of Wimtmm. 1 1 1 



gure 5 as in Mmt and others. The 

 ufual number of thele Nerves or 

 Fibres is 3^ 53 or 7, See the Fz* 

 gnres from 2 o^ to 2 9 . 

 I Thereafon of the (aidPofitions 

 I of the Fibres in the Stalky of the 

 Leaf^ is for its more ereft gi^owth^ 

 land greater ftrength 5 which^were 

 I the pofition of the laid Fibres in 

 [anevenLine^ and fo the Stalk it 

 felf, as well as the Leaf flat, muft 

 ; needs have been defeftive 5 as from 

 : what we have faid of the Circum- 

 ferential pofture of the Lignotfs Bo- 

 dy in the Trunk^^ we may better 

 conceive. 



As likewife for the jecurity of 

 its Sap : For by this means it is^ 

 that the feveral Fibres, and e(pe- 

 cially the main or middle Fibre of 

 theLeaf, together with a confide- 

 rable part of the Cortical Bodji^ are 

 fo difpofed ofj as to jut out, not 

 from its upper 5 but its back, or 

 nether plain. Whence the whole 



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