Tab. 41. 
Tab. 41. 
Tub, 42. 
Tab. 41, 
146 The Anatomy IE Book IV. 
3-$ AND Firft, itis obfervable of the 
that left they thould be bruifed, or ftarved, upon their firft By 
on from under the Ground 3 they are couched, as Firz is 
ward; each Bud, againft the Bafe of the Stalk of the 
Leaves, and moft exadtly laid up within the Membranes thence pro- 
duced : Juft as the Child in the Womb, lies with his Head againft his 
Knees; “or as it is afterwards embraced with the Armes of the 
Nurfe. And it is a general Rule of Nature, where the Stalks of 
the Leaves are fo long, that they cannot lap one over another, and 
where no other fpecial Proteéfion is provided 5 for the bottoms of the 
Stalks to be produced into broad Membranes, as Blankets to the füc- 
ceeding Buds 5 as in Crowfoot, Dovesfaot, Claver, Cransball Sn 
berry, Tarrow, and others. And fometimes inftead of two Skins 
lapped one over another, there is one entire Skin, produced from the 
Stalk , in which as within a Secundine,the Bud is fafely fhrowded 3 and 
which, in its Growth, it gradually breaks open. 
4. $. THE fameisallo obfervable in Dock 
all other Plants of this Kindred; with this di 
Veil or Secundineis not here produced from the Stalk of the Lea; 
young Buds of 
wld, in 
foregoing 
meer tranfparent 
Mucilage or clear 
een Veil and Veil, 
Humors and Mem- 
hey 
igs are cold, have a double 
Sheath, or Blanket overall. The Buds of fome Herbs Cas of Plantain) 
having no Hairs growing on them,are covered with Huir, Thrums. And 
the Nettle hath Basfard-Leaves, or Interfoyls between Leaf and Leaf, 
for the prefervation of its Stings. 
6. $ ANOTHER Sort of Proteition is Ren in Wild Clary, 
White Archangel, and other Plants of a like Shape, In which, the 
greater Leaves do (till cover and inclofe the leffer, not by being lapped 
over them, as where the Leaves are More numerous, is ufual ; but by a 
Double Fore-Curl at the bottom of | Every two greater Leaves 5 by which 
the little Under-Bud is embraced, and fo kept fafe and warm. 
7. $. THE Leaves of Onions are al 
Thefe Pipes are every where entire, fav: 
they have a finall Aperture; common ti 
minute in the Centre: not being a. forced Crack, but a Door ori- 
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