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DE FEGETATIONE PLA\^TJRVM 



eodem tcmpore fere * poll. vnde vtcrquc cadcm celcri- 

 tate crclccrc ccntlndiis hucibquc cft. 



COXSECTARIA. 



Expofitis ita fidcliter cxpcrimcntis his :\ mc captis , 

 acccdiim nunc ad conlcdiria qu;icd:im cx illis dcriuanda : 

 in quibus cautc ct tarde proccdcndum cde , omncs , qui 

 vcritatcm inconcudam fecflantur , vno mccum orc ct cor 

 dc atHrmAbunt. Sint itaquc ca , quac cx pracmilVis legi- 

 timc dcriuari poflTc mihi quidem videntur , fcqucntia. 



I Cuticulam cxtcrnam fcminis , fuic corticcm , cx 

 irrigatione infra tcrram rcddi primo (btim tcniporc mol- 

 liortm , app.irct in cxpcrim. I. dic i , quod idco fic 

 ri neccffc cll , vt radicula cnimpcrc pcr hunc corticcm 

 pofllt. Vti cnim ex fola auium incubationc oui tclla fit 

 tenuior a calorc , modico quidcm , fcd continuato , doncc 

 loftro perfbdcre corticcm hunc polfit puUus : ita etiam a 

 madorc lenitcr afflucntc fcminis quafi tclh cuadit mollior , 

 doncc perfrmgcrc cam t]ucat radicula ciumpcns ct tcrram 

 pctcns. In quo quidcm lcminis , \cl grani alicuius , (i- 

 militudo cum ouo apparct nliqua , non autcm jKrfcda , 

 c]ualem (bituere videtiu* Cclcltcrr. Fontev.elle , in „ Uijlolre 

 ^^dc Y Acad. des Scicnces 1701 , his verbis : Tontes les 

 ^^plantcs liennent par des oeujs ; car lesrraincs Jont pnur 

 ^yli Thrftqiie de 'vcritables ocujs , auxqueh la lanv:^uc a 

 ,^don>'c un autre nom. Diucrfitas cnim ali(]ua intcr gra- 

 num fcmini<< et omim minifclVa t\\ in co , ijuod hoc 

 nihil extcrni alicuius fucci intra fc trans corticcm attni- 

 hir , vcriim omnc id , quodcunquc ad puUum nutricndum 



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