Historia rei herbariae / Curth Sprengel.

Date:
1897-1808
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Credit: Historia rei herbariae / Curth Sprengel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    nis. Namque Arabs Tfaac ebnen Amram fuurn ad Hierofolymas freque ntiffimum ita defcribit, ut de bac fpecie dubitationi fere nullus fuperfit locus (B ochar t. hieroz. 1, 6~4- ed. Rofenmiil le r.J. H a ffelqnift iu s exiftimavit, Gymnoftomum truncatum fuiffe, quod is mufcus muros et rudera Hierofolymitana habitet. Bombax gojfypinum et Goffypium arboreum, ex antiquis inde temporibus in Aegypto culta, la- nam xylinam largiuntur, e qua pretiofam byffum Aegyptii texuerunt (Cf Forfterum de byffo veterum, Lond. 1776. 8.^). Duplici nomine, 13 antiquo eopiofe, yi3 recentiori femel Paral. 15, 23. ea byffus citatur. Byffum Ebraeorum flavam fuiffe, teftatur P aufan ia s (5, 5.), Herodotus (5, 106.) easdem arbores defcribit. Male fabu- Jofus Philoftr a tus (vit. Apollon. 2 , 20.J fo- lia falicis fi milia facit. Pterocarpus fantalinus exhibet lignum deprae- dicatum fantalinum, () quod tyriae na- yes e Ceylona apportabant. Nec poftmodum id lignum in Palaeltina unquam occurrebat (1 Rcg. 10, 11.). Koenigius eam arborem primus in Ceylona et Indiae montibus detexit (Linn. fuppl. p. 518. 519.J. Cicer Lens (D'W'W). Vicia Faba (TlS). Hedyfarum Alhagi fltfiSp,). Pro-
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