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antmale mafcuUnumj and all the Parts of a perfed 
Plant in every little Grain of the Farina Flaritarum, 
however minute either of them may be. 
According to this Theory y it is fuppofed by fome, 
that, in Animals y the Semen of the Male being re- 
ceived into the Matrix of the Female, fome of the 
Animalcules it contains in fuch Abundance, find an 
Entrance into the OvariUy and lodge themfelves in 
fome of the Ova placed there by Providence as a 
proper Nidus for them. An Ovumy becoming thus 
inhabited by an Animalculcy gets loofened in due 
time from its Ovariiimj and paffes into the Matrix 
through one of the Fallopian Tubes. The Veins and 
Arteries that faftened it to the Ovary, and were 
broken when it dropped from thence, unite with the 
Veflels it finds here, and compofe the Flacenta: 
The Coats of the Ovum, being fwelled and dilated 
by the Juices of the Matrix y form the Chorion and the 
Amnion, Integuments needful to the Prefervation of 
the little Animal, which, receiving continually a 
kindly Nourifhment from the lame Juices, gradually 
firetches and inlarges its Dimenfions, becoming then 
quickly vilible with all the Parts peculiar to its Spe- 
cies, and is called a Foetus. 
In FlantSy fay they, (which are uncapable of re- 
moving from Place to Place, as Animals can) it was 
requifite a Repofitory for their Farina Ihould be near 
at hand to prevent its being loft 5 and accordingly 
we find, that almoft every Flower, producing a Fa- 
rina, has likewife in itfelf a proper Ovary for its 
Reception ; where the Ova thereby impregnated are 
expanded by the Juices of the Farent Plant to a 
certain Form and Bulk, and then, becoming what we 
call 
