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** rae herbae." And below *, he explains 

 "what he means by radix thus : '* Hae gena- 

 ** mae infident, vel radici fub terra recon- 

 ** ditae, vel radici fupra t err am in truncum 

 *** ramofiim ajfurgenti } illae, ubi carnofae 

 **fuerint atque magnae, hulbi nomiiie- 

 " vemunt,&c" And elfewhere f , " Gem- 

 •• mam proinde concipio inftar herbae in 

 " compendium redaflae, teflae, et con- 

 •* tradlae fua inter extrema folia, ut ab 

 " aeris injuria confervetur; cui herbae ni- * 

 ** hil amplius deed, quam vis fe exten- 

 ** dendi, earn autem calor demum exci- 

 •* tat." Is not this as applicable to feeds, 

 as to gems? *' Semen, (fays Linnseus) J 

 ** proprie, novum vegetabilis rudimen- 

 ** turn, humore rigatum, vefica tunica- 

 ** turn." And is not a gemma the fame ? 

 or a more perfedt feed? However, call 

 it ekbryontCompendium, primordium plant ae^ 

 or what you pleafe, with its covers : Since 

 Linnaeus owns, " Generationes plantarum 



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♦ p. 186. 

 t P. 192. 



^ Lien. Phil. bot. p* 54, 



