35* ZOOTKTTI MAKINI 



Subjlantla corticis , vt apparet , homogenea , al- 

 bida , compada , rafuque facilior eft parenchymate 

 atque medulla , quorum illud ob glutinis cxficcati re ^ 

 crementa , haec , quod coacftilis ad inftar aliquatenus fe 

 habet , cultro minus cedit. Cortex etiam cum paren- 

 chymate arde cohaeret , adeo , vt ne diuturna quidem 

 maceratione nexu fuo foluatur. 



Farenchjma , (/) craffius cortice inuolucrum , 



flauefcens ac fpongiofum eft: ; transuerfim enim difledum, 



praeter maiora dudtuum iftorum lumina , pturimos vn- 



•Tab.XllI diquaque poros , vel cellulas minorcs ^ , nudo tamen 



J'|." ^^' ocuio confpiciendas , offert. 



Tab.XlV. pjqc ipftjni inuohicrum in lateribus caulis atque 



*T^b XIII rsniorum conuexis craflius '^ atque fpongiofuis eft , 

 Fig. <5. y. quam ia plnnioribus eorum faciebus*"^; et in ramis maior 

 Tab. XV. eius craftuies atque laxitas , quam in caulc, obleruatur. 



XIII. 



Th XV. nius , dicentem , pag. 453: „ This bark appears pierced with 



|j«. ' /- „ little holes , and thefc anfwer to finall caviiies upon the fub- 

 ^ ' „ ft^nce of the Coral, When you take of a piecc of this bark, 



„ you obferve an infinite quantity of little tubes , wich con- 

 „ ntCi thc bark to the plant , and a great number of little 

 „ glands adhering to thefe tubes ; but both one and the other 

 ,, do not diftin£l!y appear , cxctpt whcn they are full of juice. 

 5, It is from thefe tubes and glands that the milky juice of 

 „ Coral ifTues fbrth „ 



* Poftqoam librum manulcriptum , cui Titulus eft ; Traite du Corail etc, 

 ab Audoie acceperat Societas Regia Scientiarum Londina , fummam 

 eius in Vol XLVII. publicauit. 



[/] Hoc in Coiallio rubro a cortice non diftinxit , fed pro vno eo- 

 demque cum eodem habuit , Marfillm^ , iure ab eodcm fepar.mit 

 Donatus , cxtcrius inuolucrum mteccia y interius 'Joiuua vocaiido. 



