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asm rheum, rhubarb ; or in the leaves themfelves, as in oxalls, forrel; 

 in thefe (ituations alfo I fuppofe it is fecrcted both for the defence of 

 thbfe plants from the depredation of infeds and of larger animals ;. 

 and alfo for the purpofe of its being converted into a faccharine juice 

 by the digeftion of the young bud in the bofom of the leaf. 



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