204 Bihliograpldcal Notices. 



gris distincta sunt, qu?c quidam Hilum esse, sed falsissirae, putarunt ; 

 puncta enim h?ec nihil aliud sunt quam cicatrices pediculi fracti, qui 

 pisa icguminibus inlixit; juxta hrec vero tuberculum prominet, instar 

 rostri, in Cicere et Stajjliylodendro permagnum, quod vera est cica- 

 tricula, in qua omnes libra; primordiales plantse proventurse latent. 

 Malpigius in semine Caryophylli totam arborem Caryophylli sub mi- 

 nuta forma cum caule, foliis, radice &c. inesse ostendit. Nulli mi- 

 rum videatur, hsec semina a me ova appellari ; octoginta enim ante 

 me aunos celeberrimus Harveus idem nomen dedit, cum generatio- 

 nem eequivocam refutando palam exclamaret : Omnia ex ovo. 



Ova plantarum in terra excluduntur, eodem modo quo ova a\^um 

 sub alis, quadrupedum in utero, et piscium in aqua. 



§ XXVIII. 



Planta primum ex ovo suo progerminans duo exserit folia, Cotyle- 

 dones nominata, ex analogia quae inter ilia et placentas animalium, 

 seu cotyledones, vaccarum et similium, locum obtinet. Hse duse co- 

 tyledones, antea inter membranas ovi occnltDs, basin ejus constitu- 

 erunt, et munere eodem heic funguntur quo vitellum in ovis avium, 

 quod in placentam foetus tenelli aliit. Postquam tenerse ill^e cotyle- 

 dones apud embryonem parvum vicem impleverunt placentarum, de- 

 cidunt simul atque ipse e terra se alere possit, quemadmodum pla- 

 centfc animalium flaccescunt, cum foetus se ipsum alere inceperit. 



§ XXIX. 



Hsec sunt quse breviter et sine uUa librorum evolutione, summa 

 cum festinatione communicata volui de Sexu Plantarum, qui etiam 

 particula qusedam est Botanices, seu Scientise Divinte, sic dictee, 

 quippe quce exponit ea quae Deus inter omnes res creatas tarn mag- 

 nifice fecit. 



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