Gymnotetrasperrna AfperifoYus. z-pj 
Vires. Vis eft ut Malvas emolliens, conglu- 
tinans , confolidans , humedans , & infpif- 
fans herba, in fputo fanguinis hedica &Phty- 
fi vel folia vel flores commendantur, inter; 
vulnerarias plantas refertur, in afperitate pul- 
monum, Tuffi diuturna maxime valet; hine 
in pleuritide, Peripneumonia & Hepatide.ubi 
expedoratio requiritur, convenit, lenit An- 
helitum, & Renibus aeque prodeft» • 
Echium . 
Charader. Caulis lanuginofus, viridis', & 
pundis nigris inftrudus , folia angufta, oblon- 
ga, afpera, lanuginofa, faporis infulfi, flos 
monopetalos ex angufto in latum inftar cor- 
nu venatoris expanfus, fuperior pars fupra re- 
liquas eminet, formatque quafi galeam, fe- 
mina fe invicem j unda, afpera, fingula caput 
Vipers referentia; radix crafia;, longa, & lig- 
nofa, crefcit hsc planta in arenofls locis cir- 
ca muros. 
Nomen. Echium ab iyjs vipera , quia femina 
matura viperae caput referunt, herba Viperaria 
dicitur, quia Veteres crediderunt, hancplan- 
tam viperas necare, quod non credo; Csete- 
rum medicina non multum de ea novit. 
Symphytum* 
Charader. Caulis lanuginofus, afper, craf- 
fus, excavatus, folia ampla, longa v afpera 
lanuginofa, acuta, coloris viridis obfcuri, flos 
cylindricus pendulus , ad marginem quinquifi- 
dus , profunde diflfedus femina fe invicem 
conjunda, fplendentia, nigra, fingula vipers 
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