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tnembranaceo; quarum inferiores minores. COR * 
'compofita calyce paullo longior , ferruginea, tu- 
bulata, mixta e floribus hermaphroditis & femi- 
neis; propria hermaphrodita , cylindrica, tubo 
fubdiaphano, ore 5-ndo, acuto; feminea ova- 
ta, fubdiaphana, acuta, hermaphroditis duplo 
brevior. STAMINA fyngenefe, corolla brevio- 
ra. PIS 7 \ Germen hermaphroditis obfoletum; 
femineis cylindricum. Stylus cylindricus. Stigma 
hermaphroditis fimplex, inclufum; femineis bi- 
fidum* revolutum* corolla longius* Receptacu- 
lum nudum. 
PROPR * rec. Odor fragrans, fvaveolens, fub- 
ambrofiacus; fapvr aromaticus, odori congruens* 
gratus, vix amaricans; maflicatu folia caiidiufcu- 
la, Jingvam & fauces leniter calefacientia, fali- 
va viridefcente* 
F 1 RTUS; tonica, ftomachica, emmenagoga* 
USUS: culinaris. 
QBS . 1. Inftifum aquofum herbse rec. lutefcens, o-» 
dore fragrante, valido, fapore aromatico; vitriolo mar- 
tis fufco-nigrefcit. Acetum Dracunculi gratiffimuro * 
fragrans. 
OBS. 1. Folia Dracunculi ficcata f recentia adhi- 
bentur in culinis noftris ad cibi condimentum, omni- 
no gratum* In Perfia ulus culinaris hujus herbae ab 
aritiquiffimis retro temporibus adeo invaluit, ut in o- 
mni menfa fpargantur hujus folia , quae a difcumben- 
tibus inter prandendum arripiuntur edunturque , ad 
appetitum excitandum. Immo pauperes Perfarum cibi 
loco Dracunculum adhibent, contenti folo pane , cum 
Dracunculo & oxyfaccharo. P. Della Valle (*). 
U u 2 421. 
(*) Rtipdefdreib. par 5. jp. 
