$M»lax a Gratis, Taxus a Latinis appellatur,arbor abietis magnitudine , & foliorum eiufdcm figura , 
° no n Narboncnfi Gallia Hifpani* contermina nafcens. Auiculce qua: Italicae taxi baccasde- 
f e ran bdenigrant ur :& qui ederint cafdem homines, aluiprofluuio corripiuntur. Narbonetam pr?» 
t j a tls e ft veneni, vt fi qui dormiant fub ea , aut in cius umbra lubfideant , ledancur,& lapenumero mo 
ntUr . quare de taxo hac traduntur, ut ab eacaucamus. 
'^^'tfaitur Taxus frequens in .Ananie vallis montibus, faxofis ac pryruptis loris, inter abietes, & piceas, quibus foiip,ac for 
M ma n ° n dijjimilh vifitur : qq b<£c Marti proceritate non nifi rarijfirnb aquet. Baet as fert rubentes, aquifolij modo, 
ri^c '' Pira fa s c ( > •' q uas quandoq; mandentes tii pafiores, tum qm in fy luis arbores cfdut,fiatfin in febres mcidimt,& dyfente 
pta ’ & fpirkibus inde admodii infamatis. Ligni materies, cprufefcat, q plurimis intercurfantibus venis ,in corru 
G ltM & nart j s f^ris maximi expetitur, & plurimi fit,prafertim cocimadls menjis,& bellis, tdisq; conficiendis Quamo- 
c, fa. e 'f nani huius arboris afferes ad fu a coflruenda hypocaufia non exigua fibi coparantpecunia.T axi meminit TbeophrJi. 3 . 
, * piant. bijl.ftc inaniens. Taxus quoq; genere frmplex , procera, auctu infignis , fimilisque abieti , nifi $ non pariter 
excelja , 
In lib. quartum Diofcoridis . 443 
• C 1 CV T ' A , 
Taxi confij. 
Taxi hiftoria 
Theophr, 
e.: 
