Stalkj^ Hoods and Mtntlings. To 

 add to what we have above given^ 

 one or two Inftances. Every Budg 

 befides its proper Leaves^ is cover- 

 ed with divers Leafy Fanjiicles or 

 Surfoyls'^ which^ what the Leaves 

 are to oac another.^are that to them 

 all : For not opening except gra- 

 dually^ they admit not the Wea- 

 ther , Wet 5 Sun or Ayr^ to ap- 

 proach the Leaves^ except by de- 

 crees refpondent^ and a) they are 

 leifurely inur'd tobear them.Some- 

 times^ befides Snrfoyls^ there are 

 alfb many JMerfojls let betwixt the 

 Leaves., from the Circumference 

 to the Center of the 5/^;^^ as in the 

 Hafeli For the Fibres of thele 

 Leaves ftand^g out £o fir from a 

 plain (urface they would, if not 

 thus fhelter'd, lie too much expos'd 

 and naked to the Severities of the 

 Weather. Where none of all the 

 Protections above-named, are con- 

 venient, there the Membranes of 

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