Quincunx Naturally Confidered* f 



may be obferved fomc fliadow of the 

 Harmony , Come (how of the Gomphofis 



As for the Diarthrofis or motive Ar 

 ticulation, there is expe&cd little Ana 

 logy j though long-ftalked leaves doe 

 move by long lines, and have obfervabte 

 motions, yet are they made by outward 

 impulfion , like the motion of pendu 

 lous bodies, while the parts themfelves 

 are united by fome kinde vifympbyjit un 

 to the ftock, 



But (landing vegetables., void of mo 

 tive* Articulations, are not without many 

 motions. For befide the motion of vege 

 tation upward* and of radiation unto all 

 quarters, that of contraction, dilatation, 

 inclination, and contortion, isdifcovera- 

 ble in many plants* To omit the rofe of 

 tfertche, the ear of Rye, which moves 

 with change of weather, and the Magical 

 fpit t made of no rare plants, which windes 

 before the fire 5 and rofts the bird without 

 turning. 



Even Animals near the Claffis of plants, 

 feem tohavethemoft reftlefle motions. 

 The Summer-worm of Ponds and pla(h- 



es, 



