Book I. of Plants. 9 
. $. The Impediments of our apprehenfion hereof are the Co- 
ae size ala of the Diflirilar Leaves. Notwithftanding, that 
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x, hing elfe but the Maiz Body of the Seed, how I came 
ma ioe A oca and afterwards to know it, was thus. Firft, I ob- 
a ferved in general, that the Dijfimilar Leaves, were never jagg’d, but 
"h, even edg'd: And fecing the even verges of the Lobes of the Seed here- 
k, to refpondent, I was apt to think, that thofe which were fo like,might 
prove the fame. Next defcending to particular Seeds, Tobferved,firft, 
is of the Lupine 5 that, as to its Colour, advancing above the Ground, 
(as it ufeth todo) it wasalways changed into a perfe& Green. And 
ke why mightnot thefame by parity of Reafon be inferred ofother seeds 2 
Ito That, as to its fize, it grew but little bigger than when firftfet.Whence, 
en as I difcermd (the Augmentation being but little) we here had only Tab. 2. f. 2 
in the two Lobes: So, (as fome augmentation there was) I inferrd the 
ft, like might be, and that, in farther degrees, in other Seeds. 
44. $. Next of the Cucumber-secd, That, as to its Colour, often 
appearingabove ground,in its primitive white, fromwhite it turns to 
yellow,and from yellow to green; the proper colour ofa Leaf. That, 
as to its fize, though at its firft arife, the Lobes were little bigger than 
upon fetting yet afterwards, as they chang’d their Colour, {0 their di- Tab. 2, f.2; 
menfions alfo, growing to a three-four-five-fold amplitude above their 
primitive fize. But whereas the Lobes of the Seed, are in proportion, 
narrow, fhort and thick : howthencomethe Diffimilar Leaves, to be 
fo exceeding broad, or long, and thin? The Queftion anfwers it felf: 
For the Diffimilar Leaves, for that very reafonare fo thin, becaufe fo 
very broad or long; as we fee many things, how much they are ex- 
tended in length or breadth, fo much they lofe in depth, or grow 
more thin; which is that which herebefalls the row effoliated Lobes. 
For being once dif-imprifened from their Coats and the courfe ofthe Sap 
he into them, now more and more encreafed 5 they muft needs very confi- 
ly derably amplifiethemfelves: and from the manner wherein the Se, 
he zal Root is branched in them, that amplification cannot be in thick- 
a nef, but in length or breadth. In both which, in fome Difimilar Taba fa 
wus Leaves, ‘tis very remarkable 5 efpecially in length, asin thofe of Let- 24%? f 3; 
ra tice, Thorn-Apple, and others; whofe Seeds, although very fmall, yet 
the Lobes ofthofe seeds growing up into Diffimilar Leaves are extended 
{a anInch, and fometimes more, in length, Though he that fhallattempt to 
ng geta clear fight of the Lobesof Thorn-Apple,and fome others,by Difecti- 
ut on,will find it no eafie Task; yetisthat which may be obtained ;and in 
nd the Laft Book fhall be thew’d. From all which, and the ob- 
In fervation of other seeds, I at laft found, that the Diffimilar Leaves of 
he a young Plant, are nothing elfe but the Lobes or Main Body of its 
ut Seed. So that, as the Lobes did at firft feed and impregnate the Ra- 
A dicle into a perfe Root 5 fo the Root, being perfected, doth again feed, 
gut and by degrees amplifie each Lobe into a perfect Le. 
45. $. The Original ofthe Difimilar 
deritand, why fome Plants have none; becaufe the Seed either rifeth 
hot, as Garden-Beans, Corn, &c. Or upon ri ng, the Lobes are little 
alter'd, as Lupines, Peafe, &c. Why, though the proper Leaves are 
often indented round; the Diffimilar like the Lobes are even-ede’d. 
Why, though the proper Lezo yet thefe are ever 
oth, Why fome have more D than two, as Creffes, 
which 
eaves thusknown, we un- 
