Urj^ fo is it alfo^ though not vifi- 

 bly^ with thefe in the sto^e^ the 

 ground of theSt(j?w being indeed. 

 a perfect: Parenchjp^a 5 but by the 

 faid Concretions fo far alter 'd, as 

 to become dry^ hard and undiftin- 

 guifhable from them. 



In a Nnt (hj which an Ackorn 

 is analogousj) there are three gene- 

 ral Parts, the Cap^ shell and Fith. 

 The Cap is conftituted of a Fill 

 and Fa-renchyma derived from the 

 barque 5 and Kanmhts from the 

 Lignom Body of the branch. The 

 shell likewife is not one fimple 

 Body 3 but compounded. The 

 Superficial Part thereof is origina- 

 ted from the Fill or Sk^n of the 

 Cap^ from the infide whereof it is 

 in a Duplicature produc'd and 

 fpred over the jl-ell\ whicn^ if 

 you look at the Bafi-s of the fi^ell^ 

 is farther evident 5 for that being 

 continuous Vv^ith the Fctrenchyrdci of 

 the Cup^ without the interpoftre 



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