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diftinftlyfeen ^ as in thofeofC;^- 

 cnmber ^ Colocyrithk ^ Burdock^ ^ 

 Carthamum^ Gromwel^ Endive , 

 Mallows^ &c. 'Tis ufiially fb very- 

 thin 3 as in the above-nam'dj as 

 very difficultly to be diicover'd. 

 In fbme Kernels^ as of Apricots ^ 

 'tis very thick ^ and in fome other 

 Seeds.That all thefe have the Ana- 

 logy of one and the lame Cover, 

 which I call the Secondine^ is moft 

 probably argu'd from their alike 

 Natures 5 being all of them plain 

 fimple Membra.nes ^ v^ith not the 

 leaft Fibre of the Lig7iom Body or 

 Seed Branch^ vifibly diftributed in 

 them 5 as alfb from their Contex- 

 ture, which is in all of them more 

 clofe. 



The Concave of this Membrane 

 is filled with a moft tranlparent Li- 

 quor 3 out of which the Seed is 

 formed 5 as in cutting a "petite and 

 hif ant-Bean , may be feen , and 

 yet better in a young Walnut. In 

 * . Beans 



