BOTANICO . PECHNDMICA, 69 
Joan Quarles, qui dum circumpositione utere- 
tur, $o/zzz coluit in terris arenosis huc usque in- 
cultis imo in uliginosis , postquam alii per annos 
frustra tentaverapt. (1) Hujus actionis commoda 
vel incommoda inter alios fusius exposuit H u n- 
ter, qui JSo/ani ruberosi radiculas considerans 
Tanquam ramos sub terra, dicit eas produce- 
re caules et folia loco tuberum , si terra male ob- 
tegantur, eas vero steriles evadere, si nimis obte- 
gantur, ,, TAese bearers inquit, are in fact bran- 
» Ches Within ground. They so off from the descen- 
» ing stalk , in the same manner. and distance as 
» Ihe branches do from the ascending ome. Had 
» zhey appeared upon the surface, they would have 
» Drought forth leaves, flowers aud apples ,.. but 
» being confined, they produce potatoes. ? (2) 
Simili modo-apud Candollium vidimus tubera 
e caulibus subterraneis procrescere , ait nempe .: 
» Ces rameaux radiciformes qui , dans la pomme 
» de terre portenz les tubercules , "e $05t que des 
» Üranches inféricures."^ (9) 
5". Quale satum optimum habetur? Est revera 
quaestio , ad quam varii vario modo respondere 
CO- 
(QJ. Kops, Magazij? van PFader[. Latdlouw , D. V. 
pag- 444- : 
(2) Georg., Ess. Vol. I. pag. I 4Ie 
(3) Organogr. végét. , Tom. I. pag, 255, ttiam Cf, Dunal, 
JMMémoire sur les Solanum, pag. ao. 
