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prone nodum, toftum gcmm.r; ^iraannotiiunnmuYnnovamphnrimcmj.^ 

 ciutur. Enimptmt vcro Radios , « i" pl«Mtt Sake oblcmvimus j quu I tfCf- 

 nus humonhoriioMJitnn utriculorcm fafcias mgrclius, tbiquefiTmcntatus , huju& 

 modiordincsrorgidiorcsrcddit : qmrcrctfx filtulxnon painmcompnmimtiir; ua 

 ut afccndcmis fucci per ipfi* motus nonnihil iropediatur ; & it a (iliulx IjgntC tracheas 

 ambiemes, varicofx redditar, ad exuueurvantur, &noviscIongatisproduftiom- 

 bus r urccnw imus fucco & acre intra tracheas) Radices horizontals, quifi appen- 

 dices promuntur : In (urculis autem , ubi nodi vcl alternatim gemmx manifcflantur, 

 Radices infra nodum cmcrgunt; co quia ad gem mas libra rum plexus dcrivatur, & 

 an*dtata fucco viacx (iflularicurvitate, lateralis emptio ncccflinio fucccdit : &io 

 Jiumaris yitis furculis non raro a tencllx gemma: bafi Radices crumpunt ex turgente 

 humorcj quiingcmmxmolemabfumidcbcbatj ipsa tandem contabcfccntc. 



Tranfdu&us itaqircquomodocunqiicfuccusm Radicum, &bulborumhorizonta- 

 libus urriculis > coaccrvatur ; donee vcl inradiculascmmpat; vclfurfumdclatus, 

 in gemmis abfuroatur. Protuberant autem ia tubcrilxis & in hujidmodi analog's 

 Radicibus horuontalcs utriculi, & forte ipforum ordincs multiplicamur; quia in 

 Jpforum fummiratc, ut in Rapb obfervatur , quad nodus implicatur, ubifibrx& 

 trachea: in folia dcrivantur ; quarc fuccusnonita (acileafccndit; fedgravitando, 

 in appenfbs utriculoscxoncratur, qui turvatis propriis fibris » quibusappendumur; 

 corpus in latum extendunt , & globofum reddunt Radieis mincum. Eric igitur Ra- 

 dix tnplcrilque plantis truncus pro gemmarumvegctarione; in omnibus autem 5 ut 

 alimentitiusfiiccus fubirgrcdiaiur, cuttodiatur&concoquatur, 



Rudt igitur, proutlicuit, indagincprxcipuas partes, quibusplanrxintcgrantur, 



fcrutati fumus; & attentS analogia, qux in animalium, & vegctannum organs 



clucefcir, a&iones, & ufus panuulnrum eurfimindicavimus. Patuiritaqncarbo- 



res, &qua(Uamherbas, animaliuminftar^ixterioriamiftu, &' coHicccirctimdari, 



& cuflodirij ita ut abextemisacris, & vcKtorum injures arctaiKQT. Conex Ii:c 



incaudicilwf , &ianiisprxcipuc» qeminaintegraturmembnna : exteriori feiheer , 



& intcriori ligno contiguS : Extciiorrariortlt, &: quafi lignum fifiuhs K<5t!s , feu 



fibiis, vafculis latSifcris, & rcfinofis componitur; imcrceptaverofpatia* UttlCU- 



lorum fcricbus Iioruontalitcrlocatis:epItmur : undcexvarioctnuxru, &fupcrc- 



quhwionc ekgames implicationcs contingunt. Succedit altera profundtorcortics 



poitio, feu liber, qui veluti fecruseft, ciijus partes omncsadluictencllx, & rudes 



(mini congeflx , molcm tflurmant exteriori corticc cuftoditam : harum a!?cji?x 



proximiores ligno, fcnfimcidcmngglurinarx, quolibcrannoproduftis, & roulti- 



pltcatis horizontalibus ordinibus extenduntur* & fuccoligncoprofufxfcrniminan- 



tur. In hoc interca aiboreo fxtu pulmoncs , feu trachcx , adhuc inconfprcux funr , 



nccfuofunguuturmuncrc, ut in animaliboi intra u:erum conclufis , accidit; & foli 



convcrfionc cornets in ligneam naturam manifeftantur , & patent. Firmatureau- 



lium & caudicum moles licnea compagc , qux in arboribus in rot circulos , ve! invo- 



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Ittcra, juxta annorum numcrum fefe invlcem amplexantiadividitur : i 

 tcti , vcl fub cortkc in fafcicut'os divifum lignum circunilocatur , vcl difc 



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