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themfelves in Lamina? $ fo thefe Lamina niay involve 
Bodies of different Kinds, as Parts of the fibrous Roots 
of Weeds, fmall Seeds, or the like ; may affume then* 
Shapes, increafe continually in Bulk, and infcnfibly 
raife the Height of the Bed, where they are firft 
formed. Perhaps an Examination of thole Pieces of 
Malm, which you have by you, may enable you to 
form a better Judgment of the Whole. 
I beg Leave to add a few Particulars relating 
to fome microfcopical Dilcoveries I have lately 
made. Upon viewing an Infufion of the Farina Fa?~ 
enndans of the Lilium rubrum Jlore refiexo in com- 
mon Water, i thought I perceived fome Alteration 
in feveral of thefe minute Bodies, as if the outward 
Shell or Husk had, at a fmall lateral Orifice, fhed a 
long Train of Globules adhering to each other, and 
enveloped in a filmy Subftance. I, immediately upon 
this, applied fome frefh Farina , adapted my Micio- 
fcope before-hand, with the Tip of my Brufh dropped 
a fmall Globule of Water upon the Objcdt, and in a 
few Seconds, I plainly perceived a Rope of exceeding 
fmall Globules to be ejaculated with fome Force 
from within, and contorting itfelf from one Side to 
the other, throughout the whole Line, during the 
time of Adtion, which does not lafl above a Second^ 
or Two, and is to be expedted from a few only of 
thefe farinaceous Globules. Thefe emitted Paitic.es 
arc very different from the fmall Globules of Oil, 
with which the Farina of the Lilly abounds 5 tor 
thefe diffufe themfelves equally on all Sides, while 
thofe, on the contrary, gooff in one continued i rain, 
like the ejected Pulp of a roafting Apple ; and aie 
involved in a filmy Subftance, as the Eggs of fome 
O o o o 2 aquatic 
