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3dly, Till the external leaves are eight or ten inches 
high, all the nourifhment which the plant receives from 
the earth is by the roots which have fprouted about the 
joint to which the bod from whence it was produced was 
fattened : thefe may, therefore, be confidered as a fet of 
roots of the Jirft order , fee fig. 5. n. x. 
4thly, But when that time comes, the feminal leaves 
which formed the fheath, wither, grow red, foon after 
dry up, and are finally driven away by a fet of roots of 
the fecond order , which appear in the places to which 
each of thefe feminal leaves were fattened. The fourth 
figure fhews the young plant deprived of its four feminal 
leaves, and provided with its fet of roots of the fecond 
order, fee N° 2, which have taken their place. 
5thly ? 
3 0 , Jufqu’au moment ou les feuilles exterieures font hautes de 8 a dix pouces, 
la terre ne tranfmet de nourriture a la plante que par les racines forties a Ten- 
tour du noeud auquel etoit attache le bouton qui l’a produite, et qu’on peut 
regarder comrae un premier ordre de racines , v. F. 5. n. 1. 
4°, Mais alors les feuilles feminales qui compofoient l’enveloppe, fe fannent, 
rougiffent, peu de terns apres fe deffechent, et font bientot chalfees par un fecond 
ordre de racines qui paroiffent a l’endroit ou chacune des feuilles feminales etoit 
attachee, la fig. 4. prefente la jeune plante denuee de fes quatre feuilles 
feminales et pourviie de fon fecond ordre de racines, v, N° 2. qui a pris leur 
place.. 
