212 The Anatomy Book IV: 
18. $. So foon as thefe are finifhed, their Bafis begins afterwards 
Tab. 81, tobe contracted, and foto be formed into a Ra 
Tab. 81. 
dicle or that part of 
the Seed which becomes the Root. As the Stalks of Fruits do grow 
leffer, while the Fruits themfelves are expanded. Sothat in this eftate, 
the Radicle is, as it were, the Stalk of the Seed, 
19. $. At this time, the seed being extream fmall, the Lobes are 
not fo manageable as to be feparated one from the other. Butit is 
moft reafonable to fuppofethat fo foon as the Radicle is finifhed, the 
next ftep, is the puthing forth of another Node,between the Lobes,in 
order to the making of a Bud, and fo the perfection of the Seed, 
20. $. This being done or in doing, the Radicle or Stalk of the 
Seed, contracting ftill more and more at the bottome,hangs at the Inner 
Membranc,only by an extream fmall and fhort Ligament or Navel-String. 
Which at laft, allo breaks; and fo the Seed, as Fruits when they are 
ripe, falls off and lies loofe in the Iner Membrane this gradually (hrink- 
ing up and fo becoming more hollow, to make room for the further 
Growth of the Seed. 
Several 
