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vices fupplcat , mufcumprobabilicatisliabct j certum ctcnim eft r^r/ow, in quibuj 

 adeft, & fcamdtuM inlcguminibusaprimordiisturgcrc, fenfimqueadau&Oitmwo 

 cxinaniri, & poftrcmo a plantuh amnion, in quod pcrcolantur omnia, abfumi 

 Quarc probabilkcr fcminilis humor primo ex fecundinis in umbilicum > 8c fenfiro in 

 bxatum amnion derivatur ; undc prima plantube dclincatio. 



Augerur autem probability amnion , non tantum fubminiftrato fucco ab umbili* 

 co > fed Sc rranfudante humorc i chorio , dim traftu temporis oblitcretur umbilicus : 

 Et cum plantulafeminalisnon tantum in exaratis, fcd& inrcliquis, peculiar! umbi- 

 I:co deftituatur , quo exterius adveniens alimcmurn altc ipfam penetrans , in lingular 

 difTufus partes, augcat & alat : Scd ut plurimumcontieuusamnii humor foliorum 

 hiatumrcplcat* ipfifqucharrear > nonincongruumfortaiferationi eric cenfere, fiU 

 tiationctranfduftumchorii humorcm in amnion, tandem plantuta folia, invcrsa 

 nutritionis via, fubinqredi, exhisincaulcm&gcmnumdcrivari. Quidfimilcin 

 v1«;wLr/ii/wfcctibujaccidcrcputabar AUmtm* quod noftro ctiam feculo inlucemre- 

 vocarum vidimus : Per cutis cnim poros ichorts porrioncm fubingrcdi vcrifimilc eft ; 

 camquc mircclam, quar in vera cava & pulmonibus cclcbratur in infanribus extra 

 utcrum, cutaneas venas fubinmns humor cum refiuofanguinc molitur, Scminalis 

 plantulx in exarato ovogencrationem, inter Nautnr arcana rcponendaineflc vidc- 

 tur. Liccbit ramen hxccurfim meditari: In AntmAlibns fcilicctNaturaraconfuc- 

 viffc fextm multiplicatis individuis addcrc , quorum unum colliquamcntum miniitrar* 

 & ovum ; alteram vero icliorcm afpereit , in quo fortafsc adivum vigct principium , 

 cujus ope partes dirigumur, & quafi migncticc debitaminclinationemacquirunt. 

 In Vtgcunnbtu autcm , ubinoncic ramus orqanorum apparatus, & cutlilwt fcnfibili 

 particulx omnia infant, qua: in to:o deprebendunrur> nulla intcrccdcntc genera- 

 tions , abfcifli quicumquc rami frequenter in novam fobolcm excrefcunr j vcl Xatura? 

 miniftcriodeciduarminimx&compcnuiarixplanujla:, a tenellis furculrs fubfemi- 

 mttn fpecic, propagationcm quocuriquc anno pcrpetcanr: Particular enim am: 

 Yegctamium > inclinationcm & coordimtiontin adept* , quilt e rccicubri folliculo 

 effljentcs, dcfaciliinvicemadaptantur; tmdc plant ubcompaginatur, rcaxfcilice: 

 liftulr cum appenlis utriailonim ordinibm. 



Quid liniilc miramur in Mttjtforum & £*t/iww concrctionc; in Fifii^tf spfis > & 

 Arborum cxtraneis tunm'tbut* in quibus parriculaium pcrpctua coordinate ch'ce(cit» 

 Probabtlc igitur vidctitr , Vegetanrium parricubs » qitx talem iiuhnanonem 

 & direftioncm in rrunco & ramis fortitx funr * quoticlcumque a proprits ca- 

 naitculis cfiiuunt, eandem confervarc, 8c manifL'ftare^ &, quoniam :nramum> 

 vel ejus riiLiimentumdingebamur, inpcmmamfcilicai idtorecolkctx&rconylo- 

 bata: , minimi furculi compendium cflormant, quod mox in folia bxatur; hoc a 

 loto dcciduum& k'paratum, fuoque ahmentocircumdarum, qintt fimw Cnwncipa- 

 rm, fuh prar^ft muneribus, & vulgaritcr S men dicinir \ an;>bfsautcm StmiaMts 

 Hincvidemmi caulicult aprccm , (lui\ticmamradiccmfan:nal^pbn* 

 Etilj:, Icit fcinjur li()u!-irum parentis arboHihiatutn u ij^'fie* & jbipfopaiumdw 

 flare; icliairumvcro vcluc rami inchoamcutum , Ku tcuellum fuiculum* paitol 



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