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^'* THEOPHRA5T. PECAVSIS 



inincr cft nccclTe, fcd illad fcruare tanrammodo cadcm gcrmi- 

 na potc{l:qaod autcm gcrminare pcrpctae natam fir,alia fcm- 

 pcraggencrat,crfamgcrmina, vifcilicctfa^ pcculiiris nato- 

 r^.quod idcm vcl in alijs fieri aliquatcnus patctrgcrminant cm 

 gcrminattoncalfa fuborrum fydcram,alia nollo tcmporc ccr- 

 to, vt ctiam vitis.Qnj^d igitar his aliqoatcnus naturacoccfsit, 

 illis pcrpctua dptc iargita cft ,vt fcmpcr germinct/cmpcrquc 

 . frni^jficcnf,Cum autcm natura talis corum fit, nihil iam ablur 

 dom apparc3f,fi aha pcrficiunt. aliaflorcpromittunt,alia pa- 

 riunt,aIi«iiuperfa?rant,atq;partariunt:ncccnimJn cartcrisar'* 

 boribus omncs partes fimoJ clTcfcntimus. Scd quacrcndom po 

 tias fir,qni:n3m,aat vndc fit coru fcmpcrics,atquc coagmcnta 

 fio- Qnodfimilccflc vidcbitur, vtfi quseram, qusetcmpcrics 

 fcmpcr irondcntinm fit, prartcr quod hocaliam quoquc ratio- 

 ncm dcfiderct. Addcrc nanqoe oportef,car tantum ahmcti haa* 

 rirc,jtqacincoqncrcpoJsint, vtnanqoamgcncrardi dtfit fa- 

 Culra^.Enimacroiilaaddiiarationcgcrminarionon nffi fru- 

 £las gcncratib eft. Namfimulqaidcmfrnftas plurcsgcftarc, 



fcfhjm 



Jttnipcro,ali; qucobfxngrt*qaoram conco^ftio lenta,* fro^lus 



abloiUJ d fflcik potcft.Horum igitur caufa fit haftcnus in pr^- 



lcntia expofiuv 



JimHl/u^rema:& inferna ^UnUrum* 



C^ipi^t XIII. 



VTram autem gcrminario,&auftiopartium fapcriornm, 

 acinfcrioram,qoacinrcrracondantur,fimulficrifolear, 

 andiftrnftzfinttcmporcvtintcr autorcs nonnullos conucnit: 



{ciUcei radiccs per autumnu, hycmcmq; aagcfccrc;caudiccsj& 

 x^mos pcr ver,3tq; 2cftatcm,& prxcipu^^fub fydusldqucrafia 

 nc ficficri,fiqaidc & in primagcncrationcfcqui idcntidcni /o 

 lcat Radice cnimprius fcmpcr,quam gcrmcn producirantccc 



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dere nanq; id,qao alimcntu infcratur.clTc ncccffc:qood idc vcl 

 in cofitionibus autumni liqacrc:tunccnim platas c6fitas,radi- 

 ccscapeflrerc,nogcrmlnare nifipauluiu. Nafi radicccarcrcnt, ^^ 

 mox patrcfceret,atq; pcrircnt Scd idcirco cum faiom comn^e 

 dar, quodplataru pnmordia cfi^citfirmiora, quibas vriqacft ^^ 

 Caadex,&rcIiquagrnrratioprodit. Etcn i m quarproflnas ad ^^ 



w / ---,«. .<'.V« V"-«»^<-> J, 



Jnoda io fcmmu gcncrc hortos Adonidis diitos Jf cctprofpicc- 



rc Probabiiis hacccadc rarro vcl hiuc vidcri vtiq; j-Otcft : pa^ . i^ 



U$ enun fupernar acrc frigido impcdiunrar : infcrnat autcm ||^ 



