The Anatomy Book Į, 
Tabat. fa 2, 
Tabır.fir-a 
Lehr f2,3, 
3. $. Ifthen we takea Bean and diffe& it, we hall find it cloath= 
ad with a doubled Veft or Coat. Thefe Coats, while the Bean is yet 
green, are feparable, and eafily diftinguifhed. Or in an old one, after 
it hath lay’n two or three days in a mellow Soil; or been foaked as 
longa time in Water: asia Tab.1. When "isdry, they cleave fo clofely 
together, that the Eye not before inftructed, will judge them but ones 
the inner Coat (which is of the moft rare contexture)fo far fhrinking up, 
as to {eem only the roughnefs of the outer, fomewhat refembling Wafers 
under Maquareons. 
4. $. The Inner Coat, inits Natural State, is every where twice, 
and in fome places, thrice as thick, as the Outer. Next to the Radi- 
ele, which I fhall prefently defcribe, it is fix or feven times thicker 5 
and encompafles the Radicle round about, as in the fame Figure ap- 
“ars. 
Te $. Atthe thicker end of the Bear, in the outer Coat, a very 
finall Foramen prefents it felf, even to the bare Eye. In Dificétion 
*tis found to terminate againft the point of that Part which I call 
the Radicle. It is ofthat capacity, as to admit a fmall Virginal Wyer 5 
and is moft of all confpicuous in agree 7. Efpecially, ifa little 
magnified with a good Spetfacle-Glafs. is Foramen is nota hole ca- 
fually made, or by the breaking off of the Stalk 5 but defignedly form- 
ed, for the ufes hereafter mentioned. It may be obférved not only in 
the great Garden-Bean, but likewife in the other Aivds ; in the French- 
Bean very plainly; in Peafe, Lupines, Vetches, Lentiles, and other 
Pulfe tis alfo found 5 and in many Seeds not reckoned of this kind- 
ted, asin that of Fenngreck,, Medica Tornata, Goats-Rue, and others = 
In many of which, ‘tis fo very fmall, as fcarcely, without the help of 
Glaffes to be diftovered ; and in fome, not without cutting off part 
of the seed, which otherwife would intercept the fight hereof. 
6. $. Thatthis Foramen is truly permeable, even in old Serting- 
Beans, and the other Seeds above named, appears upon their being 
foaked for fome time in Water. For then, taking them out, and cru(h- 
ing them alittle, many fmall bubles will alternately arife and break up- 
on it, 
7. $. Ofall Seeds which have thick or hard Covers, it is alfo ob- 
fervable, That they have the fame likewife Perforated, as above faid, 
or in fome other manner. And accordingly, although the Coats of fuch 
Seeds as are lodg’d in Shells or Stones, being thin, are not vifibly per- 
forated; yet the Stones and Shells themfelves always ares as in Chap. >, 
fhall be feenhow. To which Chapter, what is farther obfervable, ei- 
he as to the nature and number of the Covers of the Seed, I alfo 
refer. 
8. $. The Coats of the Bean being ftrippd off, the proper Seed 
fhewsit felf The parts whereof it is compofed, are three 5 fè. the 
Main Body, and two more, appendant to it; which we may call, the 
Three Organical Parts of the Hie 
9. $. The Main Body is not one entire piece, but always divided, 
lengthwife, into two halves or Lobes, which are both joyn’d together 
at the Bafis ofthe Bean. Thefe Lobes in dry Beans, are but difficultly 
feparated or obferv'd 5 but in young ones, efpecially boil’d, they eafily 
flip afunder, 
