in Lib. quartum Dioicoridis. r 3 o 1 



HELIOTROPIVM MINVS. 



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HEliotropion maius,licet in afperis nafci Diofcorides tantumprodiderit;tamenin Hetruria,& in cdmitatu Goritienft, Hdiowoplj 

 ubifrequentifiimum uifitur,paffimfereprownit ,in campis ,fccus uias,in oppidorumplateis, & circa xdificiomm utriufq; confi- 

 areas , aridis item , &fabulofis locis . Herba h&c apud Hetrufcos officinis Verrucaria appellatur > qubd uerrucas , myr- 

 mecias , & thymos affricata ualenter adimat . Quare mihi,ut B^eUio qnoque docliffimo , plurimum errare uidentur , qui 

 eenfent Calendulam oificinis diclam,qu& & neotericis Caltha exifiimatur, effe Heliotropium maius . nanque omnesprorfus 

 illius notcs htuc reclamare deprehenduntur . J^eque eorum opinioni illud quicquam addit , qubdhuius Calth& femen qua- 

 dantenus fcorpionum caudiculas referat , quoniamDiofcoridi Heliotropij flos , nonfemenfcorpionis cauds. effigiemrepre- 

 fcntat . Torrb RueUius heliotropum hoc uocari ait herbam cancri, qubd eiusfiores in cauda cancri(qui nobis ajiacos ef- 

 fe putatur)fimiliiudinem infleclatur . Verum hsc nominis ratio d Rucllio affignata mihi nonplanifatisfacit , qubd fcor- 

 pionum , cjr afiacorum caudaforma interfe maxime diffcrant . Vnde potius crederem , hoc Heliotropium herb& caucri 

 appeUationcm traxiffe , qubd cfficacijfimumfit aduerfus carcinomata , & ulcera gangr&nofa.ad qu& magno admodum fuc 

 eejfKeoutumurchirurgiciyqui&pkntam,<Q- eiusums co.mpertas habent. Heliotropib herbaformic& maximene- 



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