of Vegetables;. ^3 



agaiiij inftead thereof fiird with 

 Ayi'j is as certain as that they are 

 Pores. That they are permeable^ 

 by the breadth ^ appears from the 

 dilatation of the Lignom Bcdj'.^ and 

 and from the production of Bran- 

 ches^ ashathbeen^ and {hall here- 

 after be faid. And how elfe is 

 there a Communion betwixt this 

 and the Cortical Body ? That they 

 arefoalfoj by the lengthy is proba- 

 ble^ becaufe by the hstt. Ji^icrofcope 

 we cannot yet obfei v^that they are 

 vifibly more open by the breadth^ 

 than by the length. And withal are 

 ranked by the lengthy asthofe of 

 the Inftrtions by the breadth of the 

 Trunks. But if you let a piece of 

 dry Elder-Pith in iome tinged Li- 

 quor^ why then doth it not pene- 

 trate the Pores 3 fo as to afcend 

 through the Body of the Fith ^ The 

 plain reafbn is^ becaufe they are all 

 fiird with Ayr. Whereas the Vith 

 in a Vegetating Plant^ as its Parts 



or 



