THE AMBOINESE HERBARIUM,

Comprising many Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, terrestrial and aquatic Plants,

WHICH ARE FOUND IN AMBOINA,

AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS,

Most accurately described according to their forms, with their various names,

cultivation, use, and virtues In this context, "virtues" refers to the medicinal properties or healing powers of the plants..

Which also furthermore displays

VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS AND ANIMALS,

Many depicted with their natural figures.

All collected with great labor and study over many years,

and written in twelve books in the Dutch language original: "Belgice" by

GEORG EVERHARD RUMPHIUS,

Doctor of Medicine from Hanau, Senior Merchant, and Consul in Amboina, celebrated by the name

THE INDIAN PLINY A reference to Pliny the Elder, the Roman naturalist; Rumphius was given this title by his peers to honor his encyclopedic knowledge of the East Indies., *and Member of the Illustrious Society of the German Academy of

Seekers of Nature.*

Now for the first time published, and translated into the Latin language by

JOANNES BURMANNUS,

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE AMSTERDAM MEDICAL GARDEN, FELLOW OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SEEKERS OF NATURE;

Who has added various Synonyms and his own Observations.

PART TWO.

An elaborate copperplate engraving serving as a vignette. It depicts a wide panoramic view of a coastal city and harbor, with a central scroll in the sky bearing the name "AMBOINA". In the harbor, numerous sailing vessels of various sizes are visible. The scene is flanked by two seated indigenous figures in the foreground: on the left, a woman holding a small child; on the right, a man resting against a rock and holding an oar or paddle. The entire illustration is bordered by decorative Rococo scrollwork intertwined with leafy branches and flowers.

AMSTERDAM, { At the shops of FRANCISCUS CHANGUION, JOANNES CATUFFE,

HERMANNUM UYTWERF.

THE HAGUE, { At the shops of PETRUS GOSSE, JOANNES NEAULME, ADRIANUS

MOETJENS, ANTONIUS VAN DOLE.

UTRECHT, At the shop of STEPHANUS NEAULME.

1741.