InLib. tcrtium Dio/coridis, 



7h 



COLVTEA. 



I o lutea arbor fit multis perdurans annis,Send uerb non nippaucis menftbus uiuat . Quofcut iam omnibus paUmfity V^tel- 

 lium hac in rt manifefli c&cutiuiffe,& inter Senam,& Coluteam non paruam intercedere differentiam . Et qxanuis aflerat 

 fuchfms infuis deplantarum hijloria commentarijs , has plantas facultate inter fe minimi differre ; eum umen in errore 

 uerfanputauerim>qubdeertbfciamColute<efemennonminus,quamgeniftoz uomitiones ciere . COLvtea ,utdeeaquo- Coluteatj& 

 quekicaliquiddicamus.Theopbrafioauftorelocopaulb anti citato , Lipara propria traditur . arbos magnitudmepr&- colytex men- 

 flans,fru£tum infdiquaferens,magnitudine lentis,quo oues mirum in modumpinguefcunt . jqafciturftmine , &fimo prx- »°- 

 cipui ouillo . Tempusferendi ciim jLrllurus occidit . Serendumfemine pYctmadefaclo,ciim iam in aqua puliulare incepe- 

 rit . Folium habct non abftmilefano grteco . Germinat primo unicaulis,triennio maximi :ffargittw deinde in ramos, quar- 

 toq-annoayborefcit . b<ec Theophraftus . Exquibusfani uerbis liquidb apparet , qmm maximid Colutea difftrat Sena. 

 Fuchfius & medicin<e,& Gruifermonisperitiffmm , plantam hanc non Colyteam,fed ColuUam dfuofe errore uindicans, 



Vuu 2 appehndm 



