excluded or dried : But in moft, 

 principally the Lignom Body and 

 Ttth 5 as in moft Annual Growths 

 of Trees 5 but efpecially Plants, 

 where the Cortical Body is ufiially 

 much and often wholly infert- 

 ed. 



Of the Lignous body it is fb ap- 

 parent by its Pores^ or rather by 

 its Veffels^ that v/e need no far- 

 ther evidence. For as to what end 

 are Vefiels but for the 'conveyance 

 of Liquor ? And is that alfo^which 

 upon cutting the young Branch of 

 a Sappy Tree or Plants by an ac- 

 curate and fteady view may be ob- 

 ferved. But when I fay the Pores 

 of the Lignous Body^ I mean prin- 

 cipally them, of the younger (hoot- 

 ings^ both thoie which make the 

 new Ring 3 and thofe which are 

 mixed with the Cortical Body in 

 the Barque : that which afcendeth 

 by the Pores of the older Wood, 

 being probably p becauft in le(s 



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