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Book I. of Plants. 
20. $. But although the Parenchyma be common, as is faid, to 
all the Organical Parts 5 yet in very differing proportions. In the 
Plume, where it is proportionably leaft, it maketh about three Fifths 
of the whole Plume; in the Radicle, itmaketh above five Sevenths of 
the whole Radicle 3 andin each Lobe, is lo far over-proportionate, as 
to make at leaft nine Tenths of the whole Lobe. 
21. $. By what hath been faid, that the Parenchywa or Pulpis not 
the only conftituting Part, befides the Cuticle, is imply’d: there be- 
ing another Body, of an eflentially different fubltance, embofom’d here- 
in: which maybe found not only inthe Radicle and Plume, but alfo 
inthe Lobesthemfelves, and fo in the whole Bean. 
22. $. This Inner Body appears very plain and confpicuous in 
cutting the Radicle athwart, and fo proceeding by degrees towards Tab.t.f. 10; 
the Plime, through both which it runneth in a large and ftrait Trunk, 11,6 12. 
In the Lobes, being it is there in fo very {mall proportion, °tis difficult- 
ly feen, efpecially towards their Verges. Yet if with a fharp Knife 
you fmoothly cut the Lobes of the Bea» athwart, divers {mall Specks, 
of a different colour from that of the Parenchyma, ftandingthereinall 
along ina Line, may beobferv’d; which Specks are the Terminations 
ofthe Branches of this Inner Body. 
23. $. For this Inner body, asit is exiftent in every Orgamical Part 
ofthe Bear 5 fo is it, with refpect to cach Part, moft regularly di- 
ftributed. Ina good part of the Radicle ’tis one entire Trunk; to- 
wards the Bafis thereof, ‘tis divided into three main Branches 3 the mid- Tabır. fi 14: 
dlemoft runneth direétly into the Plume; the other two on either fide 
it, after a little fpace, país into the Lobes; where the faid Branches 
dividing themfelves into other finaller ; and thofe into more,and final- 
ler again, are terminated towardsthe Verges of each Lobe; in which 
manner the faid Inner Body being diftributed it becomes in each Lobe a 
true and perfect Root. 
24. 9. Of this Seminal Root, as now we'll call it, from the Deferip- 
tion here given, it is further obfervables That the two main Branche 
es hereof; in which the feveral Ramifications in each Lobe are all uni- 
ted, are not committed into the Seminal Trunk of the Plume, nor yet 
ftand at right angles with Tharand the Radicle, and fo with equal re- 
fpe&& towards them both : but being produced through part of the Pa- 
renchyma of the Radicle, are at laft united therein to the main Trunk, 
and make acute Angles therewith: as may be feen in the fame. f14. Taba. fi 14s 
25. $. This Seminal Root being fo tender, cannot be perfeétly ex- 
carnated, (as may the Veffels in the Parts of an Animal) by the moft 
accurate Hand. Yet by diflection begun and continu’d, as is above 
declared,its whole frame and diftribution may be eafily obferv'd. Again, 
ifyoutake the Lobe ofa Bear, and lengthwife pare off its Parenchyma 
by degrees, and in extreme thin flices, many Branches of the Seminal 
Root, (which by theother way of Difleétion were only noted by fo 
many Specks ) bothas they are fewer about the Balis of the Bean, and 
more numerous towards its Verges, in fome good diftinétion and entire- 
neß will appear. Forthis you mufthavenew Bears: or elfe foaked in 
Water, or buryed for fome time. 
26. $. As the Inner Body is branched out in the Lobes, fo is it in 
the Plume: For if you cut the Plume athwart, and from the Bafis pro- 
ceed along the Body thereof, you'll therein find, firft, one large Trunk, 
or 
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