■an! one thinne one under , next invcfting the feed, 

 fuch are Sicamores. 



All feeds that 1 know have within their Covers ac- 

 tually a Neb , whifb anfwers to a roote , which is 

 joyned tro 1 eaves more or Ieffe in number : betwixt 

 the ftalks o", or amidft thefe leaves there is a bud , eye 

 or Germen , juft oppofite to the Neb*, or initiall 

 Roote, but by reafon of ins fmallneffc it is fcarcedif- 

 cernable in many feeds till it begins to fpring. 



i. Moft plants have only two leaues actually joyn- 

 ed to the Neb, which are commonly ve ry unlike the 

 proper leaves of the plant : of this fort are the flowers 

 of the Sonne, Editfarum Clypeatum, Cucumbers, 

 Melons, Amaranthus , Thirties ,Thlafpyes , Mallows 

 of divers kinds, Arch-angells Spurges, Nettles, Cla- 

 ry, Orach, Dill , Parfely hath two leaves diflimilar, 

 but not much foe , Melilot two diffimilar, and one, i£ 

 J miftake not, (imilar. 



i. Many plants have more leaves in the arising 

 from the Neb, as Creffes have fix. 



3. Some plants have but one diflimilar leafe as A- 

 nemones,Tulips , Fritellaryes and all bulbous fpring 

 flowers that I have obferved. Wheat, Barley ,Rye, 

 all grain and graffes that I know have a germen wrap 

 pea up att one end of the grain in a hofe or fiieath 

 which germen confitfs of leaves wrapped about the 

 bud by a plica, or folding made the [long way of the 

 leafe,not overthwart as in Sicamores , Maples and o- 

 ther complicated leaves of feeds. Nor doth the 

 whole corn divide it felfe into leaves , and coates or 

 huske as in thofe examples , but the greater part 

 thereof containes a meale which by the heat an4 

 moifture of the fo.yl is turned into a pappy fubttance 

 fid unlike the Chyle found in the laftealsof animal 



