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6. §. In Ladies-Bower, the Leaves are neither laped one over ano- 
ther, as is moft ufual; nor fet Edge to Edge, as fometimes, but Side 
to Side, anfwerable to their Shape, and the Diftribution of their Fi: 
bres. Their broad Tops being alfo rowled up fo as to make a Cone. 
In Ladys-Looking-Glafs, they {tand alfo Side to Side, but in a different 
manner: in the Former with the Sides ftanding inward, but here, 
bearing outward. 
7. §. Inthe Marvel of Pern, the Fold is likewife very peculiar. 
For, befides the feveral Plates, about Six, whereby the Flower is ga- Tab. 54. 
thered inthe Midle 5 the Top of it is alfo gathered up by as many .di- 
{tin& Plates, underneath the former 5 and thefe rowled or mieathed up 
together fo exa@ly, that the like could hardly be imitated by a very 
dextrous Hand. 
8. g. OF the Hairs upon Flowers and their Ue to the Attire, 1 Ch. 5- 
have alfo fpoken in the Firf? Baok, I hall here add, That they are 
likewife of Ufe to the Leaves themfelves, that is, for their clofer and 
fatter Conjunttion. For of fome Flowers it is obfervable, That they 
are all over fiooth, faving on their Edges, which are border'd with 
Fringes of Hair 5 as of Spanifh Broome, Dulcamara, and others: In Typ, 55. 
which, the Hairs on the Edge of one Leaf; are fo complicated, or at 
leaft indented, with thofe of another, that all the Leaves feem to be 
but one piece. Nature feeing it fit, by this meanss to tie them toge- 
ther, left they fhould be expanded before it be due time. 
g. §. Many Flowers inftead of Hairs, are befet round about, with 
a great Number of fmall Parés, not ending in a Poywt, but having a 
Head. Sometimes oval, as in Swap-Dragon, like the Horus of a Butier- 
fly, ora Plummers Sodering-Iron. But ufually Globular, as in Deadly 
Nighifbade, like fo many little Mufbrooms {prouting out of the 
Flower. 
10. §. Out of thefe Heads, doth fometimes iffue a Gummy or Bal- 
famick Fuyce. From whence proceeds that Clamminefs of {ome Flowers, 
whereby, being handled they ftick to our Fingers, asdo thofe of Bla- 
taria, and of Marigold; andthole of Colws Fovis,where the faid Heads 
are fo foft and fucculent, that they refemble fo many little Drops of 
Balfame, The Clamurine{s which is felt upon frefh Carduxs, may per- 
haps proceed from the like Cau/e. 
11. § THE Number of the Leaves of the Flower hath been no- 
ted by the Learned Sir Thomas Brown, to be ufually Frve. And this Treat. of 
Nature fo far affetteth, that many times where the Leaves of the fanie the Quine. 
Flower are of a different Size, yet they keep to this Number, as in Tab, 54. 
Blattaria. 
12. §. ITalfoadd, That even thofe Flowers, which are not proper- 
ly parted into Leaves, have yet their Tops ufually divided into Five 
great Scallops; as thofe of Toad-Flax, Snap-Dragon, Coded-Arfmart, 
Clary, Broom, and others. And when the Flower hath more than Five, 
even many times Five Leaves ; yet the Top of each Leaf is indented into 
Five Parts 3 asin Scorzonera, Cichory, and all the Intybous Kind, with Tub, § 40 
many others. E 
13. §. From whence and other like Inftances, it may feem, That 
there is fome certain Species of Salt in Nature, and that in moft Plants, 
of whofe Agency there are ftill fome Footfeps or other in the 
Flower. 


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