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produdions. He that would difcern the 

 rudimcntall ftroak of a plant, may be 

 hold it in the Original! of Duckweed, 

 at the bignefie of a pins point, from con 

 venient water in glades , wherein a 

 watchful 1 eye may alfo difcover the 

 pun&icular Originals of Peri wincles and 

 Gnats. 



That feeds of fome Plants are leflfe 

 then any animals, fcems of no clear de- 

 cifion ; That the biggeft of Vegetables 

 cxceedeth the biggeft of Animals , in 

 full bulk, and all dimenGons, admits ex- 

 | ception in the Whale, which in length 

 and above ground meafure, will alfo con 

 tend with tall Oakes. That the richeft 

 odour of plants, furpaffcth that of Ani 

 mals may feetn of fome doubt, fince 

 animall-musk, feems to excell the ve 

 getable, and we finde fo noble a fccnt in b ^ he **?* 



-n * ^ . an a tCDQCf 



the Tulip-Fly, and b Coat- Beetle. green o- 



Now whether feminall nebbes hold vn<** 

 any fure proportion unto feminall en- found 3 wc 

 clofures, why the form of the germe couidnever 

 doth not anfwcr the figure of the enclo- " h 

 (ing pulp, why the nebbe is feated upon 

 thefolid, and not the channeld fide of 



the 



