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And.Matthioli Comm. 



CEPA ASCALONICA. 



etcnlm apud ifum cxtcra quidem candidisfimdes conflant,fed colore candid& admodnm proueniunt , Sardianisq;fmiliter j ( 

 ferrc afjirmant . Cretenjium peculiaris rnaxime natura notatur,Jed ^ifcaionijs quoddmntodo proxima , ni fortt uel eadem 

 dici dcbeat . *Bft emm m Creta gcnus quoddarn , quodftmine quidem fatiun in radien crafatur : depofitum ucro , in cau- 

 Um,Jc»jciiq; totumfnndiiur : ftne capite ,J'aporeque dulcc cfl . Id cnim quafi e contrario cxtcris babet : omnes nanque 

 depdfitte melius-, celcrituque perficiuntur . Omnes pofi artlurum proucniunt,tepido adhucfolo,ut depofttas imbres occu- 

 pcm . Scruntur& toto capite,& circuncifo,fed germinationes kaudftmilesfieri folent . Varte nanque infcriore cepx na- 

 fcuntur ,fupcriore bcrba tantum erumpit: J~cg7a uero in rctlum,germinare omnino ncqueunt. Cctbyum diclunifmc capite 

 efl,& quaji longa cermce confficns : ob idgerminatio tota infronde,fxpinsq; retondetnr,ut porrum. qua de cauja fcmme 

 ferum\id nec deponimr . Cepasbifccfcre difftrentus difcernere licct.bacltnus Teopbraftns . ^{ajiuntitr Ccpx ui wv.ucrfa 

 Italia frequentitfima , qux etiatn inibi multiplicifigiiantur genere , tit refert Tlmius lib .■xix.tap.\i.& utnos qiwti- 



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