l3 HEDWIG ON THE ORGANS OF 



science. By so doing, the vague, and sometimes 

 erroneous ideas of many botanists, respecting the 

 different parts of plants and their functions, would 

 be cleared up; they would then better understand 

 the value of the characters ; bestow proper, and 

 consequently lasting, denominations upon vegetable 

 organs ; and many doubts in theoretical botany 

 might be removed. 



ADDITION OF THE TRANSLATOR. 



SINCE the publication of Hedwig's dissertation, 

 some other observations have been made on this 

 subject, which it may not be improper to mention 

 here. Mr. Francis Bauer of Kew, who, 

 besides his distinguished excellence in botanical 

 painting, is well skilled in microscopic investiga- 

 tion, has made accurate drawings (not yet pub- 

 lished) taken from both the surfaces of the 

 separated cuticle of various leaves, when strongly 

 magnified. He has depicted the above described 

 oval bodies, and their, as he thinks, supposed 



