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hereof is immediately from the 

 Cortical Body. For in difleftion 

 of divers Roots both of Trees and 

 Plants^ as of Barberry or Mallows^ 

 it is obfervable^ that the Cortical 

 Body and Tith are both of them 

 participant of the fame Colour , in 

 the Barberry both of them tinged 

 yellow^ znAm Mallows green. In 

 cutting the fmaller Parts of the 

 Roots of many Plants, as of 5^- 

 rage^ Mallows'^ Par/ley^ Columbine^ 

 &c. 'tis alfo evident^ that the Li- 

 gnom Body is not there in the leaft 

 Concave^ but ftandeth perfectly 

 in the Center 5 and that the In- 

 fertions being gradually multipli- 

 ed afterwards^ the Vitb at lengthy 

 towards the thicker parts of the 

 Koot^ (hews and enlarges it fel£ 

 Whence it appear s^ that in all fiich 

 Roots ^ the Vith is not only of the 

 fame fiibftantial nature 5 and by 

 the Infertions doth communicate 

 with the Cortical Body ; and that 



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