Book I. of Plants. ee 
To. g. As upon the Green Leaves, fo upon the Flowers are 
Globulets fomtimes feen 5 as upon the backfide of that of Evala. On 
none more plainly than that kind of Blattaria with the white Flower s 
where they are all tranfparent, and growing both on the Stalk and 
Leaves of the Flower, each thewing likewife its Peduzcle whereon it 
is erected. 
11. §. The ufe of the Flower, or the Foliation whereof we now 
fpeak, ( that.is, as to its private fervice.) is for the proteGion of 
the Aitire 5 This, as its under, and the Empalement as its upper Gar- 
ments. As likewife of the Fruit: The neceflity of which Service, in 
fome Cafes, by the different fituation of the Flower and Fruit, with 
refpe& to each other, is evident 5 Apples, Pears, and feveral other 
Fruits, {tanding behind or under the Flower but Cherries, Aprecots, 
and divers others, within it. For thefe. being of a very tender and 
pulpous Body, and withal putting forth with the colder part of the 
Spring 5 could not weather it out againft the Variations and Extre- 
mities of the Air, (as thofe of a more folid Parenchyma can ) except 
lodged up within their Flowers. : 
12. §. And as the Flower is ferviceab!= to the fafety of the 
Fruit, {0 is it to its growth; fc. in its Infancy, or Embryo-eftate 5 
for which purpofe, as there is a Flower, fo that Flower is greater or 
lefs, according as the nature of the Fruit to which it belongs, and 
the plenty of the Sap by which the Fruit is fed, doth require. 
Thus, where the young Frat is of a folider Subftance and the afcent 
of the Sap lefs copious, were there here no Flower to promote the 
faid afcent thereof into the Fruit ( in the manner as is effected by the 
Green Leaves ) it muft needs pine and die, or prove lef kindly. ‘On 
the contrary, fhould the Flower be over-large, it would not only 
promote the afcent of the Sap up to the Fruit, but being as yet over- 
proportionate to it, would likewife it felf exhauft the fame Sap, as 
faft as afcendent 5 like a greedy Nurfe, that prepares the Meat for her 
Child, and then eats it up her felf Thus we fee Apples and Pears, 
with a Flower of a moderate Size 5 like their Body, of a middle Con- 
ftitution, and their sap, ofa middle quantity: But Quinces, being 
more folid, befides that they have as great a Flower, the Ingqalers of 
their Flower alfo thrive fo far as to become handfom Leaves 3 con- 
tinuing alfo after the Flower is fallen, firm and verdent a great while5 
folong, till the Frat be able to provide for it fel On the other 
hand, Plums being more tender and Sappy than Appels and Pears, be- 
fides that their Evspalers are much alike, their Flower is \e&. and Goof- 
berries and Currans, which are ftill more Pulpy, and the courfe of the ’ 
Sap towards them more free, have yet a Flower far lef. And Grapes, 
whofe sap is {till of quicker Afcent, have fcarce any Flower at all ; 
only fome fmall_refemblance thereof, ferving juft upon the fetting of 
the Fruit, and no longer. 














13. §.. THE ATTIRE, I find to be of two kinds, Seminiforme, 
and Florid, That which I call Seminiforme, is made up oftwo general 
Parts, Chives and Semets, one upon each Chive. Thefe Semets Cast 
take leave'to call them ) have the appearance, efpecially in many 
Flowers, of fo many little seeds + but are quite another kind of Body. 
For, upon enquiry, we find, that thefe Semets, though they feemto 
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