Observations topographical, moral, & physiological made in a journey through part of the low-countries, Germany, Italy, and France with a catalogue of plants not native of England, found spontaneously growing in those parts, and their virtues / by John Ray ... ; whereunto is added a brief account of Francis Willughby, Esq., his voyage through a great part of Spain.
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Observations topographical, moral, & physiological made in a journey through part of the low-countries, Germany, Italy, and France with a catalogue of plants not native of England, found spontaneously growing in those parts, and their virtues / by John Ray ... ; whereunto is added a brief account of Francis Willughby, Esq., his voyage through a great part of Spain.
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Ray, John, 1627-1705.
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London :: Printed for John Martyn ...,
1673.
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In monte Saleve dicto unâ circiter leucâ à Geneva
distante.
Cotoneaster Gesneri J. B. Diospyros J. B. Bellis cae∣rulea
Monspeliaca Ger. Scabiosa 10 sive repens Clus
Alsine muscosa quibusdam J. B. Ad rivulos propè Sa∣leve.
Ageratum purpureum Dalechampii J. B. ad ra∣dices
montis. Sanieula Alpina guttata, In summita∣te
propè fontes. Pes cati flo. albo & suaverubente
ibid & copiosissime. Gentiana major Ger In pascuis
propè summitatem montis abunde. Gentianula quae
Hippion J. B. ibid. Caalia quibusdam J. B. in sylvo∣sis
suprema montis parte. Polygonatum angustifolium,
ibid. polygonatum floribus ex singularibus pedicu∣lis
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J. B. In rupibus & saxosis ad latera montis. Draba
alba siliquosa repens, juxta fontes propè montis sum∣mitatem.
Hesperis sylvestris latifolia flore albo parvo
Park. Ribes Alpinus dulcis J. B. In sylvosis summo
montis cacumine. Anagyris sive Laburnum, In syl∣vosis
ad latera montis. Ferrum equinum Gallicum sili∣quis
in summitate C. B. Periclymenum rectum fructu
rubro Ger. Doronicum vulgare J. B. Dentaria hepta∣phyllos
C. B. In sylvosis ad latera montis. Barba ca∣pri
J. B. ibid. Lilium convallium, ibid. Christopho∣riana,
ibid. Lilium floribus reflexis montanum C. B.
Aria Theqpharsti; Melissophyllum Fuchsii; Poly∣gonatum
vulgare; Polemonium petraeum Gesn. Co∣lutea
scorpioides; Thlaspi oleraceum Tab. Fraxinus
bubula; Alchimilla vulgaris, in pascuis in suprema
montis parte abundè Pyrola vulgaris; Pyrola fol.
mucronato serrato C. B. utraque in sylvosis. Filix ra∣mosa
minor J. B. Libanotis Theophrasti minor Park.
In saxosis ad latera montis. Siler montan um Officina∣rum
J. B. Carum: Lactua sylvatica purpurea J. B.
Cyclaminus folio anguloso J. B. Filix Saxatilis non ra∣mosa
minima; Caryophyllus gramineo folio minimus;
Aconitum lycoctonum luteum C. B. Vicia maxima du∣metorum
J. B. in sylvis in ascensu montis. Sedum Al∣pinum
hirsutum luteum C. B. E saxorum rimis emer∣git.
Peucedani facie pusilla planta Lob. E rupium
fissuris. Sedum serratum J. B Vva ursi; Colus Jovis;
Gramini Luzulae affine flore albo J. B. In sylvosis &
dumetis propè imam montis partem. Thlaspi Alpi∣num
minus capitulo rotundo C. B. In rupibus humi∣dioribus.
Rubia caerulea elatior J. B. inter segetes.
Phalangium pulchrius non ramosum J. B. Androsae∣mum
Campoclarense Col. Helianthemum Alpinum
folio Pilosellae minoris Fuchsii J. B. Helleborine ex albido
sublutea J. B. In ••ylvosis ad radices montis. Astra∣galus
Monspeliano candidior & Onobrychis qu••mundam
J. B. In saxosis. Helleborine flore albo, In sylvis su∣prema
montis parte. Astrantia nigra, In pratis mon∣tosis.
