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pronas hominum, prseprimis fexus feqvioris > mentesadumbraretaci- 

 teq, eas corrigere intendilfet , verum ut rei veritatem cuilibet patefa- 

 ciamus brevibus eam defcribere& ex vivo ( qvamvis proportine geo- 

 metrica diminutum ) xvi incidi curavimus. Buglojfum hoc filvefire tnon~ 

 rificum erat magnitudine digitorum majorum feu unciarum geome- 

 ricarum viginti qvincg Iongum & paululum flexuofum, Iatum vero pal- 

 iminorisimo qvatuoruncLirum , caule monftrofoSdatiflimo,fibra- 

 rumordine in directum seqvediftante diftinctum , floribuscp copiofis- 

 fimis & unica faltem radice praditum ', uno verbo Intubumfilvefire caule 

 lato & compreflb, velpotius Lycopfin caule latiflimo ab Aldrovando 

 in fua monftrorum hiftoria defcriptam &depic"tam fere semulans > uti ex 

 Iconifmo adjecto, fi cum Aldrovandi conferatur, curiofusLe&orde- 

 prehendct. 



Caufam monfirofe hujm conformationis fi qvis a me ex-igeret> in pra?» 

 grefli hiemis frigus tam gradu qvam temporis duratione intenfifli- 

 mum 5 necnon niveseopiofiffimas certeconjicerem,fiqvidemapluri- 

 bus hortorum cultoribus obfervatumeft > hoc & fimilis temperamenti 

 annis plures Tulipas non folum binos fed ternos & qvaternos ex eodem 

 caule protrufiflifte flores j credoo^ eandem Iuxuriem in permultis aliis 

 plantistam hortenfibus qvam campeftribns deprehendi potuHfe s mo- 

 db obfervatorum curiofitas huic negotio diligentius incubuiffet. 



Nam frigus adeo intenfum & durabile prohibuit > qv6 minus plan- 

 tae hujusmodi fenfim progerminarent > fed potius deinde frigore remit- 

 tenteradicesunoqvafi impetu & unita virtute (qvse femper fortifli- 

 tnajgermina alias divifim autfingulatim>proditura, conjun&im emifilfe 

 & interfe qvafi conglutinaffe ; Deinde nives copiofiffimas nitrosafua 

 fubftantia fic plantas qvasdam fcceundaife , utfic multiplicatje prodie- 

 rint j qvod forte conflrmari poffet artificio illo , qvo qvidam menftruo 

 qvodam fecreto, cujus inventor (J/^er^creditur, & qvod P. D. Jo- 

 hann Ferdmandm Hertodius Collega nofter in Crocologia fua mox fub 

 prselo jam lucem adfpirante communicavit> in qvo femina nonnihil 

 macerataita fcecundari dicuntur, ut plantas muito latiores & mul- 

 tiplicatiores promittant. Et h<ec mea de monftrofe hujus plantae cau- 

 sa con jeftura fufficiat, aliis me oculatioribus exactiorern hujus caufae in- 

 qvifitionemplacide permittens. 



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