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I call it the Tarencbyma, The Sur- 

 face hereof is fbmewhat dcn(e ^ 

 bu t inwardly 'tis more porous^ and 

 ofalaxer Contexture. If you view 

 it in a Microfcope^ it hath fome fi- 

 militudetothe Pith^ while fappy, 

 in the Roots and Trunks of Plants ; 

 and that forgoodreafon^ as in Ch. 

 2. fhallbe feen^ This is beftfeen 

 in green Beans. See Fig. 2. 



This Part would feem by its co- 

 lour to be peculiar to the Lobes of 

 the Bean 5 but as is the Cuticlcj fo 

 is this alfo^ common both to the 

 Radicle and Flume 5 that is ^ the 

 TarcnchjmcL of the Bean^ as to its 

 eflentialfubftance^ is the lame in 

 all three. The reafon why theco° 

 lour of the vUtme ^ and eipecially 

 of theK.^^/c/e^ which is white^ is 

 fo different from that of the Lobes^ 

 may chiefly depend upon their be- 

 ing more compact and denfe. And 

 therefore the Lobes themfelves^ 

 which are green while the Bean is 



young 5 



