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VEGETABLE STRUCTURE. 
Thus, after three concoctions, a nutritions Juice is delivered to the Flefli 
of the Plant : this Flefli is coinpoled of Veflels in whicli there is a circu- 
latory motion ; extremely Ample indeed, yet capable of producing great 
effedls. Here this additional Juice is mixed with the original Juice of the 
parent Plant, and goes this fliort round many times with it. It feeds and 
increafes the Pith, and the conic ch flers of Veflels, by what it fends into 
them ; and the remainder being perfectly alfimilated and blended with the 
proper Juice of the Flefli, becomes one fubflance with it j and by inerca- 
flng its quantity, gives it nc'.v Free for growth. 
This force is diredled to the points m m, in the prefent inflance ; and 
there a part of the furface of the flelhy fubflance of the Root rifts, and 
forms the origin of the Bud. '1 he Coats are continued over it, as in the 
Hellebore; and the two Rinds terminating at the furface of the ground, in 
Films and Rudiments of Leaves, which are long after to appear, the Blea 
is forced up higher, by the afeending Flefli of the Bud ; and the whole 
rifes togetlicr into the Tube of 'the Flower, b. Fig. 4; at whofe fummir, 
jufl where it divides into Petals, the Flefli feparates and burfls in Filaments, 
w'hofe termination is in the Anthertc ; and in every globule of Farina con- 
tained in thofe, there is the elliptick Ring, which is the abfolute termina- 
tion of the Flefli in that part. 
While this is tranfadting in the upper part of the Flower, the Pith of 
the Receptacle rifes into the form of a Seed-Veflel, and gets its needful 
Coats. The bafe of the Flower, and the numerous Films defend it from 
all injuries : And thus, in a long ccurle of time, it ripens, under the earth, 
thole Seeds, into each of which a perfed: globule of the Farina has pene- 
trated, thro’ one or other of the three Styles of the Flower. This palfage 
is long, but it is not diflicult. The heads of the Styles are placed below 
the Anihera', and convenieiitly lor rtciiving the Farina as it falls: they 
have confiderable hollows, always moifl; ; and the globule of F'arina is 
imooth ard fmali : the paflage is perpendicular down, and therefore it makes 
its way more ealily. When it has get into the Seed, all is concluded, and 
the growth follows as plainl^' naturally as in the Seed of the Radifli, 
tho’ much more flowly. 
While this eflential bufmefs is tranfadting in the flowering Plant, Na.- 
ture, tho’ flow’ is not idle with regard to the future Seeds. 1 hey, and the 
^’e^^el which contains them, are to be nouriflied as well as the F'low'er, 
tho’ at a dilferent period of time, and their fupplies are now provided. 
With the embryo Bud for flowering there rofe at the firfl fliooting of 
the Seed a Angle grafly Seed-Leaf, which receiving fome procefles from 
the 
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