CHAPTER III 



The qulncuncial form observable, in many of the -works of nature To 

 pass over the constellations , ivefind it in gypsum In the asterias ; 

 in the juli of several plants ; in the fiozuers and seed-heads of 

 others ; in some fruits ; in the netivork of some sea-iveeds 

 In teazel, bur, thistle, and elder //; sun-fozuer,fr- apples, Isfc. 

 In the rudiment al spring of seeds The process of germination con- 

 sidered Dr. Poivers letter on this subject, ivith B.'s ansiuer 

 Digression, on the production of one creature from the body of 

 another Explained of the ichneumonida, and entozoa The number 

 five exists in a number of instances in the leaves and parts of 

 fiozvers, and is remarkable in every circle Notice of Mr. Cole- 

 brooke's paper on dichotomous and quinary arrangements Other 

 instances of the number fve In animal figurations ; in some 

 insects ; and in honey-comb /// the eyes, eggs, and cells of insects ; 

 in the skins of snakes, the tail of the beaver In the skins and feet 

 of birds, the scales offish, the skin of man, Is'c. In many of the 

 internal membranes of man and animals The motion of animals 

 quincuncial Cruciform appearances in many plants Various 

 analogies traced in vegetables, animals, and insects Proportions 

 in the motive parts of animals and birds, and obscurely in plants 

 Modern observations hereon. 



Now although this elegant ordination of vegetables 

 hath found coincidence or imitation in sundry works of 



