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10 p<>$nt<.Hisitaqutrationihusinnixus,eosequidtmnonaherraffeexiflimo,quiManthum,&Brancamurfinam, mam & 

 eandem plantam effefcriptis tradiderunt.I{eperitur &fyluefiris Mantbus carduo(ut Diofcorides inquit)fimilis,fl>inofus, 

 folijs tamen domejiico angufiioribus.Quocirca non ab re Tlinius quoque duo Mantbigenera conflituit. Manthi meminit Aeanthi facul- 

 Galenus lib.v l .fimplicium medicamentorum,fic inquiens . Manthos, alvj quidem Melamphyllum nominant , alij uerb T?& t« ex Gal. 

 derota . Folia quidem mediocriter digerentem facultatem obtinent . M radix exiccatoria efl , et leuiter inciforia ,&te- 

 nuiumpartium.Tlanta , qus, Graci <Z>cdr$os, Latini fimiliter Mantbus nominatur : Italice,Mantho , & Branca orftna : 

 Gcrmanicd, Beren kiauu : Hijpanice , Yerua giguante y & Branqua ttrfina:Gattic£>Br<mi%e orfine. Qux uerb Gracis *WS<* NoQlina - 

 ^ypi^LatinisManthusfylueflri's'uocatur:ltalis,Mantbofaluatico. 



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