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^^ ^ ElluriSjMa^n£ MatriSj emancipatos quafi fHios AnatomicJiUnie' 

 71^ humana Sciendi prurio-o ha^enus damnaVit : Anunalium enim 

 miiyerfum genus j ijuodreliBo materno terrcefnu liherumy acjuam^ 

 Vel aere}}ijycl ipfu^s Va^-ias oras po^yadit, in hominwn fapientice 

 libidme^nju^ulatur ; reliquum illudfuperefl ^iatorwnge^tu^, quod 

 nafiVo ejujdem grcmio perpetuo hdrenSj lenitcr ajfurgtt : Hoc 

 autemfuh yariis Tlantarum jj>eciebus intuc^nur, cpiue co}}imixta}n telluri itajortiuntnr 

 yita^Hj ut illius connatiflii cenfendityeniant ■ }iijatius dica}}ius^ terra^n ipfam abdo- 

 men inge^is ejfe, in cujus offcinis alime^itormn digefio^us, excrementorum prdcipita- 

 tio}ies jiant ^ huic aute^n neEli <^ inferi thoracts loco, '(jr fuhcrefcentis capitis, yarias 

 <sr- multiplices Tlajttarwn contextura^, cpUie ^ioVwnfui generis cerebrum co^ifituant. 

 Erumpe^itiwn hujujmodi plajitarwn aceryii^s ta}n ferax efl, ut nonfacilein diflmSios 

 redigi poj^it ordmes • a^itic^ua e^iwi diflmElio, in arborem (c.f-uticemy fubfruticem, 

 Ct- herbam, fuas cpuocpue i^iyenit diffcultates apud 'Bota^iicos j wide ijuidam folis ar- 

 horwn ((sr herbarumge^ieribm co}itetiti, fruticum isr fubfruticwn capita neglexere. 

 TSltc defuerwitj cjui attenta yariafe}}imum is^' foliorwn fonna, relicjufciue phmome- 

 niSjprima yegetantiwn ge^iera adeo ^^iultiplicayerinty nt eadem platitafub diyerjis 

 fpeciebus decies defcribatur • wide fatitoribus paflim i}}ipoftbile yidetur, pla^itas cnmes 

 hi determi}iatos ordi}ies dtflDiguere. ISleglefla igitur geyierwn defg}iatio}ie , licebit 

 ti}itVerfam 'Vegeta^ititmi farmliam Melut witctmi Vtyens ri}}iari : In pUrifc^ue e}iim 

 tnmcuSjfolia, (6^ radices occurruntfola duritie Vel }}iollttte yaria, ita ut quamplurimte 

 herke, tenelU <6^ himiiles cjuafi arbores dicipoftnt. Hoc itajue Viyetitis organicwn 

 corpws anatomice exami^widwn affumpfmus, non dijpari ^nethodo , ac in animali- 

 hus pafli^nperagitur, indaga^ido fc. VJcera, multiplicia 'vaforumgetiera, medullam C 

 femen ^ inflituta priu^s earum exercttattO}ie ^lantarum, in cpubus mi}ius obfcure emer-- 

 guntpartesy <isr fubinde produSla in reitcjucis, ubi obfcurtori cpuaf Velo ISlaturafua co}i- 

 didit arca}ia. Hanc Tlantarwn anatomen j^luribusfortaffe, cpuam }iatwa rei extgtt 

 expofui j yarii namcjue irrepfere in exarandis "Natur^ operibus rudes mentis }ne^ coiu 

 ceptuSj <6^ innumera , quibus forfitan iticongrue t^iterpretatusfwn TSlaturx }}iyfleria, 

 copiofam fcrtpturitio}iemfecere. Taucis, 6^ his cpuidem mitiimis, conte^ita efl Natu- 

 ra, etia^n dum ingentes operofa excitat }noles ^ cpiare cpii re^n altius ri)nantur, in h^ec 

 abunde refohunt. Opportwiius igitur , te judice , a^ntce LeBor, fortaffe fuifft, 

 poftquam rerum ato^na^ differenticvs }ion licuit atthigere, copiofa^n jalte^n operandt 

 Natur^fgetenijfngulaque pho::iiO}ncnaj qiiibus Vegetantitmi Varietas mirabiliter unt- 

 yerfa^ntelhiremexoniatjperextetijwn cxpo}iere, ut tu }}iaturtori judicio in pauca C" 

 }fiinimafatiiis refolveres : Atjudicii mcihinguore, ingeniiquc hebcttidine, media i}iter 

 utnmique Vta progredi coaSlusfwn, wide }iec o^mitno in meditatio^iibws jejwius }iec 

 in tenta}nt}iibus profifus extiti: QnaUactmi\ueta}}ienf}it, }ie dedigneris ^ utpote co)i- 

 geflaaVtro, cjui^Botaiitcis non affueVtt fludtiSy alieno diflraElti^s }ie<rotio, cuigravior 



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