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“The Anatomy Book VI 

Tab. 46. 
Tab. 46. 

CHAR ITE 
Of the Figure of the Leaf; and the Apparent Pofition of 
the Fibres. 
HAT which in the Lesf offers it elf next to 
be obferved, is its Figure. This is infinitely va- 
tied with the feveral Kinds of Plzvts: and there 
4. § WITH refpeé to the Circumference, the Figure of moft 
Leaves is very Complex. Yet Two things are evident. Firft, that all 
Regular Leaves,are defined or meafured out by Circles 5 that is, by the 
Arches or Segments of feveral Circles, having either the fame, or di- 
vers Cezters and Diameters, Secondly, That the Length of the Leaf, 
or ofthe chief Fiber thereof, is the Standard Meafure for the Diame- 
ters of thefe Circles: thefe being either its full ‘Length, or certain 
equal parts fubftratted, or multiplied; as half its Length, or its Length 
and half &e. 
5. §: 

