PREFACE. 
V 
In the next century, a great number of botanic 
authors appeared. Otho Brunsfelhus, a German 
phyfician, publiflied the firft pait of his hiftory ot* 
plants, with cuts, at Strafburgh in the year 1 530. 
He was followed in a few years by Tragus, Cordus, 
Fuchfius, and others, among wlioin was the fa- 
mous Conrad Gefner, who tirlt difcovercd that the 
common characters of plants depend cm the fructi- 
fication ; as appears by fome palfages in his epifties, 
publiihed after his death by Camerarius in 1567, 
This difeovery was afterwards brought into ule by 
Ctefalpinus. 
Among other botanic writers of this age v/crc 
Matthiolus in Italy, a commentator on Dioicoi ides; 
William Turner, dean of Wells, (born at Morpeth 
in Northumberland,) an apologift and fuIFerer for 
the proteltant cauie; his Engiifh lierbal was printed 
in 1551: Dodonoeus of Mechlin in Brabant: Pena 
and Lobel, authors of the Adverfaria 
ed at London in 1570: and Charles Cluhus, or de 
PEclufe, a native of Artois, profefl’or of botanyvat 
Leyden, who. was remarkably induftrious in the dif- 
covery of new fubjeefs of natural hitiory, and for 
that purpole travelled through Spain and other 
countries in Europe. 
The firft fyftematic botanift was Andrew Ccefah 
pinus, profelTor of phyfic in the univerfity of Padua, 
famous for his theory of the motion of the blood in 
animals, previous to the difeovery of the circulation 
by the great Harvey. His lyftem of botany was 
publiihed at Fiorence in 15B3. This great inven- 
tion' was little attended to till near a hundred years 
after, when it was revived by Moiifon. 
Cotemporary with Ctefalpinus were Durante, 
Alpinus, and Columna in Italy; Dalcchamp and 
Renealme in France ; Camerarius and Tabernxmon- 
tanus in Germany; Cafpar Bauhine at Balii in 
Switzerland; Gerard at London, and many other 
writers 
