arboream eflc tradit,& Fcrulacea in Aphrica : ca fucco madci acerrimo, 

 qu*. no irnc mctu coliigitur e longinquo cotis vulneraco caudicc ; ftaritu , 

 enim tamquam e vafccopiofus la&is humor efHuit m vtnmculos a j id 

 paratos,in tcrram quoque fpargitur. liquoris autem duo.gcnera : yqani 

 tranilucidum, vt Sarcocolla,Orobi magnitudine : alrerum in ventricu- 

 lisconcretum,vitri fpccie.: adultctaturSarcocoila,& glutineadmixto : 

 Eligcndum rranilucidura , &vchetnens; quamquamdifficilcfitdcgu- 

 flare ; nam vcl latui ta&u linguc, accendit os , vt dmtius fcrucr fentiatur, 

 & adraotaomnia Euphorbium videantur. Plinius Euphorbiam hcr- 

 bsm vocat, cuius volumen extat lub«,& prarcfarum Encommm . Inuc- 

 sit eam in monte Adante ; fpe&atut f©lii§ Acanthinis,ce > tera vi Diofcp ■> 

 rides cradit . Mefucsfolia inquit in primis e!eUantur ficut lanugines,dc- > 

 iad«decidunt,& nafcuntur feliaimriha Foliomarino. eiusgumrot ex- 

 cedic omnia genera in calfaciendo & actennando : foiutionceducit pi- 

 tuitam vi(cofam,& craflam cx profundo : confert neruis. Gaienus cera,-- 

 to excipit efficaciffimum rcmcdiusn ad ncruorum punclura.conuulfio» 

 nem , & ad extrahcndam exalto humores,, eius loco aiTumit aliquand» 

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CV M Tithymalis conacrtire videntur Ricinus, & HeiiotropiurMf 

 nam frucius ferunc iilis fimiles, fcd fucco la&eo carent; difFerut 

 & folij, Sc cociusplantar forrfia . Ricinus vulgo Girafoie,crtfcit 

 iri zilate f fpecte arborea j caule cralTb, genicularo, & concauo , srrnum ■ 

 fiubuorum altitudmc i foliis Platani^ampUoribus^lajuioribufqucvelu-L 

 i\ tx palma manos drgitisexeuncibus : racemos creclos fen is alis> alios 

 fWcntcs tantom, alfosrru&iftcanres fineflore : flos capillaceus, fubru* 

 bens: fru&us amplitudinem Nucfs Auerranc/, hitfutus, qui diffilicns ; ; 

 proiicit feminavqu* vt plurimum terna fant, raro quaterna, laruia, co- 

 lorevario,magnitudineFafeoli?vndcqurdamFafeolumRornanumvc* 

 «anr, mcdulla valdepingui, acri, ntufeofa, curfaculrasinedpurgandi^ 

 icd cum nulto ventriculi laborc; abftergi r optime lcntigincs>& reiiqua 

 aatis vitia:aducntantcfrigor*pcrir.DiofcoridcsCici& Creton vocar* 

 4»b iimilirudmem Ricini animahs arbor prooenir paruz Ficns altitudi* 

 ne:folioPiatani maiore, leuiore,& nignorc : ramis, caudiclbufqu* 

 *auis,vtHarundo, rruclu in afperis raccmis , quidifquamatus Rici- 

 sumanimaJrcprefcntai,cxquool6UiaCicicum cxpnmuur, cibisf*- 



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