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Cicutaria latifolia hirsuta J. B. ibid. Pentaphylloides erectum
J. B. Propè arcem antiquam jam dirutam.
Chamaenerium vulgare: Pilosellae majoris sive Pulmo∣nariae
luteae laciniatae species minor J. B. Hieracium par∣vum
hirtum caule aphyllo crispum ubi siccatum J. B. ad
radices montis. Orchis strateumatica minor J. B. Pseu∣do-asphodelus
quibusdam J. B. In paludosis ad radices
montis. Orchis parva autumnalis lutea J. B. ibidem.
Diospyros J. B. In sylvosis ad latera montis. Thyme∣laea
quaedam incana. Ad pedalem & sesquipedalem
altitudinem assurgit, & in plures ramos dividitur
hic frutex. Lignum ejus supra modum fragile, Cor∣tex
cinereus; Folia Mezerei Germanici sed minora,
acuminata, utrinque hirsuta, glauca. Flores in sum∣mitatibus
ramulorum 4 aut 5, Out etiam plures simul
conferti, pediculis nullis, nullo calicè, è tubo longi∣usculo
in 4 foliola alba acuminata expanduntur, Sta∣minula
crocea intus continentes. Floribus succedunt
baccae longiusculae quae nondum matumerant. Flo∣ret
initio Maii; in sylvosis ad latera montis. Den∣taria
Pentaphyllos; Damasonium purpureum dilutum
sive Helleborine 4 Clus. J. B. In sylvosis ad latera mon∣tis.
Calceolus Mariae, ibid. Carduus Cirsium dictus
folio laciniato nigrius J. B. Pentaphyllum recutm J. B.
è rupium fissuris. Campanula repens flore minore cae∣ruleo
J. B. Digitalis flore minore subluteo, angustiore
folio J. B. Alsine maxima Hist. Lugd. Valeriana Al∣pina
J. B. Hanc Patavini Valerianam Trachelii folio
denominant, aptâ sanè appellatione: Sunt enim ei
folia Traehelii majoris. Radix valdè aromatica est
& odorata. Valeriana Alpina altera foliis integris, in∣odora:
Radices longae, repentes, fibris donatae sub∣inde
germina protrudunt. Folia valerianae minoris
sylv. ex rotundo oblonga pediculis longis insident,
non laciniata, ne illa quidem que in caule consi∣stunt,
ad margines obiter nonnunquam dentata, vio∣lae
foliis quodammodo similia. Radix nec saporm
nec odorem (quem quidem ego sentire potui) aroma∣ticum
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habuit. Caulis pedalis, rotundus, striatus,
concavus, duplici plerunque foliorum pari, quae sine
pediculis illos amplectuntur, praediti. Flores albi,
Valerianae sylvestris simillimi, uti sunt & semina.
Scabiosa maxima dumetorum folio non laciniato J. B.
Herba Doria, Propè Carthusianorum coenobium. Ra∣numculus
magnus valdè hirsutus flore luteo J. B. ibid.
Sedum an potiùs Draba minima siliquosa flore albo.
Radice nititur simplici, fibrosâ, albâ: Folia juxta
terram plura Senecionis aut Bellidis majoris sed mi∣nora
& pro magnitudine breviora, per oras rariori∣bus
incisuris dentata, extremitatibus subrotundis,
atrovirentia, rarioribus pilis iis tamen rigidiusculis
aspera. E medio foliorum emergunt caules rotundi,
rubentes, rarioribus pilis hirsuti, foliis nudi praeter∣quam
ad florum pediculos. Flores in summitatibus
caulium singulorum 5 vel etiam 6 & nonnunquam
plures, albi, quadrifolii, è calice longiusculo, her∣baceo,
quadrifolio exeunt. In summitate montis sub
initium Maii florere incipit.
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