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vvardly. Next^ the Spire^ which 

 it the beginning of a RovpI'^ and 

 may be ktn in the Flowers otLMal- 

 loivs^ and others. Laftly., the Flait 

 and Spire together^ where the part 

 analogous to the Folidtjon^ is of 

 one piece 3 the Plaits being here 

 laid^ and lb carried on by Spiral 

 Lines to the top of the F/^i^^er^ as 

 is in divers, and I think in Convo- 

 touh^ Dorovicj folio more elegant- 

 ly feen. The reafon of all which 

 varieties 5 a comparative confide- 

 ration of the feveral parts of the 

 7 lower may fiiggeft. He only men- 

 tion, that HO flower that I find^hath 

 a BackcRowl^ as hath the green 

 Leaf 5 for two Reafons^ becaufe 

 its Leave^ have not their Fibres 

 (landing out much on their back- 

 fide 5 as the green Leaves have , 

 and becauie of its Attire^ which it 

 ever embofomes, and cannot ib 

 v/ell do it by a UackrRoivl, 



The ufaal Protections of Flow-r 



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