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"horto' Regio Parifienfi luxuriat fruai- 

 " bus quotannis onuftus. Qui vero flo- 

 " ribus gaudet, non occurrit niii in infu- 

 " Jis Sequanae et Matronae, longe didan- 

 "tibus: In horto Regio tamen femina 

 ** profert" *. 



This objedion againft the fexes of 

 plants drawn from the lupulus, appears 

 to be ftrengfhened by the anfwer made 

 to it ; which is this, ♦* Humulus duplex 

 " omnino eft; unus floribus fuperbit fta- 

 " miniferis, alter piftiiliferis; idquc quod 

 " frudum vulgo vocant, eft calyx tantum 

 ^'* explicatcis et elongatus : Hinc humulus, 

 " quamvis foemina, nee foecundata, co- 

 " nos tamen proferre valet. Hoc Tour- 

 " nefortium decepit, rie fexum plantarum 

 ** agnofcerit, quum lupulus (foemina) in 

 ^^ horto Parifienfi luxuriabat, frudibus 

 ^'^' quotannis onuftus; qui vero floribus 

 " gaudebat (mas) non occurrebat nifi in 

 *• infulis Matronae et Sequanae multum 

 " diftantibus t. Idem fit in moro et bli- 



"to, 



• Inft. p. 69, 



t Tournefort, Hag. p. 6^. 



