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Iibrx null* apparent, CJypira cft-corpus diflbrmc, campanulacum , cwun* 

 auramium, fuhftanti* glandulofar icncrxquc, capiti cruris pilci adinftar im- 

 pofitum; limbo in fimbrtam urmiuto intcgram, qua collo cju>dcin adnc- 

 Qttur; gibbofam partcm cavitatis pcricarpii rcplcns cxattc. Scmsn cft pars 

 frucJus illa maxima, tcrcs, polliccs dcccm ue pluriimtm longa, pondcrofr, 

 in panc craffiorc nrquans diijitum, plus ininus arcuata, faturnic viridis, aJ 

 apiccm rubcfccns, intcrdum c\ atro rubcns toca, in apiccm dcfincns conico- 

 fiibulanifti» lunc pcricarpium vcriits fcnfim frita gracilior, tandcmqucdcfi- 

 ncm in conum acuminatuin, qui cavitati cruris rcfponrfct. Sapor cius cft 

 adftringens. Cortcx cft fragilis, lincain craificicttquans, & intcrnc albicans. 

 Mcdullaconftac fibris lon^itudinalibus nuincrofis,difleftioni mnsrafie rcfi- 

 ftcntibusquam inaximo>albi5»ad Itbcri airisattailum rubcncibus, omncmquc 

 habcntibus ligni janioris finulitudinctn, Cortcx sd cxtrcmitatcm cruri conti- 

 guam cx abrupto dcltuic in margincm albicantcm; tncdulla auccm continua- 

 tur abitqttcin conum modo diftum viridcm, qui cx foliolis nliquot compo- 

 nicur plicatis convolutis facillimcquc cxplicandis. Utrinquc ad bunc aditauc 

 (quxfrpcctiam^dcfidcramur)foIio!a duo vircntia & cxunguclongo tcrmi- 

 tiaia in braclcam fubrotundam conumquc amplcxamcm. Etfi vcro conus 

 illc intrce fldimplcatquc cavicatcm cruris» libcr tamcn cft ab cjusdcm parictc 

 inccrno; ac utriusquc limbi inviccm adnc£iuntur pcr tubcrcula minima ti- 

 nusquc corrcfpondcntcs. Hm «rricultdo, fi ita oppcllarc diftam cohxfio- 

 ncm liccac, co cvtdic dcbilior, quo ad maturitatcin propius acccdic fcmcn: 

 cujus rci lortfiflc caufa c(l inuuita pcdcEcntim cxficcatio partiunn 



Coqius i»itur cniris vidccur fuccum nutriticium Imtrirc mcdiantc calv- 



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ptra ; quat, utpotc conflata cx fubftamia glamiulofa fuccoquc plena, infcrvirc 

 quoquc prarparandis & pcriicicndis fuccis ad fcminis incrcmcntum nccclfc* 

 riiscrcdi poccft. Hanc ccrtc oinnium pantum primam fub dtigQ] RlobuU 

 forma confpiccrc liccc in fundo difcifit gcrminis in HorcJ quando nc vdH- 

 gium quidcm fivc cruris fivc fcminis dctcgi microfcopio poccit. Ex floris 

 rcccptaculo &gcrmine trans calyptram in cruris caput, hinc pcr c)usdctn 

 corpus ad limbum usquc dclatus fuccus nuirititius , pcr limbum fcminis cor- 

 rcfpondcntcm pcrgic» Nam ii immaiurum fcmcu c cruris c^trabitur cavita- 

 tc, foli utriusquc comigut lintbi fuccum ilico cxftillam fubrufum, qui in 



Imturisvd ntacuricati proximis fruflibusficci dqjrchcndumur. 



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Jam pcricarpium incrcmcntum dimidium acquifivit, inftruuurquc odhuc 

 flylo inic^ro, quando prodirc foras fciucn incipit. Scilicct c\ ipfius apicc 

 cmcr^ic tnucro viridis» qui paulacim incrcfccns cum ica lindit> uc absquc 

 ruptura craflitic fcmpcr aqucc iaclum fontnjtn, lcmi incrcmcntt indicio, 

 Styiui tunc ipfc ctiain bifariam fcctitur» ac fcaionc fulco fuo divifionique 

 propria! concraria; undc pluralitatan ftyloruiu in fruftu falfo quis fufpica- 

 rctur. Scylus fic diufus pcrftat cxficcatus. Scminc rcquifitttin longim- 



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