Of the Farina Fcecundans 



dropped a fmall Quantity of Water 

 with the Tip of a Pencil upon 

 the Object, when in the Space of 

 fome few Seconds I diftin&ly per^ 

 ceived a Train of Globules; involved 

 in a filmy Subftance, to be ejacu- 

 lated from within thefe minute Bodies, 

 and contorting itfelf from one Side 

 to the other in different Directions 

 during the Time of Action, which 

 does not lafi above a Second or two 

 of Time, and may be eafily under- 

 ftood by a View of Plate V. Fig. 

 4. 5. tho* the Drawings were taken 

 from that of the Mallow, as the 

 feveral Species of Farina differ but 

 little from each other in this Par- 

 ticular, their Action in general re- 

 fembling that of an iEolipyle violently 

 heated. 



I have fince repeated this Expe- 

 riment upon almoft every Species of 

 Farina, that has offered itfelf, with 

 the fame Succefs, particularly upon 

 that of the Pumpion, which afforded 

 me a more than ordinary Satisfaction, 

 not only becaufe the Globules are 

 larger than thofe of the Farina of 

 moft Flowers, and may consequently 



