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part markt A," wellxall the Mother Piant, from whence pro- 
ceed ievcrai Pvoots ^ firft the Plant 6 is immediately pro- 
duced^ by the fa id Mother- Plant, and joyn'd to ic by a ftring 
that as it grows conveys its nourifhment to it, till it be pro- 
vided with Roots of its own 5 before i^ie Weed B is arrived 
to it$vfull growth^ A has brought, forth another, markt Ci^ 
and that has no Root ^ now if we ibould difleft one of- 
ihofe Weeds, even tho they were never fo fmall, we fnall 
find young unborn Weeds within them. 
I opened one of thefe immature Weeds in the prefence ot 
my Limner, and took out fuch an Embryo as is before de- 
fcrib'd, and placing it before my Microfcope I made him 
draw it immediately, before that the Moiiture of it fliould. 
exhale, for, it that fhould happen, the Veffels through which 
it receives its Increafe in Nouriftiment could not eafily be 
defcribed. 
Fig. 12. reprefents a Weed which I had taken put oi ano» 
ther of the bignefs of c, in Fig. 6. this Weed received its 
nouriftiment by that part m^rkt S, T. Between s, t, inwards 
you may obferve five fmall Particles, which I imagine to be 
alfo young Weeds ^ and that pare too that lies between s, t, 
outward, is a young Weed as well as tlie reft, tho one 
would hardly think fo, as it is here reprefented, but that 
change of its figure happened by the exhalation of the Moi- 
fture, for v/hen I put it into the Limners tiajidsi it had as 
round and as entire a fliape as this fame f ig. 1 2. Q, i\, S, T. 
This being fo, thofe who affert that thefe Grccn Weeds 
fpring from under the Earth, ought to be Sjftiam'd of their 
1 rejudices, feeing they do proceed from a Seminal iVIuUer as 
weil as other Plants. 
That I might yet more fully fatisfy my felf, I caus a fome 
of thefe Weeds to be taken out of a Ditch belonging to a 
Linnen Bleecher that was in difufe, becaufe wo liciii //arer 
could be brought intoit. The Ditch vv as juli of thefe Weeds, 
but the biggelt of them were much fmafler than the b;- . .e- 
mention■'dJ but their Leaves much thicker. 
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