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^ Bufichon Arabice apud Avifenam pro Myrtid^enoDioCcondis Ca- 
^ pite de MyrtOy uU Bmcon Myrti ^ocat quod Diofcorides fA-v^r'i^avc)/’ 
* alto Capite de Buncho feorfim traUaty quod pariter ^ocat Bunk^ 
^ fed aliter interpretatur. Rem quippe dicit effe qua affertur ex [ndia 
* ^ ex Arabia quam ait tradere nonnullos ejfe aliquid de Radicihus 
* Am Gailam. Am Gailam Arabibus Spina eft Arabica, ^ certum 
‘ eji Avifenam it a ^ocajfe uKclv^av Diofcoridis. Bunkon 
* itaqy Arabum duas res fgnifcat Myrtidanum ^ Radices Am 
^ Gailam juxta quorundam Sententiam. Meminit ^ Btinc Rhazes cui 
* Locum dat inter Species odoratas quarum perfequitur Firtutes. Ca- 
‘ lidum ^ ficcum ejfe dicit ^ Stomacho conveniens. Idem porro 
‘ ejfe oportet hoc Buncum cum Avifens Buncho y qui Speciem Indicam 
^ ^ Arabicam meminit t ant urn y nec quale ft explicat. Non hene 
^ itaqj Rauwolfius in Hodoeperico qui LruBum quendatn Nomine 
^ Bunna vel Bunay Appellationey Forma^ ^ Facultatibusy fmillimum 
‘ tradit. Be Facultatihus non ahnuo quin verum videri queaty de 
^ Forma ^ Appellatione res in totum alia. 
Velfchius is of the lame Opinion with Salmafiusy and confirms 
it by the Authority of Arabick Writers, who mufl: certainly be 
the befl Judges, when the Difficulty is concerning the Meaning 
of Words in their own Language. 
^ Neque Rauwolfio, fays he, ^ cateris ajfentiri pojfumus quU 
* cunq'y Bon Alpini Bunchon Ebufinx faciunt : etfi enim multa huic 
‘ conveniant quo Alpinus Bon afcripfity funt tamen ^ alia non 
* pauciora qua plurmum differre arguuntd And after quoting the 
Words of Avicenna y he adds, ‘ Aac cum decoUum egregie prafare 
* fokty unde hodie Saccharo edulcatum Magnatibus Italic plerifq, ejl 
* in ufuy evenit ut Bon cum Bun confunderetur Soni pracipue Si'- 
^ mili.udine perfuafs, Verum quacunque ex Ebufina attulimus it a 
^ comparata funt ut aliis quoq-^ rebus facillime applicari pojfunty 
‘ unde prafarit ipfos hujus Con'troverfa Arabes admittere Judices. 
^ Aperti enim Ebubeitharus Bunchon Nafcaphthum Diofcoridis ex-- 
‘ ponit cujus Defcriptio qua Lib. 2.z. habetur^ cum Ebufina: nofri 
^ Relatione maxime confentit : quemadmodum ^ Ebu Maamfi Inter- 
^ pretatio in Lex. Perl. Arab. Bunchon Radicem odor at am facit : 
‘ Diferte enim Ebufina aliorum Fide aliquid ex Radicihus Amgailam 
^ afirmat quod fane Baccis aut Seminibus illis nullo modo convenit.' 
Thus much concerning the Bunk or Bunchum of Rhazes and 
Avicenna y which it is plain are not to be underftood of the Cof- 
fee-Fruit. The fecond PafTage of Avicennay in which he has 
been fuppos’d to mention it, is this. 
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