it {elf. Befides the pofition of 

 the Lignous Body within the com- 

 paS of a Ring^ we fee Ibme fhoot- 

 ings thereof often (landing beyond 

 the Circumference of the laid Ring^ 

 making fbmetimes a triangular ^ 

 oftner a quadrangular Body of the 

 Trunk}) to the endp that the Pving 

 being but thin^ and not felf-fiiffi- 

 cientj theft 5 like Splinters to 

 Bones ^ might add ftrength and 

 ftability to it. 



Nextj the ftcurity and plenty 

 of the Sa^. For fhould the Li- 

 gnom Body^ as it doth in the Koot^ 

 its fmaller parts ^ ftand Central 

 here alfo^ and fb the Cortical whol- 

 ly jfiirround it : the greater part 

 of the Sap would thus be more 

 immediately exposed to the Sun 

 andayr^and being lodg'd in a laxe . 

 Body 5 by them continually be 

 prey'd upon^ and as faft as {uppli» 

 ed to the trunks ^ be exhaufted. 

 Whereas the Vith (landing in the 

 G 4 Center^ 



