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to. g. Some very few Seéds are divided, not into two Lobes, but 
into more 5 asthat of Crefés into Six. And fome are not at all divi- 74h. 1. fi 4s 
ded, but entire; as the Grains of Corz, Excepting which few,all other S 5 
Seeds, even the fmalleft, aredivided, like asthe Beav, into juft two 
Lobes. Whereof, though in molt Seeds, becaufe of their minutenefs, 
we cannot by diflection be inform’d; yet otherwile, we eafily may, 
as inthis Chapter fhall be {een. 
it. §. At the Bafis ofthe Bean, the two other Organical Parts 
{tand appendent 5 by mediation whereof,the two Lobes meet and join 
together. The greater of thefe two Parts ftands without the two 
Lobes, and upon divefting the Beaz of its Coats, is immediately vifible, 
°Tis of a white colour, and hore gloffie than the Maz Body, efpeci- yb: 1. fi 2 
ally when the Beavis young. Inthe Beav, and many other Seeds, ‘tis re 
fituated fomewhat above the thicker end, as you hold the Bea in its 
moft proper pofture for growth. In O«k: Kernels, which we call A- 
corns, Apple-Kernels, Almonds, and many other Seeds, it ftands pro- Tabst.fib—-¢ 
minent juft from the end; the Baffsand the Bxd being in thefe the 
fame, but in the Beaz divers. 
12. §. This Part is found not only in the Bean, and the Seeds 
above mentioned; butin all others: being that, which upon the Ve- 
getation ofthe seed, becomes the Root ofthe Plant ; which therefore 
may be called the Radicle : by which, I mean the Materials, abating 
the Formality, ofa Root. In Corn, itis that Part, which Malffers,up- 
onits fhooting forth, call the Come. *Tis not eafie to be obferved, {a= 
ving in fome few Seeds, among{t which, that of the Beaz is the moft 
fair and ample of all I have feen. But that of fome other Seeds, is, in 
proportion, greater; as of Fezugreek , which is full as big as one of Zabt.f7---¢ 
its Lobes. f 
13. §: The leffer ofthe two faid Appendents lies occult between 
the two Lobes of the Bea, by feparation whereof only it istobefeen. _., 4 b 
“Tis enclos'd intwo {mall Cavities, form’d in the Lobes for its reception. Taber f3~ 
Its colour comes near to that of the Radicle ; and it is founded upon the 
Bafis thereof, having a quite contrary production, fc. towards the Cove 
ofthe Bean; as being that very Part, which, in procefs, becomes the 
Body or Trunk of the Plant. In Corw, it is that Part, which after the 
Radicle is {prouted forth, or come, {hoots towards the fmaller end of 
the Grain; and by many Malifers, is called the Acrofpire. 
14. §, This Part isnot, like the Radicle, an entire Body, but di- 
vided, at its loofe end, into divers pieces, all very clofely couched to- 
gether, as Feathers ina Bunch; for which reafon it may be called the 
Plume. They are fo clofe, that only two or three of the outmoft are 
at firftfeen: but upon a nice andcurious feparation of thee, the more 
interiour ftill may be difcovered. In the Bea, this may be done: but 
in very few other Seeds; becaufe of the extreme finallnefS of the Plume. 
Now as the Plume is that Part whichbecomes the Trunk of the Plaxt, 
fo thefe pieces are fo many true, and already formed, though not dif 
play’d Leaves, intended for the faid Truk , and foulded up in the fame 
plicature, wherein upon the fprouting of the Beav, they afterwards ap- 
pear. Ina French Bean, and efpecially inthe larger white Kind, or iri 
the great Indian Phafeolws, the two outmoft are very fair and elegant. t 
In the great Garden-Bean two extraordinary fmall Plumes often, if not 
always, ftand one on either fide the great one now defcrib’d: From 
G 2 which, 
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