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y fiS s t liberates
culo plura plant arum gffl
ra quam olim fpecies 4
{fa fu n t ; Billenius ci
plures mufcos jam fibl notijjimos redim
quam unquam aut Theophrdflus aut Dim
rides plant as cognoverunt; Veteres enim m
ja rum quarundam indigenarum prdfertmm
ficinalium cognitione content! , exotical, jj
gis curio fas quam utiles| v ili habebant.
America latijjimum Tlantarum campum
Jns a p e ru it, ne nomine quidem apud wm
jBhanicos cognilanw, Has inter plum
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wodie officinales , u ti Dorftenia ( Contrajer-
\a ) i Cincona {C h in a ), Nicotiana ( Tab a- turn), Capficum ( Piper indicum) , Tropoeo-
jLm ( Nafturtium indicum ) , Laurus fo liis
jrihbis ( Saffiafras ) , Laurus fo liis enervibus
\hw fe ovatis obtufis ( Winteranca ) , Gua-
I t um ( Lignum Sanäum), Toluifera ( Bat-
Iavium de to iu ), Hoematoxylon ( Campechium)%
I cinurn {C opal), B ixa {O rle a n a ), Theobro-
['fini (Cacao), Epidendron (V a n illa ) , Clu«
Ifia joliis cordaiis lanceolatis crenatis ( Caffi
m m dy, Hymenea (Gummi a n im i): u t alias
Ujmtio proetereamus. Solus Pluknetius plan-
ms in America circiter 900 indagavit colle*
ïètque, ut esteras taccamus, quas Sloaneus,
Surimis, Alarcgravius, P i fa , Labbat, H e r-
mtndez, Catefbeus, B a rr ere, Baniß e r , Fe-
■ meus, Houßonus, Claytonus , Phiknetius,
wforijonus, Gronovius aliique, ex India Oc-
KMent ali acquißvere,
I Inter plantas Americana s , profeâo non
rcticendum efi Paffifloroe genus, quod fmgu-
mri flru ffu ra fru llific a tio n is , proefertim fu-
wrftitiofos Romano-Catholico s in fu i admira-
fhriem ra p u it, cum in hi fee fib i perfuadebant
Blavos, Coronam, Flageilum, Lanceam,
m cetera cruciatuum ac torturée inßrumen-
\ta Salvator is vider e; Mox fama hujus flo ris
tot am fere Europam per a g ra v it, t am que ah
Ws in animis creduli vulgi opinio heee ra di-
|p agere coepit, ut hoc etiam tempore non
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