J'^egetahle Staticks. 
Ill 
C H A P. IV. 
Experiments, fhewing the ready lateral mo- 
tion of the fap, and confequcntly the late- 
ral communication of the fop vejfels. The 
free paffage of it from the fmall branches 
towards the ftem, as well as from the ftem 
to the branches. With an account of fame 
Experiments, relating to the circulation or 
non circulation of the fap. 
Experiment XL. 
I N order to find whether there was any 
lateral communication of the fap and 
fap vcfiels, as there is of the blood in a- 
nimals, by means of the ramifications, and 
lateral communications of their veffels: 
Auguji 15 th, I took a yo\m^ Oak branch 
s inches diameter, at its tranverfe cut, 6 feet 
high, and full of leaves^ Seven- inches from 
the bottom , I cut a large gap to the pith, 
an inch long, and of an equal depth the 
whole length : And 4 inches above that, on 
the oppofite fide, I cut fuch another gap ^ I 
fet the great end of the Item in water It 
imbibed and perfpired in two nights and two 
days 
