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or Branch, and after four or five very fmall Specks round about it, 
which are the terminations of fo many lefler Branches therewith di 
{tributed to the feveral parts of the Plume. The diftribution of the 
Tabtfe 18 Tyne Body, as it is continuous throughout all the Organical Parts of 
the Bean, is reprefented, Tab. ..f.14. 
27. §. This Inner Body is, by diffeGion, belt obfervable in the 
Bean and great Lupine. Inother larger Pulfe it fhews likewi fome 
ob{cure Marks of it felf But inno other Seeds,which I have obferved, 
though of the greateft fize: as of Apples, Plums, Nuts, &c, is there any 
clear appearance hereof, upon diffettion, faving in the Radicle and 
Plume 5 the reafon of which is partly from its being, in moft Seeds, 
fo extraordinary little 5 partly from its Colour, which in moft Seeds, 
is the fame with that ofthe Parenchyma it felf, and fo not diftinguifha- 
ble from it. 
Lib 28. §. Yet ina Gourd-seed, the whole Seminal Root, not only its 
GEIS Hee Branches, but alfo the Sub-divifions and Ivofeulations of the lefler 
ones, are without any diflecion, upon the feparation of the Lobes, oni 
their contiguous Flats immediately apparent. 
Andas to the exiftence of this seminal Root, what Diffe@ion can- 
Not attain, yet anocular infpection in hundreds of other seeds, even 
the fmalleft, will demonftrates, as in this Chapter {hall be feen how. 
29. §. In the meantime, let us only take notice ; That when we 
fay, every Plant hath its Root, we reckon fhort. For every Plant hath 
really two, though not contemporary, yet fucceflive Roots; its Ori- 
ginal or Serinal-Root within the Lobes or Main Body of its Seed and 
its Plant-Root, which the Radicle becometh inits growth : the Parex- 
chyma of the Seed, being in fome refemblance, that to the Seminal 
Root at firft, which the Mould is to the Plant-Root afterwards; and - 
the Seminal Root being that tothe Plant-Root, which the Plast-Root 
isto the Truwk, For our better underftanding whereof, having taken 
a view of the feveral Parts of a Bean, as far as DifleGion conduéts 5 
we will next briefly enquire into the Ufe of the faid Parts, and in 
what manner they are the Fountain of Vegetation, and concurrent to the 
being of the future Plant. 
An Account 30. g. THE. GENERAL Caufe of the growth ofa Fean, or other 
of the Vege- Seed, is Fermentation, That is, the Bean lying in the Mould, and a 
tation of the moderate accefé of fome moifture, partly diffimilar, and partly conge- 
tee nerous, being made, a gentle Fermentation thence arifeth. By which, 
the Bean {welling, andthe Sap ftill encreafing, and the Bea» continu- 
ing {till to fwell, the work thus proceeds: as is the ufual way of ex- 
plicating. But that there is fimply a Fermentation, and fo a fufficient 
fupply of Sap isnot enough: but that this Fermentation, and the Sap 
wherein ‘tis made, fhould be under a various Government, by. divers 
Parts thereto fubfervient, is alfo requifite 5 and as the various prepa- 
ration of the Aliment inan Avimal, equally neceflary - the particular 
procef§ of the Work according whereto, we find none undertaking to 
declare. 
31. §. Let.us look upon a Beaz then, asa piece of Work fo fram’d 
and fet together, as to declarea Defign for the produétion of a Plant; 
which, upon its lying in fome convenient Soil, is thus effe@ed. Firlt 
of all, the Bea being enfoulded round in its Coats, the Sap wherewith 
it is fed, muft of neceffity paf§ through thefe : By which means, it is 
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