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more, the Aftire is not feparate from the Folature, fo as to ftand with= 
in that in one entire Pofy ; but every Leaf of the Flower hath its own 
Attire apart. For the fake of which, the Bzfis of every Leaf is formd 
into a little Tbe or Pipe, whereby it embofomes itsown Affire within Lub. 62. 
it felf Confifting commonly of 7w0 Parts, a Sheath and a Blade: the 
Leaf it {elf anfwering to the Foret in other Flowers, 
8. §. In fome Plants, befides the Attire or Pofy in the midle of 
the Flower 5 the Leaves alfo have each their own to themfelves, as in 
Marigold : yet this, as I take it,confilting only of one fingle Part,which 
anfwers to the Blade 5 the Leaf it {elf being as the sheath. 
9. §. In many Plants, this Florid Attireis very larges fo that not 
only the Su7ts, but alfo the feveral Parts whereof every Suit confifts, T,p, 6L 
being throughly ripe and well blown open, are all vifible to the bare 
Eye, asin Kzapweed, and all the Thiffle Kind. This Attire is all the 
Flower, that this fort of Plants have ; being, though Empald, yet with- 
out any Foliature. 
to. §, And fometimes, there is little or no Flower befides this At- 
dre, although extream {mall, asin Golden Rod, Wormmood and others. 
Where it may be noted, That the Medicine called Wormféed or Semen 
Santonici, is no Sort of Seed, but the Buds of {mall Flowers, or of the 
Florid Attire of that Plant, 
Tab. 6%. 

CHAP. ¥. 
Of the Ufe of the Attire. 
“] FE the Secundary Ufé hereof, I have {poken in the 
TN 4 Fir Wook; and particularly, of the Giobulets or Ch, 5. 
iY), D {mall Particles within the Thece of the Seed-like At- 
& tire, and upon the Blades of the Florid, [have con- 
f@ jectur'd, That they are that Body which Bees gather 
J) and carry upon their Thighs, and is commonly cal- 
7D Mie \ed their Bread. For the Wax they carry in little 
Flakes in their Chaps : but the Bread is aKind of Powder; yet fome- 
what moift, as are the faid little Particles of the Attire. ; 
2. §. But the Primary and chief Uf of the Aftire is fach, as hath 
refpect to the Plant it felf; and {o appears to be very great and necef 
fary. Becaufe, eventhofe Plants which haveno Flower or Foliature, 
are yet fome way or other Attir’d; either with the Seminiform, or the 
Florid Attire, Sothat it feems to perform its fervice to the Seed, as 
the Foliature, to the Fruit. . ; 
3. §._ In difcourfe hereof with our Learned Szviliaz Profeflor Sir » 
Thomas Millington, be told me, he conceived, That the 4étire doth 
ferve, as the Male, for the Gezeration of the Seed. 
4. §. Timmediately reply’d, That I was of the fame Opiriton ; 
and gave him fome reafons for it, and anfwered fome Objections, which 
might oppofe them. But withall, in regard every Plant is sppeéSudus 
or Male and Female, that Iwas alfo of Opinion, That it ferveth for 
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