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as to fly about in the Air like Vapour, but a little 
Remove from being invifible to a naked Eye, framed 
with fuch curious Mechanifm, containing a great 
Number of Seeds, too fine to be kenn’d by the acuteft 
Sight without the help of Glafles! 
Tour moji humble Servant , 
Tooting, Od. 29. 1741 
H. Miles. 
References to Tab. II. 
Fig. 1. A Branch of the Plant. 
Fig. 2. The Seed-vefiels. 
Fig. 3. The Seeds. 
eta.. A Branch of the Male Fern. 
fi fi. Refer to the Leaves-, on the Back-fde where- 
of, the Excrefcencies , like Jews- ears, grow , 
around which grow the Seed-vejfels. 
c c. The Stalks of the Seed-vejjels. 
d. A Shoot from the Stalk, producing fometimes 
another Seed-vejfel on the fame Stalk. 
e e. The fpringy Chord, embracing the Rod, which 
contains the Seed. 
f f. The Rod. 
g. The Rod with a Crack or Chink in it, to 
reprefent its being about to be divided into 
Two Hemifpheres. 
hh. The Chord expanded , approaching a right 
Line. 
i i. The Two Hemifpheres , when the Rod is 
divided in two. 
k. The Seeds. 
l. Seeds in the Rod, the Membrane being broke 
and turned up. 
VII. Ex- 
