REGNUM VEGETABILE. 9 



iict. Hoc fit iii /IrboribHs ^ uhi mediilla moratur a da- 



riori fubftant^a Hgnea; iii PLiKtis amuiib autem, ubi mi- 

 uor rcdltecitia corporei 1{ixiori«> vcrr.is medullam, \ri ct 

 hjEC brevins, absque moia gcmmacca cxirc in Fiorcs; 

 quodcunquc cnim velet propuKionem McdullGC angcre 

 • & inchilivam vim Corporei debilitare^ id promovebit 

 tlorelccntiam 



Florem cium producat Arbor , Natara anticipabit q':inque 

 annorum progenies, limul tum prodituras, furmando 

 c foliis gemm^ceii) f ituri anni Ih-aSleas^ requcntls Cr/A/- 

 cem , infcquentis Corol!a}n^ confcquentis Stanii^j^: ^ ruhfe- 

 quentis Pi/hl/um ^ rcfanMm Meduila grunuhta Stminum^ 

 termino vitce vcr^erantis. 

 25-. FLORESCENrF\ fiftit Flanrarum Spo??ftlici in Florc, (*) 

 & Nufiids in Anthefi. . " ' ' 



Flos, exuta Herbs Larva, prodit Planta declarata, in- 

 teina, nuda & perfcita inlhr Infefti alli^ati vollLaniis: 

 Coleoptrati Calycc, Alati C^oroiia, couUantis folis 

 Jceri:7':s Genitaiibns : Mafculis {laminibus €X Anthcrjs 

 Tejltculav ihus ^ repletis Poiline ge?iitali ^ continentc F^o- 

 inU.im vivificanlcm , & Fcmineis Plftillis ex Gcrjri: lis 

 oTario^ tcrrninato Stignute vuhifero^ tctto pu^c tQL»u- 

 lola, rcfudantc Lympham ^enitalem. 



Anthesis pcra.[;itur, dum Anrhcr^ rupra; fparguut fu im 

 Pollen velicuiare fupra Stigma ^ quo erHjt hoc inclufam 

 Fnvillam mafcnlam, abforbendam a Lympha ji^e-KfiaU ft:- 

 minca refudante, ut corporenm mafcul im aidico Fcmi- 

 iico medulhri con6ciat ovum ^ in julbim maturitatem 

 fovcndum intra Ovarium. 

 16. PRINCIPIUM Fru£tificationis , Fuiidamentum Dotanlces, 

 e(t altius rcpetcndum. 



Pko.blema: Supponas D. O. O. in primordio e fim^-lici 

 progrelfum ad compolita; c paucis ad plura! adcoquc a 

 primo Vegetabili principio, tot tantum crcafle plantas di- 

 verfas, quot ordines Naturates. Has ordinuni piantas, 

 IrsuM dcin ita inter fe generando mifcuifTe, ut totidcm 

 cxorirentur plantcc, quot hodie dillindta exirtunt Genera^ 

 Naiuram dein GeneriraS has plantas, per generarioncs 

 ambigcnas (quss ftru6turaiTi floris non mutant j intcr fc 

 mifcuifTc & multiplicalTe in Species cxillentcs, quotquot 

 polTibilcs , exclulis tamen e numcro (pecierum , ab ejas- 

 modi gcneratlone pro4'J(ti:is Plantis ilybridis , utpotc Ue- 

 rilibus. 



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(*) Sponfalia phctavuni. Amocn. c.cnd, XU. 



