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flitchd up (though in divers manners ) together. And even all thofe 
Parts ofa Plant, which are neither formed into vifible Tubes, nor in- 
to Bladders, are yet made up of Fibers. Which, though it be difficul 
to obferve, in any of thofe Parts which are clofer wrought and prin- 
cipally in the Infertions of fome Trees : yet in the Pith,efpecially of fome 
Plants, which confifteth of more open work; they are more vifible, 
Which introduceth the obfervation of them in all other Parenchymous 
Parts. Soin the Pith of a Bulrufb of the Common Thistle, and fome 
other Plants; not only the Threds of which the Bladders; but alfo the 
fingle Fibres, of which the Threds are compofed ; may fometimes with 
the help of a good Glaf, be diftin&ly feen. Yet one of the Fibres, 
may reafonably be computed to be a Thoufand times fmaller than an 
Horfe-Hair. 
12. $. The Fibrofity of the Parenchyma is alfo vifible in fome Woods, 
in which, it isapparently mixed with the Ligwons Parts, not only by 
Infertions, but pereninimas Partes organicas. That is to fay, The Paren- 
chjmions Fibres, like finaller Threds, are either wraped round about both 
the Lignons and the Aer-Veffels, or at leaft interwoven with them, and 
with every Fiber of every Vefel: as in very white Afb or Fir-Wood, 
with an advantagious pofture and light, may be obferved, 
13. $. WHENCE it follows, that the whole Sub) lance, Or all 
the Parts of a Plant, lo far as Organical, they alfo conlift of Fibres, 
OF all which Fibres thofe of the Lympheduéls, run only by the 
Length of the Plant : thofe of the Pith, Infertions, and Parenchyma 
of the Barque, run by the breadth or horizontally : thofe of the Aer- 
Veffels, fetch their Circuit by the Breadth, and continue it by the 
Length, 
e $. By which means, the fid. Parenchymous Fibres, in fetch- 
ing their horizontal Gircles, do thus weave, and make up the Bladders 
of the Pith, in Opex-Work, And the fame Fibres being thence conti- 
nued 5 they alfo weave and make up the Infertions, but in Clofe-Works 
Betwixt which Infertions, the Veffels being likewife tranfverfly inter- 
jetted, fome of the fame Fibres wrap themfelves alfo about thefé; thus 
tying many of them together, and fo making. thofe feveral Conjugati- 
ons and Braces of the Vefels, which I have formerly defcribed. And 
as fome of thefe Horizontal Fibres are wraped about the Veffels fo alfo 
about the Fibres, whereof the Vefels are compofed. By which 
means it is, that all the Fibres of the Veffels are Tacked or stitched 
up clofe together into One Coherent Piece. Much after the fame 
manner, as the Perpendicular Splinters or Twigs of a Basket, are, by 
thofe that run in and out Horizontally, And the fame Horizontal Fi- 
bres, being ftill further produced into the Barque ; they there com- 
pofe the fame work over again (only not fo open ) as in the Pith, 
15. $. SO THAT themoft unfeigned and proper refemblance 
we can at prefent, make of the whole Body of a Plant, is, Toa piece 
of fine Bone-Lace, whenthe Women are working it upon the Cufhior, 
For the pith, Infertions, and Parenchyma ofthe Barque, are all extream 
Fine and Perfe& Lace-Work: the Fibres of the Pith running Hori- 
zontally, as do the Threds in a Piece of Lace 5 and bounding the fe- 
veral Bladders of the Pith and Barque, as the Threds do the feveral 
Holes of the Lace; and making up the Inféertions without Bladders, or 
with very {mall ones, as the fame Threds likewife do the clofe Parts of 
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