PROSECUTED 
With the bare E Y E, 
AND WITH THE 
* MICROSCOPE. 
oF 
PART L 
CHA PL 
Of the ORIGINAL, FIGURES, MOTIONS, 
and AGE Sof ROOTS. 
EING TO fpeak of Roots; it is requifite, for 
our better underftanding of what follows, that fome 
things, as to their Original, Figures, Motions and 
Ages, be premifed. 
1. §. Roots, taken altogether, have a Three- 
fold Original. Either from the Radiclez as all 
Roots which come of the Seed: or from the Trunk 
orCaulis, above ground; as in Strawberry, Chamemile, and many other 
Creepers: or from the Trak or Caulis, after it is fank under ground 5 
A a in Primrofe, Biftort, and! many others; and prefently fhal! be fhewed 
ow. 
2. §. In the Growth of a Bud, atid of a Trunk-Root, there is 
this obfervable difference; That the former, carries along with it, fome 
Portion of every Part in the Trunk or Stalks whereof it is a Compen- 
ae dium. The latter, always fhoots forth, by making a Rupture in the 
HE Barque, which it leaves behind, and proceeds only from the inner part 
Of the Stalk, 
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