The Anatomy Book I. 
which, in that they differin nothing fave in their fize, I therefore on- 
ly here juft take notice of them. And thefe three Parts, fe. the Maia 
Body, the Radicle, and the Plume, are concurrent to the making up of 
a Seed 5 and no more than thefe 
15. $. Having thus taken a view of the Organical Parts of the 
Bean, and other Seeds ; let us next examine the Similary, fe. thofe 
whereof the Organical are composd: a diftinet obfervation of which, 
fora clear underftanding ofthe Vigetation of the Seed, and of the whole 
Plant ariling thence is requifite: To obtain which, we muft proceed 
in our Anatomy. 
16. $. Diflectinga Bean then, the firft Part occurring is its Cuticle, 
The Eye and firit Thoughts, fuggeft it to be only a more denfe and 
glofly Superficies; but better enquiry difcovers it a real Cuticle. “Tis 
fo exquifitely thin, and for the moft part, fo firmly continuous with 
the Body of the Bear, that it cannot, except in fome fmall Rag, be di- 
ftinétly ken , which, by carrying your Knife aflant into the Bean, and 
then very gently bearing upward what you have cut, will feparate,and 
fhew it felf tranfparent. This Cuticle isnot only fpread upon the Cos- 
vex of the Lobes, but alfo on their Flats, where they are contiguous, 
extending it felf likewife upon both the Radiele and Plume,and lo over 
+ the whole Bean. 
17. $. This Part, though it be fo far common with the Coats of 
the Bean, as to be like thofe, an Integument 5 yet are we ina quite di} 
ferent Notion to conceive of it: For whereas the Coats, upon fetting 
the Bean, do only adminifter the Sap, and, as being fuperfeded from 
their Office, then die 3 as (hall be ften : this, on the contrary, with the 
Organical Parts of the Bean, is nourifhed, augmented, and by a real Vege- 
tation co-extended. ý 
18. $. Next tothe Cuticle, we come to the Parenchyma it felf5 
the Part throughout which the Inner Body, whereof we (hall {peak anon, 
is diffeminated 3 for which reafon I call it the Parenchyma. Not that 
we are fo meanly to conceive of it, as if (according to the ftriéter lente 
of that word, ) it were a meer concreted Juyce. For it is a Body 
very curioufly organiz'd, confilting of an infinite number of extreme 
finall Bladders sas in Tab. x. is apparent. The Surface hereof is fome- 
what denfe, but inwardly, ‘tis of a laxer Contexture. If you view it 
in a Microfcope, or witha very good Speéfacle-Glaf, it hath fome fi- 
militude to the Pith, while fappy in the Roots and Trunks of Plants 5 
and that for good reafon, asin Ch.2. fhall be feen. This is beft feen in 
green Beans. 
19. $. This Part would feem by its colour to be peculiar to the 
Lobes of the Bean; butas is the Cuticle, fois this alfo, common both to 
the Radicle and Plume; that is, the Parenchyma or Pulp of the Bean, as 
to its effential fubftance, is the fame in all three. The reafon why the 
colour ofthe Plume, and efpecially of the Radicle, which are white, 
is fo different from thatof the Lobes, which are green, may chiefly de- 
pend upon their being more compact and denfe, and thence their dif- 
ferent Tinétures. And therefore the Lobes themfelves, which are green 
while the Bean is young3 yet when it is old and dry, become whitith 
too. Andin many other Seeds, as Acorns, Almonds, the Kernels of Ap- 
ples, Plums, Nuts, &c. the Lobes, even frefh and young, are pure white as 
the Radiole it felf. 
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