Of Seeds. 2 5 5 
that be held to the Ear, the Seed-VefTels may 
be heard to burft with a confiderable Nolle, 
Some of thefe minute Veffels contain at lead 
an hundred Seeds, invifible to the naked 
Eye. 
It would be tedious to enumerate the Beau¬ 
ties of Seeds, lince every trapfient Obferver 
mud: be fenfible of their great Variety : but 
I believe I dial! be excufed if I take Notice 
of the Powder or Seed of the Fungus 'Pulve¬ 
rulent ns or Puff-Ball, which, when crufhed, 
ieems to the naked Eye like a Smoke or 
Vapour; but when examined by one of the 
greated Magnifiers (for elfe it cannot be-dif- 
tinguifhed) it appears to be infinite Num¬ 
bers of little Globules of an Orange Colour, 
lomewhat tranfparent, whofe Axis is not 
above the fiftieth Part of the Diameter of a 
Hair: fo that a Cube of a Hair’s Breadth 
Diameter would be equal to an hundred and 
twenty-five thoufand of them. This was the 
Powder of a Fungus bigger than two Flits; 
but in another Sort, the Size of a final! Apple, 
the Globules were of a darker Colour, and 
had each a little Stalk or Tail Thefe are 
evidently fo many minute Puff-Balls , fur- 
nifhed with Stalks or Tails to penetrate eaiily 
into the Ground : and the Mifchief they do 
Vide PhiL ¥ranf> Numb. 284. and Dirham’s Phyf* 
TheoJ, p. 418. 
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