VERMES. ^43 



Z O O P H Y T A compofita Animalcula , in biuio Animalium Ve- 

 getabiiiumque conftituta, radtcata pleraque catdefcunt 

 multiplicata vita ramis ^ gemmls caeduis, metamorpiiofi- 

 c^Qfioriim animantium, fponte ^t^^ mouentium , in cap' 

 fulas femimferas tranfeunrium : ac {i Piantae eiTent Zoo- 

 phyta, fehfu motuque deftituta; et Zoophyta verae plun- 

 tae , fed fyftematae nerueo , fenfus motusque organo , in- 

 ftruftiie ; eqnidem his ineffae fenfnm , q^iiae ncc animalitimy 

 nec frtitiami) fed tertiain &x vtro^ue nattiram habent, 

 Plijt. 



AVCTORES Vermium pretiofi: intestinorvm vix vlli; 

 MOLLvscoRVM pauci ; testaceorvm primarii: fo- 

 brius BGnanmts ^ ditillimus Liftertts , -folidifljmus Runi' 

 pbitiSj curioliffimus Petinerius^ abfolutiflimus Gtialtiertis^ 

 nitidiflimus Argetiville , omniumque pulcherrimus Kra' 

 zenfteifiii Regenftifitis (f), nec non Cohijmnay Barreli^ 

 ertis, Plancfis, KleinitiSy alii. lithophytorvm Co- 

 mes MarftglitiSf oculatus Dofiatus, zoorHYTORVM 

 lynceuj EUifmst 



Mihi conmenti fefe perfuafit rerum Natura, nihil in- 

 credibile exiftimare de ea. 



P&.XI: 3. 



Ss 4 GENE- 



(f) Regenfufii opeYis auBorc Cl Kratzenfteinio vidi tantum tal>Hlas XII 

 frimcify dum haec edo, nec quidq-uam pnlchriHf. 



