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neat, the figures distinct, and his descriptions mas- 
terly. It was a pity that. aman/of so great merit, 
should have suffered so much, and even become the 
first martyr for botany.. 
§ 372. 
THIRD EPOCH. 
from CAESALPINUS til] CasPAR BAUHIN. 
Or from 1583 to 1593. 
In this epoch Caesalpinus makes the first attempt 
to bring botany under a systematic form. Many 
follow his example. The science becomes, more 
universally attended to. Voyages to foreign parts 
of the globe are undertaken, and the great Bauhin 
reduces all these new discoveries to a certain order. 
Andreas Caesalpinus came from Arezzo in Flo- 
rence. He was called to Rome; where he died as 
physician to Clement the Eighth, the 25th of June, 
1602. Before him plants had been described with- 
out the least order, and nobody thought, by attend- 
ing to the similarity of different parts, to render the 
study of botany much more easy. His system, 
(§ 126), will render him ever memorable. The 
writings of this botanist* are so rare, that scarcely 
more ee their titles are known now.’ 
Jacob Delechamp, born in the small place Caen in 
in Normandy, in the year 1513, spent most part of 
* Andr. Caesalpini de plantis libri XVI. Florent. 1583. 
qto. Ejusd. Appendix ad libros de plantis et quaestiones peri- 
pateticas. Romae. 1603. 4to. 
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