l Book I Plots I 
10. $. As upon the Green Leaves, fo upon ers are 
Globulets fomtimes ften 5 as upon the backfide of that of Emila. On 
none more plainly than that kind of Blattaria with the White Flower : 
where they are all tranfparent, and growing both on the Stalk and 
ves Of the Flower, each fhewing likewife its Pedicle whereon it 
is erected. 
11. $. The ufe of the Flower, or the Foliation wheteof we now 
fpeak, (that is, as to its private fervice ) is for the protection of 
the Attire; its under, and the Empalement as its tipper Gar- 
ments. As likewife of the Fruit: The neceffity of which Serv 
fome Cafes, by the different fituation of the Flower and Fran, with 
refpe& to each other, is evident 5 Apples, Pears, and feveral other 
Fruits, ftanding behind or under the Flowers büt Cherries, Aprecots, 
and divers others, within it. For thefe, being of a very tender and 
pulpous Body, and withal putting forth with the colder part of the 
Spring 3 could not weather it out againft the Variations and Extre- 
mities of the Air, (as thofe of a more folid Parenchyma can ) except 
lodged up within their Flowers. 
12. $. And as the Flower is ferviceable to the fafety of the 
Frit, lo is it to its growth; Je. in its Infancy, or Bribryd-cltates 
for which purpofe, as there is a Flower, fo that Flower is greater or 
leß, according as the nature of the Fruit to which it belongs, and 
the plenty of the Sap by which the Fruit is fed, doth require, 
Thus, where the young Fruit is of a folider Súbltanes and the afcent 
of the Sap leß copious, were there here no Elover tò promote the 
faid afcent thereof into the Fruit ( in themamner as is fected by the 
Green Leaves ) it muft needs pine and die, of prove leís kindly. On 
the contrary, fhould the Flower be over-large, it would not only 
promote the afcent of the Sap up to the Frait, but being as yet over- 
proportionate to it, would likewife it (lf exhauft the (ime s. ap, aS 
falt as afcendent 5 like'a greedy Nurfe, that prepares the Meat for her 
a Child, and then eats it up her felf. Thus we fee Apples and Pears, 
ore with a Flower of a moderate Size 3 like their Bod; , Of a middle Con- 
po ftitution, and their sap, ofa' middle quantity : But Quinces, being 
: more folid, befides that they have as great a Flower, the Imqalers of 
uld their Flower alfo thrive fò far as to become handfom Leaves 3 con- 
or tinuing alfo after the Flower is fallen, firm and verdenta great while; 
fo long, till the Fruit be able to provide for it fel On the other 
ity hand, Plums being more tender and Sappy than Appels and Pears, be- 
p> fides that their Bmpalers are much alike, their Flower is leß. and Ga: 
ef berries and Currans, which are (till more Pulpy, and the courfe oft 
Sap towards them more free, have yet a Flower far leß, And Gn. 
whofe sap is ftill of quicker Afcent, have farce any Flower at all: 
only fome fmall refemblance thereof, ferving juft upon the fetting of 
the Fruit, and no longer, 
13. §. THE ATTIRE, I find to be of two kinds, 
and Florid: That which | call Semin 
Parts, Chives and Semets, one upon € 
take leave to call them ) have the appe >, efpecially in many 
Flowers, of fo many little seeds : but are quite another kind of Body. 
For, upon enquiry, we find, that thefe Seres, though «they feemto 
be 
Sersiniforme, 
forme, is made up of two general 
ch Ch Chele Semer Ç as I 
