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INDIVIDUALITY 



Sect. I. 6. 



vegetables, which correfpond to thofe ia the animal economy, are firft 

 a threefold fyflem of abforbent veflels, one branch of which is de- 



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(igned to imbibe the nutritious molflure of the earth, as the la6teals 

 imbibe the chyle from the ftomach and inteftines of animals ; another 

 to imbibe the water of the atmofphere, opening its mouths on the 

 cuticle of the leaves and branches, like the cutaneous lymphatic vef- 

 iels of animals ; and a third to imbibe the fecreted fluids from the in- 



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ternal cavities of the vegetable fyflem, like the cellular lymphatics of 



animals. 



Secondly, In the vegetable fetus, as in feeds or buds, another fyf- 



tem of abforbent veflTels is to be expeded, which may be termed um- 

 bilical veflels, as defcribed in Sed. III. of this work, which fupply 



feed, fimilar to that of the albumen of 



; uterus ; and alfo another fyflem 



triment to the new bud 



the egg. 



the liquor amnii of th 



of arterial veffels, which may be termed placental ones, correfpond- 

 ing with thofe of the animal fetus in the egg or in the womb, which 

 fupply the blood of the embryon with due oxygenation before its na- 

 tivity. 



Thirdly, a pulmonary fyflem correfpondent to the lungs of aerial 



animals, or to the gills of aquat 



by which the fluid abforbed 



by the la6;eals and lymphatics may be expofed to the influence of th 



This is done by the leaves of pla 



the petals of flowers ; 



air. 



thofe in the air refemblin^ lungs, and thofe in the water refembling 



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gills. 



Fourthly, an arterial fyflem to convey the fluid thus elaborated to 

 the various glands of the vegetable for the purpofcs of its growth, nu- 

 trition, and fecretions ; and a fyflem of veins to bring back a part of 

 the blood not thus expended. 



Fifthly, the various glands which feparate from the vegetable blood 

 the' honey, wax, gum, refin, flarcb, fugar, elTential oil, and other fe- 

 cretions. 



Sixthly, the organs adapted to the lateral or viviparous generation 



of 



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