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Book IV. of Fruits, 191 
Bi Aa bce APR PU A ko RR al 
CHAP. VIL 
Of the US E of the Parts to the Seed. And the TIME, in 
which the Uterus or Fruit and Seed-Cafe are formed. 
# ND firlt, for examiple, in an Apple, the Five In: 
L molt Branches, do beft ferve for the Generation of 
A the seed; thefe running into the Arsire of the 
Flower, and {0 carrying off the moft Aerial spirit 
from the Seeds by which means, it becomes a more 



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Zs compact and denfer Body, than the Fruit, and fo 
LODE? PEP more accommodate to the procels of Vegetation 5 as P. 2. Ch.&, 
hath formerly been thewed. 65 
2. §. The Elongation likewife of the Seed-Veffels, in the Frait and 
Cafe, fometimes direCly, as in Plums aad Nuts, and fometimes by fe- 
veral Avbages before they fhoot into the Seeds, as in Tulip; thewes a 
defign for the higheft refining and maturation of the Seminal Sap. 
3. §. Chiefly by mieans of theInmoft Veffels, is made that Chanel 
in fome Pears, and efpecially in Quinces. For thefe perithing with 
the Flower, the circumjacent Parenchyma fhrinks up, leaving the faid 
Chanelin the midft. Defigned for an inlet tothe der, for the better 
drying of the Seeds 5 which here f{tand the more in need of it, becaufe 
encompaffed with a Mucilage. 
4. §. For the better diying of the Seed, and the disburfing or 
fowing of it in due time, the opening of the Ca/e is, in the fame man- 
ner, alfo contrived: either at the Top, as in Popy; or on the Sides, ag 
in Tulip, Pimpernel; or at the Bottom, asin Codded Arfmart. All which 
openings are effected by the running of the Aer-Veféls along thofe pla- 
ces: for by drying the Parenchywa next adjacent,they caufe it to chop 
and cleave afunder. 
5. §. Of the Seed-Ca/é of Poppy, it is particularly to be noted, 
That as the feveral Windows, ferve to let in 4er, for the drying of the 
Seeds, after their full Growth: So the Canopy over them, ferves to 
keep out Rajz. For here, the Café not cleaving down the Side, as it 
ufually doth 5 fhould the Rai get in, it would ftand in it, as ina Pot, 
and fo rot the Seeds. And asthe Canopy ferves to preferve the Seeds 5 
fo the feveral Partitions or Walls, for their better Stowage, For by an 
eafie furvey of this little piece of Ground, itis plain, that as they 
ftand on both Sides every Wall, there is as much more Ground for them 
to ftand upon, as if there were no parting Walls, but the Seeds ftuck 
all round about upon the Ambit or Sides of the Cafe 5 or upon a great 
Bed or Placenta within it, asin Hyofeyamus, Anagallis, &c. where there 
is alefS numerous Brood, 
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