RATIO OPERIS. t y 



Botanicis &hh , ft quae certitudo unquam in artc de- 

 fideretur, Gaiera & Species ejfe naturaiia omnia, 

 fine c]uo affiimro prmcipio nulia falus ifa arte poreft 

 obtinen. F:B; 131 .157. Supponamus D.T.O. ab 

 initio creaiTc unicam fantmn ipeciem e quovis g& 

 ftcre/ Sunponamus etjam has primas Specrcs deia 

 (vel in primorcio, ve) in remporc) ab aliorum ge* 

 nerum ipeaebus foecundatas ; lcqueretur indc qiiod 

 pkires ontcntur Species, dum hx Fioris HkitiCtQti 

 cvadcrent quodarnmodo Matri flmiles, iir Herbae 

 ftrudura Patri. cenfet\ Atnoen. acad.6. p % 270 



9. Afiumto hoccc poftulato (8) proccdant fc- 



cundum fuam Mcthodum finefcli; dividant Genera 

 hxc in Ordines & Clafles; Carfalptous, Herman- 

 nus, Rajus, Knaut p a FtuBn\ Touwcforrius 

 zfigura CorolU; Rivinus znuinero & ^qttalitatd 

 Tftatommy Magnol aCa/yce, & nti noxa; adfe- 

 tcnt hx methodi omncs: Scd conrra, f\ bene ela- 

 bcratas , fummara utilitatem , dtrtii videre licct, 

 quanrum h#c vel illa pars fruftiftcationis confide* 

 rata valeat in his ve! illis Ciaffibus Naturalibus. 

 "arum rcfert, qua methodo porclHs pcrvenire ad 

 genera facillima via, Ifhi reiiquis pr^ferenda cft, 

 qnas certiori tramite fccurius ad ea ducit; (jtiStttue 

 jnaxime univerfalis eft ; vix enim credo ullos fiVf- 

 « adco natos cfTc memoria , ut, absquc Syftemate. 



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gcncra rcncre qucant, Methodus itaque erir vi 

 ««x; Ordines cnim fnttt Ciafics fubaircrna*: c . 

 P 3 uca diilii.aierc gcnera facilius eflc , quam cmnia , 

 W.us inficias ibit. Non quidem nego *q«e darf 



aJJ cs naturalcs ac Genera naturalia; non ncgo 



X 5 quift 



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