LcieL . 10^, 
FtJCHS.ius, Matthiolus, DoDON^^ius, as 
far as p. 200 ; after which, this airiftance is 
wanting. Lob el's own figures are fmall, 
and infufficient in many cafes to exprefs the 
habit of the plant, the delineation of which, 
was ahnoft the extent of the efforts of thofe 
■days. 
Lob EL having carefully ftudied the an- 
tients, on the Materia Medica ; having tra- 
velled much, and feen plants in various 
countries, was enabled to exercife critical 
ildll, and to detefl numerous errors in the 
^il|3enfation of {impks, which he docs not 
fall to point oat. His ftrong attachment to 
the iludy interefled him pov/erfolly in the 
^nveftigation of new plants, and enabled him 
to make larre acceffions to knowledg-e. He 
o o 
travelled over various parts of England ^ and 
difcovered many vegetables b,efore unnoticed. 
He added to the grajfes % number of new 
fpecies ^ and, although his ftile is univer-- 
fally condemned as harfli and incorredt, and 
his defcriptions frequently pbfcure and in- 
fufficient, the Adverjaria has, on the wholes 
great merit, abounding with much curious 
intelligence, and fome new difcoveries. 
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