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Tab. 71. 
6. §. The Coar likewife, by ftanding betwixt the moyft Parenchyzia 
and the Seed, and being hollow and {fo filled with Aer; doth much 
conduce to the ripening and drying of the seed, and its greater fitnefS 
both for keeping, and fowing. So the Parchment Lining of the Seed- 
Cafe, asin Hyofcyamms, &c. is anfwerable to a Coar. 
7. §. The Parenchyma ferveth, amongft other purpofes, for the 
Generation of the Covers of the Seed; as in fome inftances hath been 
fhewed. For which intent, fometimes the Exterior\Parenchyma, as in 
a Limon 5 fometimes the midlemoft, as in a Goosberry or Cucumer, is 
fubfervient 5 both of them, in thofe Fruéts, being more white and dry, 
than the reft, and fo fiter to make the Covers of the Seed. 
8. §. The Parenchyma is alfo of ufe for the warmth of the Seed ; 
asin the Seed-Café of Garden Radifo. Wherein,, as it ripens the P2- 
renchyma gradually drys, breaks, and fhrinks up into feveral foft Mem= 
branes, in which the Seeds, inthe Centre of the a/e, lie fwadled, as in 
fo.many fine Calico Clonts. 
g. 1 SH ALL conclude with obferving the Time of the Generation 
of the Fruit and Seed-Café. ‘This hath hitherto been thought to be in- 
itiated upon the opening, I fay not,the forming,but the opening of the 
Flower, or not long before. Notwithftanding which, what I have 
formerly faid of the Flower; I now dothe like, of the Userus it felf ; 
Je. That in very many Plants, ‘tis formed, with the Flower, the year 
before it appears and comes to its full Growth. As for inftance; in A- 
zarum, not only all the Parts of the Flower, but the Uterus it felf, and 
there in alfo the outer Cover of the Seed of any one year, are perfectly 
formed in Auguft or September of the year foregoing. The like may 
be feen in Tulip, Mezereon, Corin, and many other Perenzial Plants, 

