Of Vegetables . 
Of the buds of feeds. 
T H E ftalk of the plant rifes up from between the 
lobes, which may always be feen, in fome by the 
naked eye, and in others by the microfcope; in many 
plants nature fees fit only to lay the foundation thereof 
in a round node;- as in viola luniaria, See. 
But in moft feeds is formed a true bud, confiding of 
perfect leaves, in fome two, others four, &c. In bay- 
berry only two, very fmall, but thick, and finely veined; 
in the feed of carduus benedidtus, they are alfo two, 
pointed at top, and fituate a little didance from each 
other, for the two next to rife up between them. 
In fome herbs, although the bud confids but of two 
perfect leaves, yet they are very confpicuous, not only 
in the larger feeds, as phaefcolus, or French beans, but 
in fmall ones too, if examined by the microfcope, as in 
the feed of hemp. A B, fig. 441. in which' the two 
leaves are plaited, and fet edge to edge, c fhews the other 
part of the feed which was feparated to lay the bud fair 
to view. In the feed of feme, the bud hath four leaves : 
in the feed-bud of an almond C, D, fig. 442. there are 
fix or eight, and fometimes more didincf leaves vifible, 
if by a dextrous feparation of the outer, the innermod 
are laid open, they are folded inward one over the other, 
as appears at D, which reprefents them open, and at C 
the fame feed-bud is feen fhut. 
The lobes of the feed, and fo likewife the dalk and 
bud, confid of a {kin, parenchyma and branched veffels, 
as before deferibed; all which are apparent to an eye 
armed with a microfcope. 
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