Of the Farina Facundans 



Fourthly, That fome Globules of 

 all the Species of Farina which came 

 under Obfervation were fairly burft 

 and broke open ; but in rnoft, the 

 Aperture through which the inte- 

 rior Subftance paffed, was impercepti- 

 ble even through the greateft Mag- 

 nifier. 



Fifthly, That the Seed does not 

 contain the Plant in Miniature, as 

 fome other Authors fuppofe, before 

 Impregnation, but that the Farina 

 of the Flower contains within itfelf 

 the firft Germ, or Bud of the new 

 Plant, which requires nothing more 

 to unfold it, and enable it to grow, 

 but the Juices it finds after Depo- 

 iition ready prepared for it in the 

 Ova. For if in Confequence of the 

 Obfervation, which has been already 

 made by many Naturalifts, that the 

 beft Microfcopes difcover nothing 

 in the Embryo- Grains, till the A- 

 pices have fhed their Duft, when 

 firft is perceived in the Veficute the 

 true Germ, or a fmall greenifh Speck 

 floating in a limpid Liquor, where 

 before that nothing could be difco- 

 yere4 but mere outward Coat 



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