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6. $. In Ladies-Bower, the Leaves are neither laped one over ano- 
ther, asis moft ufual; nor fet Edge to Edge, as fometimes, but Side 
to Side, anfwerable to their Shape, and the Difiribution of their Fi 
bres. Their broad Tops being alfo rowled up fo as to make a Come. 
In Ladys-Looking-Glafs, they ftand alfo Side to Side, but in a different 
manner: in the Former with the Sides ftanding inward, but here, 
bearing outward. 
7. $. Inthe Marvel of Peru, the Fold is likewife ver ` 
For, befides the feveral Plates, about Six, whereby the ga- Tab. 54. 
thered in the Midle 5 the Top ofit is alfo gathered up by as many di- 
ftindt Plates, underneath the former d thefe rowled or wreathed up 
together fo exatly, that the like could hardly be imitated by a very 
dextrous Hand. 
8. $. OF the Hairs upon Flowers and their Uf to the Attire, 1 Ch. 5. 
have alfo fpoken in the Fir? Book, I (ball here add, That they are 
likewife of Ufe to the Leaves themfelves, that is, for their clofer and 
falter Conjundiion, For of fome Flowers it is obfervable, That they 
are all over fmooth, faving on their Edges, which are borderd with 
Fringes of Hair 5 as of Spanifh Broome, Dulcamara, and others: In Tab. 55: 
which, the Hairs on the Edge of one Leaf, are fo complicated, or at 
Jea(t indented, with thofe of another, that all the Leaves feem to be 
but one piece. Nature feeing it fit, by this meanss to tie them toge- 
ther, left they fhould be expanded before it be due time. 
9. $. Many Flowers inftead of Hairs, are befet round about, with 
a great Number of fmall Parts, not ending in a Poynt, but having a 
Head. Sometimes oval, as in Snap-Dragon, like the Horns of a Butter- 
fi, or a Plunmers Sodering-Iron. But ubually Globular, as in Deadly 
Nightfhade, like fo many ‚little Mufbrooms fprouting out of the 
Flower. 
10. $. Out of thefe Heads, doth fometimes ¡ue a Gummy or Bal- 
Samick Juyce. From whence proceeds that Clamminefs of fome Flowers, 
whereby, being handled they ftick to our Fingers, as do thofe of Bla. 
taria, and of Marigold; and thofe of Colus Fovis,where the faid Heads 
are fo oft and ficculent, that they refemble fo many little Drops of 
Balfame, The Clamminefs which is felt upon frefh Carduus, may per- 
haps proceed from the like Can. 
11. $. THE Number ofthe Leaves of the Flower hath been no- 
ted by the Learned Sir Thomas Brown, to be ufually Five. And this Treat. of 
Nature fo far affecteth, that many times where the Leaves of the fame the Quine, 
Flower are of a different Size, yet they keep to this Number, as in Tab, 54» 
Blattaria, 
12. $. Talío add, That even thofe Flowers, which are not proper- 
ly parted into Leaves, have yet their Tops ufaally divided into Five 
great Scallops 5 as thofe of Toad-Flax, Snap-Dragon, Coded-Arfmart, 
Clary, Broom, and others. And when the Flower hath more than Five, 
even many times Five Leaves 5 yet the Top of each Leaf is indented into 
Five Parts; asin Scorzonera, Cichory, and all the Intybous Kind, with Tab, 54. 
many others. 
13. $. From whence and other like Inflances, it may feem, That 
there is fome certain Species of Salt in Nature, and that in molt Plants, 
of whole Agency there are {till fome Footfleps or other in the 
Flower. 
Tab. 54. 
14. $. 
