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(hall find it with the B^adiclc ^ as 

 the parts of an old man with 

 thole of a Fa^tus ^ iubftantially 

 one. The firft Part occurring is 

 its Skin^ the Original whereof is 

 from the Seed : For that extream 

 thin Cuticle which is fpred over 

 the Lobes of the Secd^ and from 

 thence over the Radicle ^ upon 

 the (hooting of the F^adicie into 

 a Rootj is co-extended^ and be- 

 comes its Skin. 



The next Part is the Cortical 

 Body-i the Original whei^eof like- 

 wife is from the Seed 5 or the Fa~ 

 renchyma^ which is there common 

 both to the Lobes di\\diRadicle^ be- 

 ing by Vegetation augmented and 

 prolonged into theK^^^^^is here the 

 Cortical Body ^ or that which is 

 fometimes called the Barque. 



Th e Contexture of this Cortical 



Body may be well illuftrated by 



that of a Sponge^ being a Body 



Porous. Dilative 5 and Pliable* 



D 3 Its 



