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author_n itin._n p._n 233._o arbores_n tegit_fw-la ut_fw-la ephedra_n arbutus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dioscoridis_n vera_fw-la wheeleri_fw-la folio_n non_fw-la serrato_fw-la c.b._n adrachne_n park_n adrach_n theophrasti_fw-la j.b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d graecis_fw-la modernis_fw-la bellonius_fw-la multis_fw-la locis_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la peregrinatione_fw-la observavit_fw-la d._n wheelerus_n in_o achaia_n prope_fw-la montem_fw-la pentelicum_fw-la arisarum_fw-la angustifolium_fw-la wheeleri_fw-la itiner_n p_o 309._o caule_n folioso_fw-la pingitur_fw-la propè_fw-la panthaeam_fw-la inter_fw-la amphissam_n &_o naupactum_fw-la aristolochia_n maurorum_fw-la c.b._n peregrina_fw-la rauwolfii_fw-la clus_o rhasut_v &_o rumigi_n à _fw-fr mauris_n nominata_fw-la rauwolf_n lugd._n app_z aristolochiis_fw-la similis_fw-la rhasut_fw-la &_o rumigi_n maurorum_n j.b._n aristolochia_n clematitis_fw-la attica_n foliis_fw-la in_o summo_fw-la bifidis_fw-la seu_fw-la crenatis_fw-la wheeleri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d graecis_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr hymetto_n arum_fw-la auriculis_fw-la longis_fw-la ovidne_fw-mi dictum_fw-la chalepense_n rauwolf_n p._n 104._o aster_n luteus_fw-la angustifolius_fw-la park_n j.b._n luteus_fw-la linariae_fw-la rigido_fw-la glabro_fw-la folio_fw-la c.b._n 6_o clusii_n ger._n in_o monte_fw-fr olympo_fw-la asiae_n wheel_n astragalus_n syriacus_n hirsutus_fw-la c.b._n syriacus_n lob._n ger._n park_n j.b._n astrag_v dioscoridis_n vulgò_fw-la christiana_n radix_fw-la rauwolf_n lugd._n app_z p._n 105._o d._n wheelerus_a itiner_n p._n 435._o astragalum_fw-la quendam_fw-la describit_fw-la &_o depingit_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o graecia_n propè_fw-la megaram_n invenit_fw-la &_o argenteum_fw-la vocat_fw-la qu._n a_o syriacus_n sit_v atractylis_fw-la cypria_n ang._n lugd._n purpurea_fw-la c.b._n purpurea_fw-la cypria_n park_n atractylis_fw-la vera_fw-la antiquarum_fw-la cujus_fw-la caulibus_fw-la prosusis_fw-la utuntur_fw-la mulieres_fw-la graecae_fw-la d._n covel_n an_fw-mi atractylidi_fw-la &_o cnico_fw-la sylvestri_fw-la similis_fw-la c._n b_o calochierni_fw-la carduns_fw-la cretensibus_fw-la j.b._n in_o thracia_n prope_fw-la constantinopolin_n v._o hist_n nost_n p._n 304._o avellana_fw-la byzantina_fw-la j.b._n pumila_n byzantina_fw-la clus_o ger._n emac._o peregrina_fw-la humilis_fw-la c.b._n nux_fw-la avellana_fw-la macedonica_fw-la seu_fw-la byzantina_fw-la park_n azadirachta_fw-la foliis_fw-la ramosis_fw-la majoribus_fw-la syriaca_fw-la seu_fw-la vulgaris_fw-la flore_fw-la majore_fw-la coeruleo_fw-la breyn._fw-la azedaraeth_n arbour_n fraxini_fw-la folio_fw-la flore_fw-la coeruleo_fw-la c.b._n azadaracheni_n arbour_n j.b._n azadarach_n avicennae_fw-la park_n zizipha_n alba_fw-la ger._n fructus_fw-la huius_fw-la arboris_fw-la venenatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o cane_n intersicit_fw-la rauwolf_n p._n 51._o in_o syriâ_fw-la &_o palestinâ_fw-la b._n baccharis_n dioscoridis_n rauwolfio_n park_n gnaphalio_fw-la montano_fw-la affinis_fw-la aegyptiaca_n c.b._n rauwolfius_n in_o syria_n observavit_fw-la &_o monte_fw-fr libano_n itin._n p._n 233._o balsamum_n verum_fw-la j.b._n genuinum_fw-la antiquorum_fw-la park_n rutae_fw-la folio_fw-la syriacum_n c.b._n balsamum_n alpini_n ger._n emac._o bellonius_fw-la &_o alpinus_n arabiam_fw-la faelicem_fw-la balsami_fw-la locum_fw-la patrium_fw-la semper_fw-la suisse_fw-la nunquam_fw-la judaeam_fw-la aut_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la contendunt_fw-la behman_n abiad_a i._n e._n ben_n album_fw-la rauwolfii_fw-la park_n serratulae_fw-la affinis_fw-la capitulo_fw-la squamoso_fw-la luteo_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o flore_fw-la c.b._n ad_fw-la pedem_fw-la montis_fw-la libani_n humido_fw-la &_o umbroso_fw-la loco_fw-la p._n 235._o bellis_fw-la chalepensis_fw-la praecox_fw-la kusan_n &_o surugen_n dicta_fw-la rauwolf_n p._n 109._o borago_fw-la variegata_fw-la cretica_n wheel_n muralis_fw-la variegata_fw-la flore_fw-la odorato_fw-la cretica_n zanoni_n in_o monte_fw-fr hymotto_n atticae_fw-la folia_fw-la maculis_fw-la albis_fw-la variegata_fw-la sunt_fw-la flores_fw-la qui_fw-la candidi_fw-la maculis_fw-la &_o striis_fw-la purpureis_fw-la