;i* That the Veins keep -company with tfce Ribbs asd 
Ncrvesf as v/e v^ilgarly call them,) and are diftributtd in- 
to all the parts of the Leaf, according c© the fubdivifioiis of 
thofe nervous lineamentSj andare difpofed with them ioto 
a certaih net-work § whether by Inofculations or bare 
cootaft only^ we pretend not to determioe^ 
3> That io a Traofverfe cutt of a Leafsth© middle Fibre 
or aerve,for example^ feems to yield on^ big drop of a 
Milkie juice , fpriDging as it were from i.m vein ; yer the 
Mifcrolcope plainly (liews us^ that there are many veins 
which contribute to the making up of that drop. 
3* That if a Fibre or nerve be carefully taken out of the 
Leaf^ the V^ins will appear in it like fb many fmall hairs 
or pipes running ^long and ftriping the nerve* 
4. That thofe many veins are all of an equal bignefs, for 
ought we have yet difcerned to the contrary. 
5. That though we feem to be more certain of the ra- 
mifications of the Fibres, wherein thofe veins are, weyec 
are not (bj that thofe veins do any where grow lefs and 
Imaller, though probably it may be /b^ That which makes 
us doubt ity is the exceeding fmallnefs of thefe vekis alrea- 
dy,] even, where iwe might probably expe<9: thern to be 
XxuEifc vHns of the largeft fize ^ and being there aUo 
in very great Numbers and running in direft lines along 
the fibre^ we guefs, that one or more of them may be di- 
-ftribured and fall off on either hand with the fubdivifious 
pf tfee fibres 5'. and 1^0 1 fuffer any diminution in their 
. That we canriot difce^^ throughout the 
whole plant larger or more capacious veins, than diofe we 
fee adhering to the fibres of the Lea ves 5 which do alfo 
appeiar froinrCdmparing the bleeding Orifices :lto ra *^traB£- 
verleiputt. I haveibund ita difficult-and kbdrious task^to 
Crace and unravel them throughout the; whole plant. 
Our opinion is^'that thefe Veins do ftill keep company 
with their refpedive Fibres. And as all the Fibres of the 
Leaf are joiiied in the Stalk jqf tbefte^^ and that ftalk ef 
Qq qx|q 2 plicate 
