■ This Phenomenon '''2^ ^v:„ v-j^-- 'Jit 
ftfted many forts of Seed-i b'^^v.--^;. ^:^': • ftieiii the 'miAHIe 
of one Seed or Kernel aoorher cc ' . 
efjpecially when I confider'd that ft- . t ;£ cii^ is. out 
of the String, and.difperfiog themftlver through the Mem- 
branes, both the Kernel and Ptont are prodi ce * 5 and 
yet thefe fame Veflels muft infinuate themftlvt;^ iiito the 
very heart of the firft Seed before they can produce afe- 
cond Seed and Plant within it 5 when I confidcredall this, 
I fay I was ftruck with admiration, and could not forbear 
crying out , Oh the infcrutable Wifdom of God,^^^'. 
I thought it would not be amifs to place fuch a fmall 
Plant as is reprefcnted by C in Fig. 6. before aMicrofcopcj 
and caufe it to be delineated, as you may fee io Fig. 8* L M 
N OP CL, whereof Q LM is partly that which Nature 
intends for the body and root of the Tree, NOP the 
Leaves wherewith the young Plant is already provided, 
and O P reprefents that part of the Leaf which is next the 
light, and fomething protuberant, by reafonof theinclos'd 
fraaller Leaves. 
In the faid Fig. 8. by M N and P CL ^^^e (hewn the two 
fides of the Plant torn off from the Kernel, to which it was 
united, and fronl which it did receive its nourifnrnent 
Moreover, I took the faid young Plant as it flood before 
the Microfcope, and turnd it a little about, in order to 
ftiew the two largeft Leaves, whereas in the former pofi- 
tion I could fee but one of thern. 
Fig* 9. ST V reprefents the two great Leares in this 
pofture, between thofe faid Leaves, according to ap* 
pearance, are fhut up a great many fmall ones hut bccaufe 
I could cot unravel them fo as to give the Limnt r tull 
view of theoi, I would not fuffer him to take ^^ny notice of 
them, yet when f rame to cut the Leaves aci ofsas t hey Iny 
involved inthe^ed of the Plant, I imagin d that I law the 
fmall Leaves abovemention d 5 and when I cut after the 
(ame mannei: that part ot the Plant which is to be the body 
and 
