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tii o’ not quite tranfparent ,• and, from thence to the 
Bottom, the Ribs are hairy. 
This Vafe contains a Seed, which is like a Peflla 
handing in a Mortar : the Peftle is loofe in an octa- 
gonal Cafe j but the Narrownefs of the Mouth of 
this Cafe hinders the Peftle’s being drawn out, becaufe 
its Extremity, within, is round and bulky. From its 
upper End arife five fpiculated Arifta, whofe little 
Thorns are directed upwards, and are thereby pre- 
pared to caufe the Seed to recede from any thing that 
might injure it upon being touched ; and the Bafin, 
from which the Arifire rife, is of a fine green Colour, 
They are of a fhining Brown. 
The fecond Specimen is that of the Angelica. It is 
one of the moft fragrant and agreeable Seeds, for its 
Smell, in the World. When he Husk is pull’d off, the 
Nucleus appears of a brownifh Colour, and its Shape 
is elliptical. By the Help of the Microfcope , we knowi 
what produces that charming Smell, being a fine 
Amber- coloured Gum , which appears in Ridges dif- 
poled alternately, with others of a brownilh Colour, 
in a longitudinal Direction all over the Nucleus . 
What appears white, on the flat Side, is a Theca , 
which receives a very minute Stilus from the. Pedi- 
cle that fupports it. 
The third is that Seed which is vulgarly call’d 
Grains of ParadiJ'e. This Seed, altho’ promifing 
from its Afpect but very little that is curious, being 
only a brown irregular Seed with Flats and Angles, 
and having an ApexWkc the Mouth of a Purfe drawn 
up with a String yet, when diflectcd, nothing can 
produce a more beautiful Appearance. In a longi- 
tudinal Section, you fee, flrft, the Edge of the brown 
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