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Termino? arfls noT^ [•■aqiic prinrim T-rronls erlf-. 



Gen. pLm pr.ef. «,r. Explodcndi funt pompon <^ Eloqueiv 



fJT flofcull. 

 Oratorio ("tyio in charafterc nil inaErjg abomi-iabilc. 

 T.rmini arti^ faciunt, ut paucis ideas nr)flras exponamus, 

 LINl ckva^er orjmrius fit cxcmpli loc:o. 



Jlxtimum floris tegumentum viride, quod antc explica- 

 tion.-ni indudit florcm , cfl ad bafin in ; partfj ^equa- 

 les vcluti foAum, ita tnmcn ut unaqusequc pars lir lon. 

 ^ior quam lata , & vcrfus utrnmquc cxtrcautatcm m- 

 guflata, dcfincntibus fummis a;jicibus in acunien; cxtc- 

 rum hr > partes pcrpendicularem fitum fervant , & ra- 

 tionc foliorum floris admodum brcvcs funt: ncc dif- 

 flu'int cum florum foliis coloratis, fcd pcrmanc;>t ad 

 frudus maturitatem. Intra hnec folia funt alii folia ct- 

 iam numcro quinqus, fcd tencra, colorata , etiiu ob- 

 longa , fcd furfum ma^is magrsque dilatata , fcre uti in- 

 funaibulum mechanicorum; funt ctiam hxc longe m;iio> 

 ra quam extcriora viridia folia. Tum intra hiej quin- 

 que colorata mai^na folia floris fcquuntur numcro s: pir- 

 tes filiformes, fupcrnc fcnfim attcnjatie in mucroncm; 

 <]U3e perpcndicularcs fere funt, nec lonTjrjdmc exce- 

 dunt cvnma folio>a floris; harum funimitatibus infidcnt- 

 totidcm corpufcula , fimplicia, crairiora, quTe fpar^unt 

 farinam, & bafi fifTa in 2 partes aciitas. Hifce parti- 

 bus probe pcrfpeftis in cen^ro floris occurrit corpus , 

 quod cxcic;'cit in fruftum, & fub florcfcentia fcrc glo- 

 bi formam imitafir, cui fupcrimpoflta P.int ^ fila vc2;e- 

 tabilia, qure ubique eandcm fervant craiTiticm, & per- 

 pcn jicularcm ferme fitum habent, eandcmque ob*incnt 

 lonjjifudinem cum ^ partibus filiformibus mox dcfcri- 

 ptis; funt autem hTcapicibus non capitata aut incraffa- 

 ta, fed panim cxrrorfum flexa? pcraAi florefccnna fit 

 Frud'is aridus, forma fcrmc globi , fcd obfolete 5 an- 

 guli.^i notatus, & in fummitatc gcrit mucroncm; luinc 

 frudum fi rransverfim diffcccs, vidcbis eundcm intcr- 

 ne in 10 concamerationcs divifum , & cum fpontc de- 

 hifcaf, fc aperire in 5 partes requalcs: intra quas 10 la- 

 tuere feniina figura ferme ovi , fed magis longa, & al- 

 t^^^ra exrrcmitate actnninita, nco non parum compreda, 

 fuperficie quafi polita & glabra. / 



CAa raSt-r idem Lvu, Lingua Botanici» ufitata, eadem om- 

 nia compledens. 



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