



itf DF RADICIBUS PLANTARUM. 

 tantur, & incongruorum tandem prxcipitariofuccedit, talis partium compares e* 

 mnumeris fere commixtis fubfequicur , ut tola hiantium vaforum vcl faltem glandula, 

 rum laficarum ope chyli fcparatio, Sc inla&eavafaimroitufucccdar. Iti in terra 

 £ qux rtmricoli loco vege taniibus eft ) falcs varii , & mincralia aqua foluta , acrc'que 

 turgida; radib folaribus in fcrmcntacioncm ada&a f variasfubeunt adapeationes& 



Cipitationcs; dum per vitrcafolidaquc tcrrx frullula tranfducumur : itautipfis, 

 ftcierum cognationc, plura hxreant: rcliqiuvcrofrequemiuraRadicumiubb 

 prxlto lint & intro pcllantur. 

 _ r -j: Qjanttm Gol porta? , lea htantii orifida, <; : . t - propuVbm Ouidamcribftnr, & 

 tShfaftal determinate admittam; adhuc dubium. Circa tcncllas Radices p:hcop:oseluxu- 

 ««mo»d>a- riant, hinc indd : funt autcmpilicandidxliliulx, &eracillimx, minimis orbicu- 

 lis » inviccm hiantibus , coagmentatx ; undc horum orificiis determinate figurx ana- 

 logam fluidi partem ambienrium vi exprcflam , admittunt > & ligncis liliulis leddunr. 

 Ubicunqae Radices a proxima tcrfa per fpatium aliquod diftaot ; pili luijufmodiin 

 retc implicantur ■, & circa fiullula luxuriant, &quodammodotcnfi nunenr. Quo- 

 niam tamen non quxcunquc bulbofa, & Radicum genera pits patenter ditantur j 

 idco dubitandum occurrit , an in hujiifrnodi bulbofis pcrcohtio fubingrcdiemis Jtquo- 

 ris fiat ab Cxtcriori ambientc cuticula; iti utabhacincontigiiosutriculos, quibus 

 Ceparuminvolucracoagmentantur, tranfitus fucecdar. In R*tpti, & fimilibus ec- 

 minx occurrunt partes, quibus externum aliment urn admittiporcft; fibra: fciltcct 

 rcftar, &mo!Ics, quxcumhorizontalibusutriculisincnjciatx; nonadunumdedu- 

 cuntur punfium, feu ndiculaium nodum*, fed qualipeipendiculares, obfeurumin 

 corticennem, mihiqucadhucignotum, forriuntur : tranfvcrfak'siremutriculoiura 

 fafcix, in execriorem corticis regionem definentes ; quibus ommbusprobabiliter 

 fucci ingreflus fuccedcre potcft. Sicnim pcrextrema filfulaiumoraalimcntum rapi- 

 tur; illico tranfverfahbusminiftratur, ut in minimis radiculis, qux fibrx appcllan* 

 tur, probability accidie; in quibus ad extrcma ufque fillulx dcduamtirr, tranfver- 

 falibus utricults parum luxurianribus* Sin autem urriculis Iioc munus a Natura datum 

 fit, cum plures ipforumordinesbulbos, & Radices aibonmiambiant horizontals- 

 bus fafciis, externus humor fcnfimcommunicabiturmriculis, &ab his in commas 

 fillulas derivabitur; quod totum fenfibus cxplorandumrelinquo. Nonrarbcitca 

 ieguminum Radices, ubi prxcipuc folum noniu proximo hxret* fed parum laxius 

 Qf*»*to dirtat; humoris guttulx rotumlx, flcminimx, a Radicibus pendent. Inplamato 

 vhis$jlii& VHk t SalUu t Ptf^/i/jq^ramo alimentum non folumobtruncatat , &h!anres liq- 

 ncis fibrasfubintratj fcdprobabiliter pcrcorticem; ut in human« plurium ar crum 

 ramis , qux propagincs dicintur , accidere palltm obfervamus , in qufrus c parcntiKus 

 planets adhuc continuati rami[xrr infiexos arcus fupprimuntur, & cxcircumiflusS 

 terra nevus appcllcns humor corticis porosaperit : &partim in aftendemes fillulas 

 propagatur; partimtranfverraliumutriculoruraordinesinqreditur : quare&urfaci- 

 litis fubcat ; incifioncs frequenter infliguntur; &utubermspenctrct humor, tCCh 

 tius Radices emitrantur; cortex horizontalitcrfccatur, annulurquccorticeus, fans 

 latus cveifitur; ita ut patcat lignum. Emittuntur autcru Radices uftufefttonem 



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