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creeping, and" therefore are ullially trained againft fome fupport ; 

 fo, tlie young plants, in the feeds of the Periwinkle, and in that of 

 the Vine, I mean, what is contained in the grape-ftone, are of a 

 fimilar fliape, though -the feeds themfelves, are wholly of a different 

 fio-Lire : and, as to the circumftance, that feeds are feldom found in 

 the Periwinkle, whence the notion of its being entirely deftitute of 

 feeds, feems to have proceeded, I guefs this to be tlie reafon, that, 

 it is generally planted in the nioft obfcure and unfavourable places, 

 where it receives very few of the fun-beams. 



Moreover, J examined the mealy fubftance which furrounds the 

 young plant, and found it to confiit, in part, of veficlcs, of equal 

 fizes, but much larger, than the veficles \\hich are found in the 

 cocoa-nut. When I Itrongly comprefled thefe mealy particles, I ob- 

 ferved many oily parts, of a globular form, and fo large, that they 

 feemed to be com po fed of many receptacles of that oil. 



Finallv, I placed fix of the Periwinkle feeds in muifl faiid, which 

 I put into a flrong and large glafs tube ; this i carried, for the 

 Ipace of an entire month, in my pocket, where, in the day-time, the 

 natural heat of my body was imparted to them; and, at the expi- 

 ration of that time, I took out one of the feeds, but, I did not per- 

 ceive any alteration in it. I therefore kept the remaining five leeds 

 in the fand, taking care, that they fliould always be moill. And, 

 at the end of another month, I again e. amined them, but found their 

 figure unaltered, though the feeds were grown fo loft, that, they 

 might be broken with one's nail only. I then took the 3'oung plants 

 out of the feeds, and I could not obferve in them any tendency to- 

 wards decay or diflblution, nor any advance towards vegetation or 



increafe. 



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