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0ci pMpad- 



pi u ne tjix 

 tiuauiia. 



fcdicumdui 



CmrucnJc 



Mil, 



f 54 DE RADICIBUS PLANTARUM. 



fignioribus etcnim fcfcicutis D hinc, indi minora, & graciliorcs promumur mi- 



nipuliE,qu£ultcnoriimplitttioncfa&ai rctccfficiunt ; quin&anguftioresccnfco 



rcddi areas ex ultcriori fafta implicationc : quarc ex horizontal ibus fcriebus, qua: 



hzc fpatia occupant , & ex fibrarum perpendiculars operc , fit cxaratum fupcrius 



rcte. 

 fondcmpaniumcompagcroinRaphaniRadiee { 14*. ) perpendiculariter ftrfb, 



obfervarc licet. Extcrius obducitur qua(i cortex A , fub quo trachea: produftioncs 

 B cuftodiuntur, varias cflbrmantcs areas, & in folia C, & Radices D derivantur* 

 JnfummitatcfpatiumEelformatur, quod medullar utriculisrcplctur; ambiensverb 

 ( exterior fciliccr portio F ) rraebcis, &fibrisirrigata, in folia Claxatur; torumau- 

 tern Rapliani corpus horizontal ibus ordinibus G, & reflis, molhbufquc (iftulis , 

 per fupcrcquitationcm If implicitis , complctur, liili paritcr horizontal! fefiione , 

 trachearum ora I a corttcc K versus mcdullam licuaia apparent : fpatia vero horizon- 

 talibus utritulonim fcriebus A! , & detruncaris ligncis Iibris icplcntur. 



VivenuumordinesNarura, variis in regionibus , ita difpofuit ; ut in his j Scfibi 

 quarrant alimoniami &fiquandomovcrioportcar, divagentur. Ita homines, 3c 

 innumcra animalium genera, in humillima acris regione vivcmia, fupta terra: fu- 

 pcrficicm vac;antur, Pifccsquoqucpiohmdius locatiinaquaviftitam; aves in acre 

 fublimius habitant; & frequens viliorum animalmm& infeCtorum :uiba terra con- 

 - c'.itur* Quardam pariter vivenria, nonunica content! regione varias amant; iuuc 

 ex aere, & aqua, vitar clcmcnta pcrcipianr. Plantatum iguur genus motuorba- 

 tum, adeo ftabile figitur in familiari, & arnica regione; utcxproxima, fibique 

 ambicntc fpharra vitar & auftionis principia hauriat ; ca tamen rationc » ut plurcs cxi- 

 gat oras ; unde fere lemper in terra itnmergitar; trunco veto » vcl caudicc aflurgens ; 

 acrcm vcl aquaminhabitat : quapropterrationiconfonumvidctur. Radices plantii 

 datas cfle, ur ipfarum prrcipuapoirio, fub terra conJita,alimcmumiibiadrcifcar, 

 & in aliquibus dm prarpararum , confervet pro gcrmtnationc. Hoe apprimc in 

 quibufdam planus deprehendimus , qitor infigni qualt trunco , fub terra condico , pol- 

 lent ; a cujus latcribus& cxtrcnmatcclongantur radicular. In trunci , & appenfarum 

 Radicum medio, plures utriculomm ordincscuftodiunrur, qui £ radiculis (hxfibrr 

 amiquitus di£*) dclatum fuccum fovent, &fervant; ipfumqucabambicumacrii 

 falinis particulis, feu varia caloric & frigoris injuria tut amor : unde conditusdiu hu- 

 mor luxuriance terra ; in folia, &caudiccm, feuurcrumgerminar. Hscprogrcflus 

 in bulbis & tubcribus evident !u$ paritcr patuit; in quibus imerdumconglobaium 

 corpus, tenellas fibras perpendiculars , tracheal varicofas, & horizontals utticu- 

 lorumordinescoj:glomerat : &alatcribus, & quafi dorfogemmascmimt, quxia 

 caulem cxcrcfccntcs, vegctant. Eadcm IcgeCcpas, & bulbos Natura fabretecic ; 

 quafi fcpulros laciniarofque rruncoi , quorum medium licet frequenter perpcndicuUris 

 tnmcus non occupct ; nodus tamen pcrpcruo extat ; fibranim Icilicet trachearum , & 

 utriculorum implicatio : a quo crarta modo involucra ; modo appendices pendotr » cui 

 pariter ennnantcs Radices alimciitum minillrant. Hanc conjefturam hrmant ex- 

 orientes a bulbis geram-t, qua: ab cxarato tnuico pullulantcs , inter involuaa cufto- 



