MICROGRAPHIA CVRIOSA . 



ba/im prematur digito > tunc eitim per illos aculeos pcl- 

 Ju cidos manifefteafcendere & defcendere apparebit li- 

 q uor . H#c omnia leguntur in Ephemeridibus Erudit o- 



Non valde diffimilia documenta inueni in continu^- 

 tione Epiftolarum D. Leeuwenhock pag. t o7. vbi fic ha- 

 » bet . [ Vrtica? tani in folijs fuis , quam in caulibus 

 ? 3 acutis aculeis fiue ftimulis funt inftrufta: > qui maxima 

 or ex parteadmodum duri & firmi funr , craffiffima verd 

 ii horura aculeorum particula > quse folio fiue cauli affi- 

 fi xa eft> admodum mollis & flexibilis eft > & quando hi 

 35 aculei fiue ftimuli in hoc vel illud latus infledhinttir > 

 5 y atqtie hoc modoquoque mollis partieula aculei inflc- 

 33 ftitur, tum actileus nunquarn aut raro in cutem no- 

 3> ftram tranfmeare poteft . ] Etpatilo poft [contempla- 

 o, bar hoQ:e Vrticarum acitleos nontantum vndiqtre ca- 

 3^ uitate quadam cflTe inftru&os > verum etiam tum tem- 

 5 , poris> cum vrticx in floridiffimo forent ftatu , in mul- 

 33 torum aculeorum extreniitaribus hunchumorem pro~ 

 ?> trudi> qui tum cum pcrquam exili globuio in extrcmo 

 » aculeifineconfidebat . Hoc ame vifo alias formabam 

 35 cogitationes> mihique imaginabar, vt & fi nos ab iftis 

 3^ aculcis tali tantum modo- puagamur, vt aculei fupre- 

 5> mam dumtaxatcutieulam noftram veluti perfoderent, 

 33 & vt ntillus aculetis in cuticula noftra frangeretur ^ at- 

 j> tamen dolorem & cxttrmefcentiam compcriremus ob 

 ? , caufam > fi faltern humor ( qui ad finem huius aculei 

 „ fitus eft >ant qui ob aculei rnotuni ex eodem protrudi 

 n poflet ) in.partcs feniltiuas noftrje cutis penetret^ at- 

 5 , que ibidem aliqua vafa attingat , fiue ledat > vnde cu- 

 :,> ticula noftra mediante acuto lale in hoc humore fito 5 

 „ vehementer admodum extumcfcit . ] 



His obfcruationibus eruditus } caufam non pleneafie- 

 quor> ob quam vrticsc tantum nobis concitent dolorem > 

 stc cutem noftram ita extumefcentem reddant. Si enim 

 vrticf humore illo noxio abundant > cum floridifsimofunt 

 iullatU) vt affirmat fupradi&us Au&or 5 dcberent profe- 



