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ticeof^ althoegh they are various. 

 Ordinarily they are plain 5 which 

 ' when fine and thick fet, as on mod 

 H.tirj Buds :, or fine and long, as 

 on thofe of the F/;/e^ we call them 



But fbmetimes they are not plain^ 

 but branched out, firom the bot- 

 tom to the top3 reciprocally on e- 

 veryfide^ in fome refemblance to 

 to a Stags-Horn ^ as in Mullen. And 

 Ibmetimes they are Ajlral^ as upon 

 Lavender^ and fbme other Leaves^ 

 andefpecially thofe of IVild Olive ^ 

 wherein every Hair rifing in one 

 round entire Bafis a little way a- 

 bove the Surface of the LeafJ is 

 then dilpartedj Star-like, into fe- 

 veral^ four^ five or fix points , all 

 ftanding at right Angles with the 

 laid perpendicular Bafis. 



The llfes of Hairs are for Di- 

 ftinftion and 'Protedion. That of 

 Diftindion is but (econdary 5 the 

 Leaves being grown to a confide- 



rable 



