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the Juices of the Matrix, form the other 
Integuments needful to the Prefervation of 
the little Animal ; which receiving continu¬ 
ally a kindly Nourifhment from the fame 
Juices, gradually ftretches and enlarges its 
Dimenfions, becoming then quickly vifibie 
with all the Parts peculiar to its Species, 
and is called a Foetus. 
In Plants, which are uncapable of re¬ 
moving from Place to Place as Animals can, 
it was requlftte a Repofitory for their Fari¬ 
na fhould be near at hand, to prevent its 
being loft: and accordingly we find, that 
every Flow r er producing a Farina has like- 
wife in itfelf a proper Uterus for the Recep¬ 
tion of it: where the Ova thereby impreg¬ 
nated are expanded by the Juices of the 
Parent Plant to a certain Form and Bulk'; 
and then becoming what we call ripe Seeds, 
they fall to the Earth, which is the natural 
Matrix for them. 
According to the above Suppoiition, a ripe 
Seed falling to the Earth is in the Condition 
of the Ovum of an Animal getting loofe 
from its Ovary, ’and falling into the Uterus : 
and, to go on with the Analogy, the Juices 
of the Earth fwell and expand the Veffels 
of the Seed, as the Juices of the Uterus do 
thofe of the Ovum, till the feminal Leaves 
unfold, and perform the Office of a Placenta 
to the Infant-included Plant; which im¬ 
bibing fuitable and fuftieient Moifture,.gra¬ 
dually 
