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Book IV. T 
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ANATOMY 
E SEEDS 
PART IV. 
of Se CHAR L 
a Of the FIGURES of Sceds. 
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HE Figures of Seeds, or rather of their out? 
ward Covers, are made fuitable, Partly to their 
Collocation in the Uterus, as the End. Sothofe 
of Mallow, ftanding like a Coronet round the 
Stalk , are of a wedged Figure; whereby their 
fharp Edges do all meet together in one Centre, 
Partly, to the various diftribution of the Vefels 
3 we Dye or Fibers, as one Canfè :; by which the Meafures 
da “> and Surface of Seeds, as well as of the Leaves 
es of Plants, are diverfified. And partly, to the Nature of the Saline 
[Suf mi and other Principles regent in a Plant, as another principal Cawfe. 
ate, And therefore the more ftony, brittle, or full of Salt the Covers of any 
N Seeds are, they are generally more angular, and their Figure, whether 
angular or not, more conftantly obferved. So the Tartareous Stone of 
a Plum, isnot only more angular, but alfo more regular than the Husk 
of the Kernel ofa Pear or Apple. 
“cd. 2. §. For all Stones are meafured by feveral Circles, whofe Dia- 
metres hold a certain proportion to the Length of the Steves in the 
fame manner as hath been fhewed in the defeription of the Leaf. So P, 1, Ch.3i 
the Stone of the Peafe-Cod-Plum, is meafured by two Circles. That of 
~ the Turkey-Plu with Four. That of the Aprecok Plum, with Two Tab. 72. 
repeated oppofitely; being perfectly Rhomboid. To which, thofe 
alfo of the Wheat-Plum, Damafceen, and fome others, allude, And fome 
are meafured be four Circles, and one repeated. 
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