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EN malt as great, and as well of Herbs as Trees, itis very apparent. But 
Pr N oftentimes Iyeth fo deep between the Lobes as to be almolt undifcerna- 
nly ble, asin Maple. ; i 
IN 4. $. The Leaves of the Bud, in different Plants, are of a different 
Ra Number ; in fome, Twos in others, Four, Six, and fometimes more. 
“Inthe Bay-Berry, they are only two; very fmall, but thick or far, 
fay and finely veined. In the seed of Cardıms benediéfus, they are alfo Tab. 78. 
thle Two; almoft invifible; broad at the Bottom, poynted at the Top, 
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thick or fat, yet plated inward, and poftured a little diftant one from 
"i the other; forthe two next to rife up betwen them. The like may 
be feen in Carthamum 5 and fo, I fappofe, in all the Carduus Kind, 
5. $. Infome Herbs, although the Bud confifteth but of two per- 
Sete ‘feet Leaves, yet they are very confpicuous, Not only in larger Seeds, Tab. 78, 
Si asin the Phafolus or French Bean; but in thofe which are fmall, as g 
&leda inthe Seed of Hemp. In this, the two Leaves are both plated, and 
huele; fo fet Edge to Edge, with mutual Urdulations. OF that Length, as 
sæi to be extended beyond a third part of the Lobes. 
5 6. §. Inthe Seed of Sena, the Bud confifteth of Four Leaves; of Tah, 78. 
Misa which, the greater pairis the outer, and guards the lef. Shaped not 
biti much unlike thofe in the Seed of Carduus 3 but are a little more vi- 
fible. 
oa Bil 7. §. Inthe Bud of an Almond, we may eafily count fix, or cight 
cas Leaves,and fometimes more; the Inermoft being laid bare by a dexterous Tab. 78. 
tire, Se Separation of the Outer. Thefe are by much the greateft, doubled In- 
where: ward, and fo laped one over another 5 whereby they embofome all 
itoi the reft, as a Hen fpreads her Wings over her Chickens. The like is ob- 
fervable in many other large Kernels, as alfo in the Garden Bean, and 
fome other Plants, With refpe& to which, I have taken leave (a ) to (4) B. t. 
call this Part the Plume. Ch, 1. 
— 8.9. THE LOBES of the Seed, and fo likewife the Radicle 
and Bud confilt of a Skin, Parenchyma, and Branched Vefels : all which 
Ihave formerly deferibed, (b) 1 shall now add the following Re- 
marques. (6) B. 1. 
9. $. And firft of the Skiz, which in fome Seeds, as the French- Ch. 1. 
Bean may cafily be feparated from the Parenchyma : efpecially if the 
15, of Bean be foaked in water for fome days; for then it will flip off, like 
cel the Skin in any part of ones Body where it is bliftered. “Tis woven 
4 into Bladders, as the Parenchyma; butinto finaller ones, and upon the 
Lobes ofa Garden Bean, all radiated towards the Center. With 
ey thefe Bladders, there are alfo mixed a fort of Lignous Fibres, incom- 
DA parably fmall, which give a Tonghnefi to the Skin, and by which the 
gher 10 ladders are direéted into Rays. 
5 10. $. The Bladders of the Parenchyma, as is faid, are much larger 
than thofe of the Skin, efpecially in the Lobes. Inthofe of a Garden a8 
Bear, fomewhat oval, about ¿ of an Inch Diametre by their Bredsh, Tab. 79. 
and direéted towards the Branches of the Seminal Root. In the Radi- 
ele, they are twenty times fmaller, than in the Lobes : and fo in the 
Plume. 
11. $. Throughout the Parenchyma ran the Branched Veffels, which Tab. 79. 
in the Lobes make the Seminal Root ; in the Radicle and Plume,the Wood 
of the Root and stalk, Inall of them, diftributed as hath been (c) (¢) B. 1. 
formerly fhewed. Chet 
Tab. 79. 
12. $ 
