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Sententia de Plants marinae in coraliitisillorum ortu, denique corruptae cavitates, for-mae fuäe similes, in illis relinquunt, quas po-lypi aliique vermes marini, inhabitare solent;unde corallitas ab his exstructos este, non-nulli, v. c. Dni. Jitfjicu, IremUeji/s, Reau-nmrius &c. crediderunt. Ab aliis, e. g.Diofcoride , B linio , Ccefalpino , Boccomo »Rajo , Toiirnefortm , Marfiglio , Marot-tio &c. pro plantis marinis petrificatis melio-re jure habiti sunt. Quoriuidam tamen coral-Jitarum cavitates , particulis terreis sensim itaobstructa: sunt, ut corpus solidum re präsen-tem, vid. Dn. Rocco Bovi dissertarione so-pra Ia produzzione de coralii, & reflessionecritiche sopra i polypi, credutti construttoridei medesimi coralii, Firence 1769.

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