DE RADICIBUS PLANTARUKff U9 

 ni locator] qux poliquam inpulmonares vclicas laxaTfffilM , tandem in mini rciaj 

 tafommfobolcs, qwHrtificiitodinduwar. 



Guxnam fit alimenii fcnma, & an ab extremis pbmanmi apicibus rcfluat fuccus J™3*£ 

 ad imas partes * & juxta indigentiam in omncm penpnenam furfum > & dcorfum pro- m«*i timn 

 rrudatur, dubium elh Radicei ab extremis rirroramtpidbracnmipcntct, con- lf1p: * 1Uu 

 tcnto fucco inverfum iter » novumc|uc nxjium prarfcribunc : nulla cnimimcffcrun* 

 turvalvulri dctcrminatum inducemes morum. Aliquidtamcnlucisprxbcntca , 

 qu* in diverfo arboribus tcntavi : ]n variisiiaqucfurculis, & ramis, homomalcm 

 fc&ioncm in corriccfcci, ablaratjufdcm, Sflibri annular! portione; itautfubjec- 

 tumlienumdenudatum paterct. In Opii rami*, Ptunorum ,mali Cydoni;r,Quer- 

 cu*,Sa!rcis» Populi, AvcHanx, && cxcitatahujurmodicircularilcaioncparsfu- 

 pcrior furculi , feu caudicis fupra fc^ionem brcvi vegetans ita excrefcit , ut longe tur* 

 gida reddatur : cortex cnira > in Qucrcu precipuc , in Prunis , & Cydonia malo ho- 

 rizomales utriculorum ordines ita dongat , ut frequenter appendices promamur, qui- 

 bus denudata Jigni porno coopcritur : & fada denuo nuirua anaftomofi cum inferior! 

 fefti corticis labio continuus redditur cortex: rami quoqucpoirio ultra fe&ionem 

 lienco fupcrcxcrcfccntc circuloi & involucroimpcnsecrallaprotubcrat: Denudata 

 vcro li"nea portio gracilis adhuc fubiillit nullovigcntcincrcmcnto; quodrcliquo 



!iuoquc furculi infra fc&ioncm contingit. Idem mihi frpiusaccidit, lafta fpirali 

 cflionc in Pomis & Piunis. Hoc unum peculiars obfervavi in liujufmodiinfcriori 

 parte , non longe fcilicet ifeftione , quod imerdumpluresgemroxarflatcpraxipuc 

 crumpunt indifcriminaum > qua in novum furculum auolluntur. Ex adau&a igttur 

 mo!: tn furculo ultra fc&ioncm dubitare fas t it nutritium fuccum a fupcrioribus parti- 

 bus inferior? versus rcflucic : fcfla namquc corticis , &librivafo> ulreriorcmali- 

 nwnti progirflum inferiora versus pcipctuarcncqucunria; in corticis, StHgni no- 

 vum rrwolucrum croganr. Portio quoquc fucci, qui per corticis praxipue v^fa 

 defcrtur , & in tranfrerfalibus utriculorum fcricbus infra fectionem excoquitur j frflS 

 cruptionc a libro, & corticc in gemmas crumpit, & tandem in ramulos negfefta 

 conicis auftionc* & nova ligod involucri extenfionc. Ex his quoquc pacer ncn (i^JSj* 

 omncm alimoniami nutritiun:quc ficcuin pcclibri> & corticis vafa a Radicibus in r : ■ , upr i 

 tnmcuni, &ramoscxrrcmospropagari< cfitt&J u- 



Qnandoque dubitavi, an cxpouius tumor, ultra circularcmfc<3!oncm in fupc- 

 rioribus ramorum partibus exciutus > abimpetufucci furfum propullicontingi ret: moTipc a- 

 fcflo namquc corticc, per folas ligncas fiflulasafccndcnsalimcntum, quafiaban- 1 "™** 

 gufto* &ardoloco» laxiorcm corticis campumulrrafcftioncminvcnicns, ad ex- 

 tra dihtari poflit : uodc hgrendo, muririoncm in proximis partibus promoverc 

 valcrcnt. Quontam tamen in novcllis, prarcipueQacrcus, fafti conicis been- 

 tionc* fi exigua rami port:o uhrafcflicncmcircularcmfupcrlit, amputata fcilicet 

 rami cxtremirate, nullus fere tumor fiibcrtfcit; &inarboribus, in quibus excitata 

 parucr horizonrali corticis fcftione j ita tanxn, ut poniocjufdem corticis minimi 

 unguis latirodincm xquans, adhuc inrcgrafopcifit, & corticis cominuatio manutc- 

 Katur; cerium cli nuuitionis augmenturn fubfe<jui in relifla corticis parte, &io 



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