Caption:
'Palma chisti.' Palma christi. Ricinus. A large shrub having palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin. . Coloured drawings of plants, copied from nature in the Roman States, by Gerardo Cibo. Vol. I. Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Physician, of Siena: Extracts from his edition of Dioscorides' "de re Medica":. Italy, c. 1564-1584. Source: Add. 22332 f.65. Language: Italian.