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and tKen, view’d in the double Microfcope, Chews a 
reticular Texture, not vilible in it before. 
When this Head is firfl: produced from the Plant, 
the Stamina are very {lender, and hand eredt; the 
Head is fcarce any thicker than the Stalk, and the 
Caljptra covers the Whole, to fhield the tender Sub- 
ftancc of the Farina from external Injuries. As the 
Farina afterwards fwells in the Stamina , the Seeds" 
alfo in the Head increafe in Bulk, and become vifible, 
and are then tranfparent j but when it is perfe&Iy 
ripe, the Caljptra falls off, and the Wind diflodging 
the Farina at times, as it ripens fome fooner, fome 
later, it makes its Way through the Fiji ilium into 
the Head, and the Seeds then become much larger 
and opaque 5 to favour the Falling of the Farina- into 
the Tijlillum, the Stamina, as they ripen, are, by 
the Increafe of Thicknefs in the Head, thrown far- 
ther and farther from each other at their Bafes, but 
bend inward at the Points, fo as to form a kind of 
Arch over the Opening of it. 
The annual Product of thefe molt minute Seeds is 
aftonifning : An ingenious Gentlemen has given, in 
N°. 468 of thefe Tranfaclions, p. 320. an Account 
of the wonderful Increafe of the Mallows one of 
which he found to yield in one Year 200,000. But 
this is much inferior to thofe of the little Plant be- 
fore us i for, allowing to a Root of this 8 Branches, 
and to each Branch fix Heads (which any one, who 
will obferve it in a thriving Situation, will find a very 
moderate Computation), the Produce of this is 
6 X 13824 = 82944. an< ^ 8 X 82944 = 663 yyz 
Seeds, the annual Produce of one Seed 5 13824 of 
which are contain’d in a Head, whofe Length is 
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