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Marcelli Malpighji 



{iiccum. Illud enim acuminata quafi lingula fcetus hiatum penetrat fola; 

 intercedente contiguitate 5 inter amnion vero &l chorion membranac 

 mucofe mediant, quae interdum vaforum fpecie imponunt. Poftremo, 

 completo foetuX, in fundo reliquushumor cumcorrugatis tunicis fuper- 

 cft. In/)owjo2 34, pariter leminis produdtio parum dilpari incedit pro- 

 greflli • umbilicw enim J, per longum excurrens, (enfim in apice dilata- 

 tur, in x^uo plantula © primo emergit ■ amplius redditur amnion C, & 

 chorii ambientes utriculos D umbilicali vaie excurrit. Plantulx feu fe- 

 minis fpecies eft E : Succe/fivis augmentis amnii moles F turgidior reddi- 

 tur, contabefccnte chorio G i femen vero Hquotidiana au<5lione chorii, 

 amniiqj infiimendo humores, varias fubit formas. Tiri 135 quoq- fe- 

 mina, emergente umbifico ^, intra fecundinas ©, colliquamento tur- 

 gidas, confimili incremento producuntur. Senfim extenditur umbilicus 

 Cj & tandem feminalis plantula V apparet ^ hacc, turgente indies amnia 

 H, aud:ior plantula F redditur, ita ut tandem utriculorum tunicae in exi- 

 guam molem G complicitx fuperfint. Confimilem feminis generatio- 

 nem mirari licet in produd"ione cerajorum, prunormn, &c promorum JrmeniacO' 

 rum 136, cjuorum variae fpecies funt ab J ufq^ adS. 



Quid fimile ia plantis quibufdam, 8c prxcipue in cucurbita occurrit 

 Tab.2 0. 237 ; in cujus lecundinis J^ liquore fcatentibus, tubulofum valdeq^ latum 

 producitur umbilicale Va^ S, colliquamento turgidum : Hujus extremitas 

 temporis diuturnitate amplior reddita, chorion exhibet, quod varias for- 

 mas (T, X), induit j tandem femen, feu primaeva plantula, ab apice amnii 

 E alTurgit, cujus forma F ; Sc plerumq; gemina hiant folia. Succeffivo 

 incremento turgidius amnion G, utriculis conglomeratum, plantulam 

 feminalem Hfovet, cujus varia forma eft 7. Poftremo depafcenteplan- 

 ta I\^ ambientem amnii L humorem, chorii M moles fere obliteratur. 

 Vari^ licet configuretur amnion, non raro tamen fpecies hxc 2^ cum 

 clongato umbilico occurrit. 



In lauro iidem occurrunt humores concreti, nullo tamen intercedente 

 umbilicoi^S. Tenellus primo eminet ftylus Jj quo aperto, amnion 

 !B patet , utriculis conftans, quod in chorio C, faccuHs pariter fijcco tur- 

 gidis excitato, ambitur j amnii fummitatem occupantis plantulas prima 

 Ipecies eft D • fenfim adaudto utero ambiente, amnion pariter E tumet 

 & plantula geminis foliis Fcraffis excitata, fupercrefcente gemma G adole- 

 icitjita ut fenfim exhaufto amnii Hhumore fucceffiva capiat incrementa /. 



In lino 139, fpeciofa quoq^ eft feminalis plantulis produ6tio • in cen- 

 tro enimcolliquamenti,feupecuUarisovi, veficula J primo rurget, am- 

 nion fcilicet, cujus concavitatem plantula ©, fenfim manifeftata, tenec. 

 Circumlocatur chorion C, utriculis conglobatum, fucco turgidis. Succef^ 

 fivis augmentis plantula D binis pracdita foliohs humores abfumit, Sc tan- 

 dem, velut^epon«w femen, excrefcicin formam £. 



In /e^MMimi^t^ parum deviat ab exaratis Natura, & praecipuein fativo 

 cicere 240, cujus uterus J, longiori conftans tuba, interiias feminum in^ 

 choamenta alit. Haec primo rudem iortiuntur formam ^ j parum ad- 



aud:a 



