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2. g§. I SHALL begin where the Work of Nature appears lef 
Diverfify’d: as inthe Stalk, of Maze or Indian Wheat. In which, al- 
though there are the fame Parenchymows and Lignous Parts, as in all 
Tab. 18. other Plants yet isthere neither Barque, nor Piths the Veffels being 
difperfed and mixed with the Parenchyma, from the Circumferencé to 
the Centre of the stk: Saving, that in and next the Skw, there 
feems to beno Aer-Vefels. Every where elfe, they run up, like fine 
Threds, through the length of the Stalk : Each Thred being alfo fur- 
rounded with sap Vefels ; which in a Slice cut tranfverfly, appear in 
very fmall and dark colourd Rivgs, The like {truGture may alfo be 
feen in the Sugar-Cave, and fome other Plants. 
3. §. LET the next Trazk be that of Taraxacum, or Dandelion. In 
a flice whereof, being cut tranfverfly, is feen next the ski, firft, a 
Tab. 18.  fimple, white, and clofe Parenchyma or Barque; made up of Veficles ; 
but fuch as are exceeding fmall ; and hardly vifible without a Gla/s. 
4. §. Within This, ftand Milk-Vefels in feven or eight diftiné Co- 
lums, of different fize: each Colum being alfo made up of feven or 
eight Arched Lines. Betwixt thefe Colums, run as many Diametral 
Portions, derived from the Bargue, into or towards the Pith, 
5. §. Next within Thefe, ftand the Aer-Veffels. Which are like- 
wife divided, by the faid Diametral Portious, into divers Arched 
Lines, The fize of thefe Vefels, as well as their xumber, is final. 
* 6. §. Within Thefe, ftands the Pith, confifting of very {mall Pe- 
ficles or Bladders, as the Barque. “Tis very fmall, the Diameter here- 
of, being fcarce one fifih, of that of the Pith of Borage. But the 
Barque of Borage is not half fo thick as this of Dandelion. 
7. §- FOR a Third stalk, we may take that of Borage; where- 
in there is fome further Variety. For ina fice hereof, cut tran{verfly, 
there appears, firfta Tough, yet Thin and Tranfparent Ski. With- 
in this SAv,and Cotinnons therewith, there is alfo a Thin Ring of sap- 
Tab, 18. Vefféls: which, without being cruthed in the leaft, do yeild a Lympha. 
8. §. Next ftandeth the Parexchyma of the Barque. Which is 
made up of a great number of very finall Veficles or Bladders. Upon 
the inner Verge of this Parenchyma, {tandeth another Ring of Sap-Veffels : 
which alfo yielda Lyjmpha 5 and that different, as is probable, from 
the Lymphain the utmoft Ring. Hitherto goes the Bargue. 
g. §. Adjacent to the Ring of Sap-Veffels, on the inner Verge of 
Barque , ftand the Aer-Vefels on the outer Verge of the pth. Not ina 
Ring; but in feveral Parcels 3 fome Parcels or Conjugations,in the figure 
of little Specks 5 others, in little Arched Lines, almoft like an V Con- 
fonant. \And being viewed ina good Gia/s, there appears to be within 
the compafs of every larger Speck or Parcel, about 20 or 30 Aer- 
Veffels and within the fmalleft, about 8 or to. 
10, §. The Pith, ina well grown stalk of this Plant; is always 
hollow. But originally, it is extire.’ It is likewife wholly made up 
of a great number of Veficks: of which, through a Gla/+, {ome appear 
Pentangular, others Sexangular, and Septangular. Moft of them are 
pest than thofe of the Bargue 3 fo as to be plainly vifible toa naked 
ye. 
ir. §. A FOURTH Tiwnk , fhall be that of Colewort, which 
feems likewife, to have at leaft, two Sorts of Lywpheduits. For be- 
ing cut tran{verfly, as the former, we may obferve, next the Shiv, a 
very 

