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lo, ex quo nihil exhalare qucat> coquens> 3c fucceflive ica ufur- 

 pans. Radicem hancnobiliCrococomparare fbleo, quiicif 

 dem pri^ftanciiTimas vires poffidec, & ipfi ifli Radicipr^feren- 

 duseft, nec immerico a nunquam (atis laudaco Helmontio ac 

 Folemmm cancopereidcirco laudacur ; quamvis &idem cauce 

 iic in ufum crahendus. Veram effigiem decancacae hujus Ra- . 

 dicis, necnon frucicis nobiliflimiThde velChi^, ad Natur^ 

 Curiofos hac occafione miccam, cum ucrumque iflud vegeca- 

 bile jam viderim , cenerioresque eorum plancas aliquoc me- 

 cum Bacaviam afporcaverim, cencacurus , an ibidem propagari 

 paricer queanc, Habui equidem olim Radicis iftius delinea- 

 cioncm , (ed quas a mca jam obcenca difcrepac » & cum Rapun- 

 culo noftro figura, uc & flore casruleo coincidic; nec radice 

 eciammuIcLim differc, uc fere crediderim, unameandemque 

 efle, &radicem ilhus decodoLiquiricias priiis impr^gnacam* 

 fingulari poftea dexcericace fuifle exficcacam. Quam vero 

 nunc polfideo, Trifolii Ipecies eft; cujus camenfloremvidc-' 

 rchaudpotui^ 



SCHOLIUM. 



RAdicis hujus, cxCorea allaca^, fubnomineNinfing me- 

 minic Nob. O/. Wormim Uh. i.Mufii cftf^ ii. cenuem eam, 

 flavam excerius, incerius vero albam , rugolam, oblongam^ 

 calami(cripcoriicraflricie,ext6rnafacicCurcumamreferencemi 

 fed quaecoloreflavo noncingac,infipidamfere, nonnihiI ta- 

 men amaricudinis, fidiuciusmafticecur, habencem,figura au- 

 tem & fiipore ipfo ad Ery ngii radicem accedencem, defcribens 5 

 temperacam verd auc in primo gradu calidam pronuncians, 

 caecerum ab eo, qui acculicad venerem excicandam commen- 

 datam^ CL Joh* Neuhofim quoque in defiripione regni Sinici 

 cftp^ J hujus per totam Sinam celebratiflima^radicis mcntio- 

 nem facit, in Jungping regionisPeking, nec non provincia 

 Xanfi Cquam & copiose in peninfula Corea crcfcere caf. iS> 



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