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Leaf^ reclining backward, becomes 

 a Canopytothem^defendingtheni 

 from thofe Injuries which from 

 colder Blafts 5 or an hotter Sun , 

 they might otherwife fuftain. So 

 that by a mutual benefit ^ as thefe 

 give fuck to all the Leafp fo that 

 again protection to thefe. 



Thefe Fibres are likewife the 

 immediate vifible Caufe of the 

 fhape of the Leaf: For if the ne- 

 thermoft Fibre or Fibres in the 

 Stalk be in proportion greater^ the 

 Leaf is long^ as "in Endive^ Cycory^ 

 and others : If all of a more equal 

 fize^ it fpreads rounder, as in Ivy^ 

 Doves-foot y Cdts foot^ &c. And 

 although a Dock-Leafht very long, 

 whole ^Fibres notwithftanding, as 

 they (land higher in the Stalk , are 

 difpofed into"a Circle all of an e- 

 qual fize^yet herein a peculiar fibre, 

 ftanding in the Center betwixt 

 thereft^ and running through the 

 length of the Leaf, m.ay be obfer- 

 ved. ^^ 



