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C0 ee NN. 
Sect. I Sor ME _ general remarks on the nature 
the leaves of plants and 5d 
Il. On the a in which the dephlogifieated 
air is obtained from the leaves of plants, 14 
Ill. Lhe manner in which ibe de phlogiticated 
air oozes out of the leaves is different in 3 
ferent plants, 
IV. The dephlogifticated air oozing out of she | 
mS leaves in the seater is not air j fram the water 
Pies hy ee ih eS 
“ can ee 1 ches 
- dephiog ated air oozing out of the 
leaves in the water is not exifting in the Sub- 
Hance of the leaves in this pure flate, but is 
only fecreted out of the leaves when it bas 
undergone a purification, 25 
VI. The production of the dephlogifticated air 
Tom the ‘eaves is not owing to the warmth of 
she Sun, but chiefly, if not only, to the a4 
Wil. Refle&tions, pes oe 
yill. Dry plants Lave very little or no power 
to affett air ; but, when they are moifiened, — 
thy ae cantina a é Fe 
