( 5 I S3 ) 
1. That the Veins keep company u^ieh the Ribbs ami 
Nerves ("as we vulgarly call themO and are drftributcd in- 
to all the parts of the Leaf, according t® the fubdivifions ©f 
thofe nervous lineaments, and are difpofed with them into 
^ certain net-work | whether by Inofculacions or bare 
coDtaft only, we pretend not to determioe^ 
3> That in a Traofverfe Cutt of a Leaf^the middle Fibre 
or nerve,for example, feems to yield 002 big drop of a 
Milkie juice , fpringing as it were from cn^ vein * yec the 
Mifcrofcope plainly (hews 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 Veins will appear in it like fo many fmall hairs 
or pipes running along and ftripiog the nerve* 
4. That thofe many veins are all of an equal bignefs, foi: 
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?eins are, weyee 
are not fb, that thofe veins do any where grow lefs and 
fmaller, though probably it may be fo^ That which makes 
us doubt it, is the exceeding fmallnefs of thefe veins alrea- 
dy, even where we might probably expe(9: them to b« 
Trunk- veins and of the largeft fize 3 and being there alfo 
io very great Numbers and running in direft lines along 
the fibre, we guefs, that one or more of them may be di- 
ftriburedaod fall off on either hand with the fubdivifions 
of the fibres 5 and not fuffcr any diminution in their 
balk. 
6. That we cannot difcern any where throughout the 
whole plant larger or more capacious veins, than thofe we 
fee adhering to the fibres of the Leaves 5 which do alfo 
appearfrom comparing the bleeding Orifices in a tranl- 
verfe cutt. I have found it a difficult and laborious taskjto 
trace and unraivel them throughout the whole plant. 
Our opinion is, that thefe Veins do ftill keep company 
with their refpeftive Fibres. And as all the Fibres of the 
Leaf are joined in the Stalk of the Leaf, and that ftalk ex- 
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