Of Flowers . 293 
The outer part of each fuit, according to Grew, is its 
floret, whofe body or tube is divided at the top (like that 
of a cowflip) into five leaves as at b, which forms a 
flower in miniature, and is all the flower in many plants, 
as mugwort, tanfye, &c. Upon the expanfion of the flo¬ 
ret, the next part c, of the fuit, begins to appear from 
within its. tube, which may be called the (heath (with 
refpedt to that within it). This (heath in a fhort time 
divides at top, through which aperture the blade d dil- 
plays itfelf. This is the third part of the fuit, and ter¬ 
minates in a forked point, about which appear little glo¬ 
bules. 
In fome flowers every one of the before-mentioned 
florets is encompafled with an hedge of hairs, and every 
hair branched on both fides, almofl: like a fprig of fir, as 
at c d in golden rod, fig. 530. which (hews one of the 
fuits thereof as it appeared in the microfcope, in which 
at e is the little column or blade that contains the farina, 
which is alfo feen by itfelf at F. 
The bafe of the floret is generally cylindrical, but 
fometimes fquare, as in French marigold, at a, fig. 53r. 
and the leaves thereof, which for the moil part are 
fmooih, in the fame flower are all over hairy. The mid- 
dlemoft of the three parts or (heath b, is ufually faftned 
to the top, or die at the bottom of the floret, and is 
rather indented than parted into leaves : the furface 
fddo.-n plain or even, but wrought into five ridges and 
as many gutters, running aimed; parallel from top to 
bottom. 
The inmoft part or blade runs through the hollow of 
the two former as at a, fig. 531. and is faflned with the 
floret to the convex of the feed cafe ; the head and Tides 
or this part is always belet round about with globulets. 
In fome growing clofe to the blade, as in common mari¬ 
gold ; and in the french marigold, as at fig. 532. and 
others, upon little (lender (talks. Thefe 3 as the blade 
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