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plicated id cIoatRing the Twig or Stim of the plant, (which 
we take to be the reafon of the orderly break- 
ing forth of the Leaves,) fo do we think of the Veinsjtheir 
perpetual compaaions. Add^as we have faid,the Fibres of 
the Leaves are jois^ed id the Twig;fo are thofe of the twigs 
in the Branches 5 tbofe of the branches in the Trunk or 
body of the tree: The hke alfo ia an inverted order we 
feem tA^Wer ve in the feveral Coats and Ramifications of 
th^lCoot. This the feveral Circles of bleeding Orifices in 
tranfverie cuts (eems to confirni. 
But moreover in the Roots of plantsjf a fimple Coat be 
(cparated and expofed betwixt your eye and the light, the 
Veins appear to be ftrangely intangled and implicate, and 
not in the fame fimple order as in the Leaves. The like 
we think ot the Bark of the bodies of Trees, which we can- 
not diftinguilh from the Roots of plants ^ though there is, 
indeed, fimething (at leaft at certain feafons of the yearj 
in the Root, which is not t<l be found in any pare of the 
plant befides^ 
From what hath been faid, it may well be doubted, whe^ , 
ther there is any Jinus or common Trunk, into which all 
the veins are gathered? But rather,that there areamuki- 
tudc of equally big veins, each exifting apart by it felf. We 
indeed have found it ycry diflScult fo to exhauft the plant 
of its milkie juice, as to kill it, though we have givenit 
iferjfc many incifions to that purpofe* Divers other ioftan- 
ees there are, which favour the Difcontinuance of the 
Vein$,and the little relation and intercourfe they have with 
out another 5 as one branch of a Tree having fair and well 
grown fruit,before the other branches of the fame tree and 
ftuk blofTom or have leaves ; from the different fituatiou 
and other circumftaQces of culture 5 the indefinite and per- 
petual growth of a Tree ; the Cyoo governing, Scc^ 
And thus far we have taken our information conccrniDg 
rhefe Veins, partly by the appearance they make in tran& 
verfe cuts, and partly by the help of a Microfcope 5 which 
la ft indeed has fliewcd us fomethiog of their number. 
