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forcibly bear upon them. 



And to omit, how leaves and fprouts. 

 which compaffe not the ftalk, are often 

 fe tin a Rhomboid es, and making long* 

 and ftort Diagonals, doe ftand like the 

 leggs of Quadrupeds when they goe : 

 Nor to urge the thwart enclofure and 

 furdling of flowers, and blofifbmes, be 

 fore explication, as in the multiplyed 

 leaves of Picnic; And the Chiafmusin 

 five leaved flowers* while one lies wrapt 

 about the ftaminous beards, the other 

 foure obliquely (hutting and clofing 

 upon each others and now even flow 

 ers which confift of foure leaves, ftand 

 not ordinarily in three and one, but two, 

 and two croflewife unto the Stylus ; even 

 the Autumnal budds, which awaitethe 

 returneofthe fun, doe after the winter 

 folftice multiply their calicular leaves, 

 making little Rhombufes, and network 

 figures, as in the Sycamore and Li 

 lac. 



The like is difcovcrable in the origi 

 nal production of plants, which firft 

 putting forth two leaves, thofe which 

 fuccecd, bear not over each other, but 



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