Alberti Magni De Vegetabilibus Libri VII

Chapter V.

Anatomy of plants.

The bodies of plants are known from their parts I §. 110, which are diligently described. Juice is in potentiality any part of the plant, but the root, the stalk, the branch, and other such things are in actuality parts of the plant II §. 29.

The material parts I §. 110—124, 136—141, 149, II §. 36, 58—63, are: humor or nutrient juice I §. 148, 198, II §. 29—35, and wooden or herbal parts I §. 112, II §. 58, IV §. 143.

The organic or official parts, comparable to the members of animals I §. 125—135, 149, II §. 35—63, are:
a node I §. 112—113, 119—121, 149, II §. 30—35;
a vein or path of nourishment I §. 112, 114, II §. 49—50;
pith I §. 112, 117, II §. 35, 51—54;
bark I §. 112, 116, 125, II §. 55—77;
thorns IV §. 111—117;
root I §. 125 et seq., 144, II §. 44—48;
stalk and branches I §. 143 et seq., II §. 64—78;
leaf, whose nature is II §. 89—91, figure I §. 110—116, II §. 70—72, 100—116, position (relative to the fruit) I §. 142, 199, II §. 92—99, 109, falling IV §. 130—134;
flower, whose nature is II §. 117—127, figure II 135—140, position I §. 142, II §. 128, parts VI §. 291, colors II §. 141—148, odors II §. 134;
stamens II §. 131—133;
fruit and seeds I §. 122, 175—179, their names and natures III §. 1—9, parts and nutrition III