Now I have often counted in one Branch only of fuch 
a piece ot a Leaf, and in one row only of fuch a Branch 
as defcribed by AB, 13 of rhofe litlle Particles, which to 
the naked Eye appear like Rofes^ and confequently in the 
whole Branch A BG, fix and twenty of the fame in two 
Rov/s, which I fliall call Seed Ve0e!s ; and when I fepa- 
rated one of thefe Seed Veffels irom rhe reft, 1 obferved 
that all of them had very (hort kind of Stalks, whereby 
they were faftencd to the Leaf, and by which they re- 
ceived their hicreafe, but to the Eye appeared no bigger 
than a Point, and the Leaf feem'd clearer or more tranfpa- 
rent there, in vvhich place I judge there was a Canal or 
Vein of the Leah 
Having feparated one of thefe Fvofe-like parts from the 
Le?if, and alfoas well as I could the Seed Veflels of which 
it was conipofed, frcni one another, I found that the num- 
ber of .thofe Seed Veffels amounted to 149« 
Rut in obferving others I did not find the number fo 
great, which was at fometimes 120, at others 130. 
Atmoft all the Seed Veffels were Open, and in fome of 
tliem not the legfl: appearance of any Seed. 
, This opennefs feem'd at firft very ftrange to me, becaufe 
I could not perceive in any of them that it was occafion'd 
by any burfting or breaking in pieces 5 but when Pcon- 
fiderd the matter better, I fancied to my felf that Nature 
had ordered it fo in thofe Seed Veffels, that as foon as the 
Seed was ripe, and received no further Nourifhment, the 
Seed Veffels fhould open of courfe. 
Fig, 2. H I R L M reprefents one of thofe Seed Veffels, 
that was open'd more than the reft, and whereby the 
Seeds, as I imagine, were thrown out, as it always hap- 
pens in thofe Seed Veffels that open of themfelves 5 for I 
could not perceive at the Orifice the Icaft Rent or Breach : 
The faid Orifice is reprcfented by LM. 
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